valouisa-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > 1. Re: Sheriff Thomas Johnson and Quarles family (JUDITH king-calnek) > > JUDITH king-calnek inquired: > I noticed the post which mentions some of the Quarles family. My > research focuses on (and family line descends from) Ralph Quarles > (c. 1764-1834) and Lucy Langston (c. 1780-1834). I'd be interested > in any information anyone might have on them, especially John Todd > as he was the executor of Langston & Quarles's daughter's (and > granddaughter's) wills. > Also, if anyone has any leads sources about the Committee of Safety > and activities in the sheriff's office, that'd be very helpful. What > was the function of this committee? Whose safety were they concerned > with? Were they linked to the slave patrollers? > Any leads would be greatly appreciated. > Judith E. King-Calnek, Ph.D. > Educational Anthropologist I believe that the executor of the Ralph Quarles estate was John R. Quarles, not John Todd Quarles. I do not know how John R. and John T. are related, other than that they are not closer than second cousins. The "Committee of Safety" was the group that ran the nascent government in each county as we were in transition from being British colonies to becoming United States. -Jay Lieske