Major George Dabney, IV Of Dabney’s Ferry

1770 - 1827  (57 years)

• Name	Major George Dabney, IV Of Dabney’s Ferry  [1]
  Prefix	Major
  Suffix	IV Of Dabney’s Ferry
  Born	25 Mar 1770	King William County, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Dec 1827	King William County, Virginia   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I336	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Major George Dabney, III of Dabney’s Ferry,   b. c 1734, King William County, Virginia ,   d. 1791/92, King William County, Virginia  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Ann “Nancy” Nelson,   b. 1752
  Married	1756  [5]
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Susannah Littlepage Quarles,   b. 12 Mar 1778,   d. 15 Apr 1827, King William County, Virginia  (Age 49 years)
  Married	6 Dec 1792  [6]
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2010
  Family ID	F233	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  George Dabney IV was born to Maj. George Dabney III of Dabney’s Ferry and Susannah Littlepage (Quarles) Dabney March 25, 1770 in King William County, Virginia. He grew up on the Greenville farm originally patented by his great grandfather, George Dabney I in 1701. He married Susannah Littlepage Quarles, daughter of William Henry Quarles, December 6, 1792. They had 16 children between 1793 and 1817, of whom 4 sons and 7 daughters survived into adulthood: Ann West, born September 2, 1793; Emily Anderson, born November 22, 1794; Susannah Quarles, born September 27, 1796, died in 1798; Elizabeth Camp, born September 27, 1796; George Henry, born April 8, 1798; Susannah Dandridge, born Nov 26, 1799, died in 1800; Mary Eleanor, born February 7, 1801; Benjamin Franklin, born October 12, 1802; Agnes Dandridge, born June 29, 1804; Frances Anderson, born January 31, 1806; unnamed, born April 23, 1807, died in infancy; James Lyons,born July 25, 1808: John Fushee, born December 10, 1810, died 1811; Thomas Smith, born April 7, 1812; Harriet Richardson, born September 12, 1815, died 1817; Maria Hoomes, born December 2, 1817. In February, 1806, George signed a recorded bond for $60 to the justices of King William County to guarantee good services to travelers on his ferry across the Pamunkey River to Hanover County. In 1813, he obtained a license to keep an ordinary (tavern) in his house. With Hardin Littlepage as his security, he signed a bond for $150 to guarantee that he would provide wholesome and cleanly lodging and diet for travelers and stableage, fodder, and provender or pasturage for their horses. He also promised not to allow any unlawful gaming or on the Sabbath day to allow any more tippling than necessary. He was a major in the militia, Justice of the Peace, and sheriff from 1819 to 1822. He was listed in the King William personal property tax lists from 1793 through 1827 and subsequently as George Dabney’s estate through 1829 with 7-20 slaves, probably continued for the support of children who were still minors. He was listed in the land tax lists from 1794 through 1827 and after that as George Dabney’s estate through 1831 with 196-660 acres. George died December 31, 1827, aged 57. In 1831 and 1832, George’s executors, George H. Dabney and Benjamin F.Dabney, his eldest sons, sold 6 slaves and divided 660 acres among his 11 surviving children. Most of the shares were sold by the heirs directly or through an intermediate buyer, William E. Gayle, to William Bosher, a near neigbor. [3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] p. 113.. [S48] p. 30. [S90] [S35] p. 124.. [S229] [S48] p. 30.. [S38] pp. 62-63.. [S1117] [S38] 62-63.. [S35]