Tapleys from England to early New England, Virginia, the Carolinas, eastern Georgia and elsewhere in the United States. The earliest official reference to Tapleys in Georgia was in Richmond County. On May 10, 1790 Joel Tapley of Richmond County was deeded 200 acres of land. He is presumed to have been born ca. 1720 in North Carolina, a son of Hosea Tapley and Sarah Moore. He married Mary Avent in North Carolina. His brother, Newhampton (New) married Mary's sister, Elizabeth Avent. Joel Tapley come to Georgia in the mid- or late 1780's. He lived in what then was Richmond Co. but now is Glascock County, where he died 1790/91.