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From: (Sherrydon Turner)
Subject: [TURNER] Samuel Turner and family in SC/TN
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:58:10 -0600 (MDT)

I found my 4th ggrandfather on a cousin's site, but it didn't have his
wife or anything else on him, except his birth date and his children's
families. The information on William "Thomas" Turner is mine.

Father: SAMUEL TURNER b. 1790-1

Children of Samuel Turner:

Thomas Turner- b. 5-14-1804 in Edgefield, SC. + Melvina ELLIOTT
Eli Turner- b. 1811 in SC. + Mary Ann SNODGRASS
Samuel Turner- b. abt 1822-23 in Bledsoe Co., TN. + Lucenda RAINEY
Margaret Turner- b. 8-10-1825 in Bledsoe Co. TN. + William Jasper
BOYD
They all seemed to settle down in Warren Co. TN, Bledsoe Co. TN, and
Sequachie Co. TN.

Samuel's Children:

THOMAS TURNER:
b. 5-14-1804 in Edgefield, SC. Died 9-3-1875. m. Melvina (Lavina)
ELLIOTT, May 1825. She was born May 1803, NC. Died 3-24-1876. Both are
buried in Smyrna Cem., McMinnville, TN. They had 8 children:

(1) Henry Thomas Turner + Mary Jane BOYD- 5 children: Harriet,
George Taylor + Florida Jane MERRIMAN, James Buchanon + Myra Jane
DODSON, Amanda + Andrew TANNER, Thomas Elliott + Nancy GILLENTINE.

(2) Martha Carolina Turner + Jefferson Aquilla SAVAGE- 3 children:
George Savage, Isaac Denton Savage + Mary AKEMAN, Andrew B. Savage +
Hallie Gertrude PURSLEY.

(3) Andrew Jackson Turner+ Catherine (Kitty Ann) AKEMAN- 2 children:
John Jackson + Vesta (Vasti) Ann BARNES, Mary Jane + Marcus D. L. BOYD.

(4) John Jefferson Turner + Margaret (McGee) OVERTURF- 8 children:
William Davis + Tennessee DAVIS, Henry, Andrew, Claud, Mary + Elza
MAYES, Martha, James, Bell + Alex EARLES, Parrott + George DODSON.

(5) William Thomas Turner, Jr. + 3 wives- (1) Parilee SMITH or DOLTON
(2 differ. records), (2) Rachel SMITH, (3) Martha Ellen JOHNSON- 8
children: Isaac + Frankie HARMON, Melvina+ James MAYES, William + Della
BOULDIN, Nancy, Archibald + Beland BLAIR, Phoeba + Albert TANNER,
Obediah + Malish MORTON, Laura Ann + Thomas BOULDIN

(6) Ozias Denton Turner + Martha E. McCORKLE- 4 children: Elliott +
Bessie DICK, George + Linnie SAVAGE, Ervin + India SAVAGE, Cora + Frank
McPHERSON.

(7) Margaret Turner + William Bruce CHRISTIAN- 6 children: Bruce
Christian, Andrew J. Christian, Cleora Christian + Elzie McGEE, Harriet
Christian, Ebb Christian + Ella MYERS, Calhoun Christian + Mary POWELL.

(8) Ellenza Melvina Turner-
1 son- William Wesley "Tobe" Turner-
His father was Jack Carroll DODSON
Ellenza married Joseph BARNES- 2 children: Lawson B. Barnes + Azzie
TEETERS, Lizzie Jane Barnes + Lawson STEPP.


ELI TURNER
b. abt. 1811 in SC. Died aft. 1860. m. Mary Ann SNODGRASS, b. 1806,
GA
They had 5 children:

(1) Julia Ann Turner+ William Marion GRIFFITH- 6 children: Martha L.
Griffith, Andrew S. Griffith, Mary Jane Griffith (wife #2) + Levander
RAINS ( #1 was Josphine STANDEFER), Sarah Griffith, Allie Griffith, Ella
Griffith + William RAINS, William Harrison Griffith + Nancy Elleanor
Dillard.

(2) Mary Jane Turner + James Bartley RAINS

(3) Thomas T. Turner + Mary Ann Beavart- 8 children:
Sarah Jane, Martha M. (wife #1) + Leondas RAINS, Eli + Annie JOHNSON,
Mary E., Ida Elizabeth, Leona Belle, Bryon, Annie E. (wife #2) + Leondas
RAINS.

(4) John Monroe Turner

(5) Martha L. Turner + George Washington BOYD- 8 chidren: Mary C.
Boyd, James M. Boyd, Elliott H. Boyd, Frances Ann Boyd, Napoleon B.
Boyd, Marcus Dee Boyd + Drucy B. TANNER, William Tillman Boyd, Tessie
Lee Boyd, George Foster Boyd.


SAMUEL TURNER (Jr.)
b. abt. 1822-23 in Bledsoe Co., TN. m. Lucenda RAINEY, b. abt 1823.
They had 7 children:

(1) William Turner

(2) John Dillard Turner + Angeline Annette Rebecca RAINS

(3) Eli

(4) Cora

(5) James

(6) Margaret

(7) Samuel


MARGARET TURNER
b. 8-10-1825, in Bledsoe, TN. Died 10-9-1892, in Bledsoe, TN. Married
Willam Jasper BOYD. They had 8 children:

(1) Elliott Hodge Boyd + Mary C. FOUST

(2) Benjamin Franklin Boyd + (#1) Margaret HOWARD, (#2) Cynthia
McGREGOR

(3) John T. Boyd + Mary Lasater

(4) Mary Jane Boyd + Phillip McPherson FOUST (brother of Mary C.
Foust)

(5) Martha Boyd + Euclid Houston LAMB

(6) Samuel L. Boyd + (#1) Sadie McGREGOR, (#2) Frances McGREGOR.

(7) Drucilla Boyd + Hiram D. RIDDLE

(8) George Boyd

If anyone has any information or can help find anything else on these
families, especially on Samuel Turner, the father of Thomas, Eli, Samuel
and Margaret, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

Sherrydon Turner

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