"The first Mobley in South Carolina was Edward Mobley, the son of the first Mobley in America.  Edward was born about 1700 in Virginia and when he came to South Carolina, probably between 1758 and 1761, he not only brought his own family, but the families of his brothers and sisters and their children.  Soon after his arrival he and his sons, and one Hans Wagner participated in the trouble and the war with the Cherokees.  The Mobleys settled on what is known as Poplar Ridge, the east side of Beaver Creek.  Hans Wagner and his family of girls and no boys, near Reedy Branch.  Hans Wagner was so concerned for their welfare that he constructed a strong fort of white oak logs for theor protection, and when there was danger from the Indians, the neighbors would gather there to defend themselves.  Edward Mobley married in 1717, Susannah DeRuel and of this union were six sons and six daughters.  We know William married Anne Osborne, Clement married Mary Fox, Benjamin married the Widow Hill, Edward Susannah, Sallie Elizabeth and Keziah all married Meadors, Dorcas married Richard Hill,  and John married Mary Beam, Samuel married to Mary Wagner, Mary married Thomas Holsell.  Edward probably died April 11, 1765.  Susannah DeRuel was born in 1702, died probably 14 July 1769.  It can be established that the Mobleys came to South Carolina shortly after Braddock's defeat when so many Pennsylvanians, Virginians and Marylanders settled in the upper part of South Carolina."  (Source:  Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina.)
SOURCES:1.  "Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina" 2.  Gail Whitehurst Hughes 3. "The Wooddy Family" by Robert Smyer 4.  WFT, Vol 2, Tree #0739
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Beaver Creek likely in Anderson County