General Notes

Note: George probably was born and married in Orange County
, Virginia. His first child Nancy Quesenberry was born in 1
770 probably in Orange County, Virginia. In 1770 George cam
e to Grease Creek in what is now Carroll County. While ther
e he received 400 acres of land from Abner Lester by: a Com
missioners Certificate. Part of the land was surveyed in 17
75. George returned to Orange County to get ready to move h
is wife and young daughter Nancy to Floyd County, Virginia
. In March of 1772 he started on his way to Floyd County an
d in Bedford County his second child Frederick was born. Th
is is according to the 1850 Floyd County Census, Frederic
k was born in Bedford County. George was the oldest son o
f Moses Quesenberry, who in the 1700's went with some of hi
s other sons to Kentucky. George followed the "Wilderness R
oad" from Bedford and through Botetourt Courthouse - Newber
n. Before arriving at Ft. Chiswell, Virginia he left the wi
lderness road and followed the Big Reed Island Creek and Gr
easy Creek upstream to where he had earlier received the 40
0 acres. George Quesenberry was the first settler in this a
rea of the Quesenberry's. All Quesenberry's of this area ap
parently descended from George. In 1779 George and Martha s
old some land to Ephraim Dickens and both George and Marth
a signed the deed. George served in the County Militia duri
ng the Revolutionary War. His unit was responsible for keep
ing peace with the local Indians, - unit commanded by Capta
in William Bobbett and Captain Jonathon Isom. At one point
, George was identified as being a clergyman - married seve
ral couples and at one time was the only one in the southwe
st Virginia authorized to perform marriages. This may hav
e been the Primitive Baptist Church in its beginnings.