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From: "Charles R. Arterburn" <>
Subject: [SCKY] Monroe County--Turner--Hood
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:33:05 -0700 (PDT)


TURNER lines are a difficult lot to sort out, since
there seem to be so many different branches, and so
many common names repeated.

The VA origin of this TURNER family of Monroe County
deserves a second look:


WILLIAM TURNER (b. about 1788 VA--w.p. 1864 KY)
m.
FRANCES _____ (b. about 1789 VA--d. after 1864 KY)

1. Appears in 1820 Buckingham County VA Census
under "William, So N"--family profile matches 1830
Monroe County, best match for "William Turner" in 1820
VA.
2. Appears in 1829 Monroe County KY Tax List.
3. Appears in 1830 Monroe County KY Census.
4. Appears in deed of gift as one of three original
trustees of Bethlehem Methodist Church, Monroe County,
1840. Other family members named as charter members
were: Jefferson Turner, Jane England.
5. Appears in 1840, 1850, 1860 Monroe County
Censuses.

(Joseph Turner, Charles, Richard, and Thomas Hood also
appear in 1820 Buckingham and all subsequently
reappear, along with George Hood, in 1830 Monroe
County. These Hood and Turner families are known to
have intermarried.)

Since Buckingham is a burned county (1869), early
public records have had to be reconstructed from other
sources. The following selections have been published
(full citations are available upon request):


"1800 BUCKINGHAM Tax List:

TURNER
William
John
John
James
Nicholas
Andrew, Jr.
Andrew (estate)"


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Selected from Land Tax Summaries & Implied Deeds (to
1814):

"Turner, JOHN. 1800 to 1814. BOUGHT: 1800, 130 acres
adjacent Blakeys Creek (9N) from Haynes. 1803, 100
acres adjacent Blakeys Creek (9N) from C. May, and 112
and 1/2 acres adjacent Blakeys Creek (9N) from James
and Rane Staton. 1813/1814 LOCATION: residence on
Blakeys Creek (9N) with land adjacent. Listed as
"Captain" in 1810 and 1811.

Turner, NICHOLAS. 1804 to 1814. BOUGHT: 1804, 50
acres from Rogers. 1806, 48 acres on Wreck Island
Creek from John Horsley. 1809, 48 acres adjacent
Wreck Island Creek from Joseph Horsley. 1813, 21
acres adjacent Wreck Island Creek (25W) from James
Christian, in 1814, residence of his son, William
(Turner).

Turner, WILLIAM. 1786 to 1814. 1813/1814.
LOCATION: residence near Gowan Hill (27W); in 1814,
William Turner, son of Nicholas, residence adjacent
Wreck Island Creek (25W)."


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Selected from Land Tax Summaries & Implied Deeds (to
1830):

"Turner, JOHN Captain. 1815 to 1822. Estate, 1823 to
1840. BOUGHT: 1816, 20 acres on Blakeys Creek (9N)
from estate of John Beazley. 1818, 75 acres from
Thomas Winfrey. SOLD: 1821, 75 acres to Sarah S.
Couch. 1823, 150 acres to Fleming Turner, Jr. 1835,
106 acres to John Chambers, sold by Caroline Chambers
(or Couch).

[Captain John apparently died about 1822.]

Turner, NANCY. 1820-1839. BOUGHT: 1820, 26 acres on
Wreck Island Creek (30W), her interest in James
Beckham estate.

[May be NANCY, the daughter of NICHOLAS TURNER, who
married WILLIAM PHELPS.]

Turner, NICHOLAS. 1815 to 1828. SOLD: 1818, 22
acres on Wreck Island Creek (25W) to James P. Rogers.

[Nicholas appears to have died about 1828. His son,
William, must have left for Kentucky soon after.
"Est. of Nicholas Turner" appears in the 1830 census,
which included a female 50-60 yrs old--presumably
Nicholas' widow, along with 2 white males and 2 white
females (20-30), and 3 female slaves.]

Turner, WILLIAM. 1815 to 1827. Listed as Senior,
1826 and 1827. In 1816, owned 137 acres near Gowans
Hill (27W); in 1817, adjacent Edward Gouldman (27W).
SOLD: 1826, 135 acres on Boring Mill Branch (27W) to
William Moore.

Hood, HOBSON. 1815 to 1827. SOLD: 1826, 222 acres
on Wreck Island Creek (30W) to Robert S. Gary.

Hood, JOHN. 1815 to 1829. SOLD: 1829, THOMAS Hood
and others sold 98 acres (24W) to Peter Doss.

Hood, NATHANIEL. 1815 to 1832. Estate, 1833 to 1840.
In 1828, listed as Nathaniel R. Hood. Location: In
1831 on Little Wreck Island Creek (29W)."

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It seems highly likely that WILLIAM TURNER of Monroe
County was the WILLIAM, son of NICHOLAS, who appears
in 1820 Buckingham Census and tax and deed records
there.

NICHOLAS may have been the partial namesake for the
second son of WILLIAM and FRANCES: WYATT N. TURNER.
Perhaps "WYATT" and the name of their first son "JOHN
A." may hold clues about other extended family
members.

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Named in the Monroe County Will of WILLIAM TURNER,
1864 [bracketed items added]:

FRANCES TURNER [spouse]
JOHN A. TURNER
WYATT [N.] TURNER HEIRS
[JESSE] JEFFERSON TURNER
LUCINDA [C.] SMITH
JAMES M.O. TURNER
ROBERT J. TURNER [also Executor]
WILLIAM [T.] TURNER HEIRS
MARY A. ENGLAND HEIRS

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One of NICHOLAS TURNER'S VA descendants states that
NICHOLAS was married to JUDITH _____ (possibly
PHELPS), and that they were members of Red Oak Baptist
Church, in present-day Appomattox County, VA. JUDITH
TURNER appears in 1850 Appomattox County Census, age
91. Burials at the church began more recently, so
NICHOLAS and JUDITH are probably in a family cemetery
somewhere, perhaps unmarked.

He speculates that NICHOLAS may have been the son of
ANDREW TURNER, who was in Buckingham County as early
as 1787. The published tax and deed summaries, listed
above, also show a WILLIAM TURNER in Buckingham County
as early as 1786. This early WILLIAM probably wasn't
the WILLIAM SR. listed above, since the latter was
only 45+ yrs old and still with young children, in the
1820 Buckingham Census. So, NICHOLAS' father might
actually have been an earlier WILLIAM TURNER. It may
be too soon to look for a naming pattern, though,
since WILLIAM, son of NICHOLAS, didn't follow the
expected pattern.

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My cousin, Mike Arterburn of California, and I are
descendants of this WILLIAM TURNER, and we will be
working to establish more clearly WILLIAM and FRANCES
TURNER'S VA roots. At some point, DNA analysis might
be used to help distinguish or relate branches of VA
TURNERS where very little or nothing can be found of
an early paper trail. Any descendants of this TURNER
family who wish may join in this effort, and all are
welcome to participate!



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