The Lazarus Turner Family

James Turner was born around 1768 in Virginia. I have not proven James' parentage yet, but I'm betting that his father was Stephen Reuben Turner (son of old Terisha Turner) and Susanna Hamner (daughter of William Hamner and Mary Elizabeth Hendley). James married Molley Allen on January 14, 1799 in Warren County, North Carolina. James died in July 1843 in Anson County, North Carolina. They had the following children:

Lazarus, b. ca. 1812 (my ancestor, see below)
Axum (?)
James
Mary
Martha
Nancy
Susan
Sary

The way I found Lazarus' parentage was from a book entitled "Anson County North Carolina Abstract of Wills 1750-1880". At Book B, Page 162, James Turner's abstract of his will gave a probated will date of April 14, 1843 and listed his children as Axum, James, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, Nancy, Susan, and Sary. He also mentioned his grandson, Washington Turner (parentage unknown). The witnesses to the signing of the will were Redick Drem? and John Martin.

Lazarus B. Turner was the son of James Turner and Molly Allen, born around 1812 in Virginia or North Carolina. He married Sarah Allen (born around 1815 in North Carolina, her father was William Allen). Their children were:

Lazarus Turner was located in the Census Records of 1850 in Anson County, North Carolina, which listed his wife and children at that time. Lazarus was also listed in the 1840 Census. According to Susie Turner Cheney, my great-aunt, Lazarus and his family migrated to Alabama in a covered wagon. When the family was out of money, the family stopped several times in Georgia to work to make money to feed the children. Lazarus then settled his family in the Creekstand community in 1852. Creekstand is in Macon County, Alabama, close to the Russell County line and close to Hurtsboro. Lazarus didn't get to enjoy his new home for long, he died during the late-1850's and is buried in Hurtsboro. His wife, Sarah, was listed as head of household in the 1860 Federal Census in Macon County. The children still at home were William, James, John, Emiline, Allen, and Edmond. The Turners are known as some of the early settlers of the Hurtsboro (Hurtsville) community in Macon County.

John B. Turner was born around 1844 in Anson County, North Carolina, to Lazarus B. Turner and Sarah Allen. On October 24, 1871, he married Mary Elizabeth Smith (also known as Molly or Mollie, parentage unknown at this time) in Russell County, Alabama (I believe they married in Phenix City). Their children were:

Mollie E. (Elizabeth?), b. ca. 1873
William S., b. ca. 1874
Charlie Baron, b. Feb. 26, 1877 in Russell Co., Alabama, md. Mary Emma Braswell (see below)
Other unknown children

John was in Confederacy Army in the Civil war. He joined the Confederacy on July 3, 1861 at Fort Mitchell. The family members' names were mentioned in "The Baptist Church of Christ, Hurtsville, Alabama" records. John died in February 1911.

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