14. WILLIAM4 PURYEAR (JOHN3, SAMUEL2, PURYEAR1) was born 1760 in Mecklenburg County, VA, and died 1797 in Athens, GA. He married REBECCA ELIZABETH CARLETON September 22, 1785 in Mecklenburg County, VA, daughter of THOMAS CARLETON and SARAH SAMPSON. She was born Bet. 1760 - 1765 in Mecklenburg County, VA, and died Aft. 1796 in Athens, GA.

Notes for WILLIAM PURYEAR:
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After their marriage in 1785, William and Rebecca probably moved around 1794 with their family of small children to the Athens, Georgia area. On June 20, 1794, Henry Charleton sold 1,000 acres of land to William Puryear and Sussannah Cox in the County of Franklin, just south of Athens, GA. called the Dogwood Grove tract. Circumstances did not allow William Puryear to enjoy the use of this land very long. Some time before tax-paying time in 1796, William had been murdered on his plantation by his own slaves. The site of this plantation was 5 miles below Athens, GA, but after the murder of her husband, Rebecca moved to the settled community of what was to become the city of Athens and for a time lived on the lot of the present City Hall.
     
Children of WILLIAM PURYEAR and REBECCA CARLETON are:
56.
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JOHN5 PURYEAR, b. December 26, 1786, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. February 22, 1836, Athens, GA.
57.
ii.
 
WILLIAM H. PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1786 - 1788, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Bet. 1851 - 1880, Clarke County, GA.
 
iii.
 
SARAH S. PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1788; d. Unknown; m. ROBERT MINTER, December 08, 1808, Clarke County, GA; b. Bet. 1770 - 1790; d. Unknown.
58.
iv.
 
PETER PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1788 - 1795, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. 1826, Athens, GA.
 
v.
 
MARY PURYEAR, b. Bet. 1788 - 1800; d. Unknown; m. (1) MAJOR BERTZ BAYLEY MCKIGNEY; d. Unknown; m. (2) JESSE LOCKHART, Abt. 1812; d. Unknown.
 
vi.
 
MARTHA PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1789; d. Unknown; m. (1) BAERT MCKIGNEY, May 24, 1804; b. Bet. 1780 - 1790; d. Unknown; m. (2) SAMUEL BROWN, June 24, 1810; b. Bet. 1780 - 1795; d. Unknown.
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THOMAS CARLETON PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1790, Mecklenburg County, VA; d. Unknown.
60.
viii.
 
REBECCA WILLIE PURYEAR, b. Abt. 1796, Athens, GA; d. Aft. 1820, Macon County, AL.