Reuben Piles

From the Will of James Rosamond:

“Likewise to my son, Nath, I give my part of a tract of 947 acres of land lying in Laurens
County on the waters of Saluda and Reedy Rivers near where Ruben Piles, Esq. now lives.”

I found a genealogy for the Piles family.

Jon Presco

I am descended from a Reuben Piles who was born in Essex County, Virginia in abt 1742-45 and died in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He had a son Reuben Jr. in 1798. I do not have any more information on Reuben Jr.
Descendants of Vincent Godfrey Piles

1 Vincent Godfrey Piles b: 1657-1689 d: Abt. November 15, 1742 in Essex County, Virginia
.. +Rebecca Harwar b: 1665-1692 m: October 11, 1709 in Essex County, Virginia d: Aft. 1743 in Essex County, Virginia m: October 11, 1709 in Essex County, Virginia
……… 2 Ludovicus Morias Piles b: 1710-1717
…………. +Anne
……… 2 Samuel Piles b: 1710-1717 in Essex County, Virginia d: Abt. 1787 in Essex County, Virginia
…………. +Anne m: Bef. January 20, 1745/46 in Essex County, Virginia d: Aft. 1779 in Essex County, Virginia m: Bef. January 20, 1745/46 in Essex County, Virginia
……………….. 3 Williamson Pyles d: in Amelia County, Virginia
……………….. 3 Reuben Pyles b: 1742-1745 in Essex County, Virginia d: Abt. 1816 in Abbeville County, South Carolina
…………………… +Mary Ester Rochester b: Abt. 1752 in Westmoreland County, Virginia m: November 13, 1770 in Granville County, North Carolina d: Abt. 1812 in Abbeville County, South Carolina m: November 13, 1770 in Granville County, North Carolina
…………………………. 4 Abner Pyles b: June 09, 1772 in Granville County, North Carolina
…………………………….. +Elizabeth Shackelford
…………………………. *2nd Wife of Abner Pyles:
…………………………….. +Pamelia Mitchell
…………………………. *3rd Wife of Abner Pyles:
…………………………….. +Elizabeth Stone
…………………………. *4th Wife of Abner Pyles:
…………………………….. +Susan Hatton
…………………………. 4 John Pyles b: July 09, 1774
…………………………….. +Ruth Jones
…………………………. 4 Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Pyles b: May 10, 1775
…………………………….. +Abner Nash b: Abt. 1775
…………………………. 4 Sarah Elizabeth Pyles b: September 04, 1777 in North Carolina or South Carolina d: May 04, 1841 in Fayette County, Alabama
…………………………….. +William Dodson b: Abt. 1781 in Prince William County, Virginia d: May 23, 1870 in Fayette County, Alabama
……………………………………. 5 Nimrod Dodson b: Abt. 1800
……………………………………. 5 Martha Dodson b: Abt. 1802
……………………………………. 5 Reuben Dodson b: February 03, 1804
……………………………………. 5 Lemuel Dodson b: November 28, 1805
…………………………. 4 Nancy Pyles b: May 20, 1780 in South Carolina d: Aft. 1860 in Conway Co., Arkansas
…………………………….. +George Barmore b: 1776 in Virginia m: 1798 in Honea Path, South Carolina d: 1816 in Abbeville County, South Carolina m: 1798 in Honea Path, South Carolina
……………………………………. 5 James Barmore b: 1799
……………………………………. 5 Martha “Peggy” Barmore b: February 17, 1801 in Abbeville County, South Carolina d: September 05, 1843 in Pickens County, Alabama
……………………………………….. +James George Spruill b: April 09, 1794 in Abbeville County, South Carolina m: June 09, 1819 in South Carolina d: March 30, 1868 in Pickens County, Alabama m: June 09, 1819 in South Carolina
……………………………………. 5 George Barmore b: Abt. 1802
……………………………………. 5 William Barmore b: 1804
……………………………………. 5 Mary Barmore b: Abt. 1806 d: Bef. 1850 in Pickens County, Alabama
……………………………………….. +Levi Randall
……………………………………. 5 Elizabeth Barmore b: 1808
……………………………………. 5 Reuben Pyles Barmore b: 1809
……………………………………. 5 Newton N. Barmore b: Abt. 1813
……………………………………. 5 John Milford Barmore b: 1814
……………………………………. 5 Dale Barmore b: Abt. 1816
…………………………. 4 William Pyles b: May 20, 1780
…………………………. 4 Mary Pyles b: February 09, 1789 d: June 23, 1862
…………………………….. +John Clinkscales b: May 09, 1780 m: January 01, 1810 d: February 07, 1858 m: January 01, 1810
…………………………. 4 Ester Pyles b: Abt. 1790
…………………………….. +Isaac Beckwith
…………………………. *2nd Husband of Ester Pyles:
…………………………….. +David Davenport
…………………………. *3rd Husband of Ester Pyles:
…………………………….. +Stephen Douglas
…………………………. 4 Reuben Pyles, Jr. b: Abt. 1798
…………………………….. +Elizabeth Mays
…………………………. 4 Lewis Pyles b: August 22, 1800 d: April 23, 1877
…………………………….. +Catherine Perrin
…………………………. *2nd Wife of Lewis Pyles:
…………………………….. +Malinda Blackburn
……………….. 3 Daughter Pyles
……… 2 Conradus Piles b: Bef. 1723
……… 2 John Piles d: Abt. 1757

WILL OF JAMES ROSAMOND
“I, James Rosamond, leave to Mary, my wife, two Negro wenches, one
named Nellie and the other Charity, and likewise two Negro boys,
one named Ralph and the other named Sam. My wife shall also have
three horses: my brown borse and black gray and young bay mare as
well as the plantation tools. I also leave my whole stock of cattle
excepting two or three which I allow her to give to her son, James,
when she thinks he has occasion for them. I also leave to my wife
and children one-half of my hogs and sheep and the other half to be
sold. Likewise, I give to my wife all household furniture. My son,
Nathaniel, shall have my Negro, Smart, but that he shall be sold and
the money put to interest until he comes to age. Likewise to my son,
Nath, I give my part of a tract of 947 acres of land lying in Laurens
County on the waters of Saluda and Reedy Rivers near where Ruben
Piles, Esq. now lives.
Item: To my son, Thomas, I leave my Negro named George.
Item: To my son, Benjamin, I leave my Negro girl named Jenny.
Item: To my son, Samuel, I leave my Negro girl named Elon.
Item: To my daughter, Mary, I leave my Negro girl named Nancy.
Item: To my three sons, Thomas, Benjamin, and Samuel, I leave the
rest of my land; to be divided equally amongst them and to be given
to them as they come of age. I allow my wife to have use of it
while she lives, the tract of land that I now live on. On her
death, this land will be equally divided between Thomas, Benjamin
and Samuel.
Item: The Negro, Sam, that I purchased from George Welded and my
stills and all my other property not above mentioned, I desire
that they shall be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, except
one horse called my young bay and a saddle which I give to my wife’s
son, James Dahorty.
Item: At the death of my wife, the four Negroes that I leave her
shall be divided among my four sons: Nathaniel, Thomas, Benjamin
and Samuel. In the following manner to Nathaniel I leave Nell; to
Thomas I leave Charity; to Benjamin I leave Ralph and to Samuel I
leave Sam. My two sons, Nathaniel and Thomas, if their Negroes
should have any increase before she comes of age, shall makeup an
equal portion with one of themselves to my daughter, Mary.
Item: My will is that all monies arising from the sale of the above
mentioned, after paying all my debts, be equally divided between my
wife and four sons and a horse and saddle to my daughter, Mary, besides
her equal share with the rest.”
I do constitute and ordain Samuel Rosamond and James Watts executors
and Mary, my wife, executrix of my last will on July 15, 1795. Signed
and sealed in the presence of James Watts, William Norwood, Robert Ingram.
Recorded in Will Book 1, Page 329, Box 80, Pkg 1949, Abbeville Co., SC.
Proven July 10, 1806.
Recorded date not available. A. Hamilton, O.A.D.