General in Society of Friends David Mote, Sr.

David and Dorcas Mote were members of the Bush River M. M. until1775,then requested removal certificates to Wrightsborough M. M. inAugustaCo., Georgia. They stayed there until 1802, then went to Ohioandwere accepted as members at Waynesville M. M. on March 3, 1804

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David Mote was the son of Jonathan and Sarah Mote and the husband of Dorcas Nichols.
From 'A Walk In a Country Churchyard,' by Luke Smith Mote, Autumn, 1880: "Bearing southwest, we come to a peaked slate-colored stone, unlettered, this marks the grave of David Mote Sr., one of the first emigrants from Georgia-originally lived in Chester Co., Pa, son of Jonathon Mote of Middlesex England. Many of his children and descendants once lived around here-a few remain of the same name, in membership with the church. He come in by convincement in early life and remained steady to the end-died in spring of 1817 in his eighty-fourth year. His wife Dorcas was laid by his side in the fall of same year in her eighty-sixth year."

From 'Biographical Sketches-History of Miami County,' p 844: "David Mote, Sr or Grandfather Mote, as he was called, lived most of his days on the borders of civilization, where much wild game abounded, and therefore became very expert in the use of the rifle, he mentioned among other items of his experience in hunting that he had killed two deer at a shot thirteen times, and twice he had killed three..in person he was of medium height, of square and rather heavy built, thoughtful and given to taciturnity, he and his wife accompanied their children when they came to Ohio in 1802; his mental and physical faculties were little impaired as ripe age advanced, his step being elastic and his eyesight clear up to the close of life; he died at his son John's of gastritis on the 4th of March 1817, aged 84 years, being the oldest of the first emigrants in this township; his wife, Dorcas, died the following November in her 86th year."

Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks section):

1. Mary Mote Jones
2. Dorcas Mote
3. Jeremiah Mote
4. David Mote, Jr

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