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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Soldier
Author: Bill Tankersley
Johannes Quattlebaum was born 18 February 1742 in Williams Township (now Lehigh County) Pennsylvania. Early in his manhood, he used the German spelling of his name, “Johannes”, but later in life the English spelling “John” was used. After the account of his birth in Pennsylvania, the next record we have of Johannes is in the state of South Carolina in 1772. After migrating with his two brothers, Mathias (SAR patriot #P-274733) and Petter, to South Carolina, he first settled with them in what was known as the “Dutch Fork” area of the state. The “Dutch Fork” is the V-shaped wedge of country between the Saluda and Broad Rivers generally settled by Rhinelanders. Later, probably about the time of his marriage, he established a homestead south of the Saluda River in Saxe Gotha Township, about two miles north of the present town of Leesville, in Lexington County. In March, 1778, the General Assembly of South Carolina ratified a new Constitution. The same month the General Assembly provided a new jury list for the several districts of the state. On the Petit Jury list for Saxe Gotha Township, Orangeburg District, appears the name of Johannes Quattlebaum. [Note: It has been stated that Johannes joined the fight for independence and served under General Frances Marion during the American Revolution; however, there is no known documentation for this. For now, his patriot status is based upon his service as a Petit Juror for Saxe Gotha Township, Orangeburg District, 1778.] Johannes left Orangeburg District and moved into Ninety-Six district as the next record of him is in that district in the year 1786. Edgefield County was a part of Ninety-Six district until 1793 at which time Ninety-Six district was carved into eight districts, one of which was Edgefield District, its seat of Government being in the town of Edgefield which officially took on the name of Edgefield Court House, S.C. The census of 1790 shows John Quattlebaum with his family of two boys and two girls, as living in Ninety-Six District, Edgefield County. It is likely that Johannes was married a second time before moving to Sleepy Creek, otherwise known as Rocky Creek, in Edgefield County. At his home on Sleepy Creek the family of two boys and two girls grew to manhood and womanhood. The last record of John Quattlebaum is the land deed to his son, George, dated 16 February, 1813 (Edgefield Court House, deed book 32, page 336.) He does not appear in census records of 1820. The name of Johannes Quattlebaum’s wife is unknown. His children were:
1. John, born 01 December, 1774 2. Daughter, name unknown, born about 1786 3. George Washington, born 1787 4. Daughter, name unknown, born about 1789
Source: A Quattlebaum Family History, M.M. Quattlebaum, Savannah, Georgia, 1950
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