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JAMES
TURNER
1705 VA - 1773 VA
JAMES TURNER was born by 1705 possibly in that part of
Westmoreland Co VA which eventually became King George
County. In 1728 JAMES TURNER “of King George County” and
ISAAC NORMAN “of Spotsylvania County” received a land grant of 634
acres in Spotsylvania County, VA. [VA Land Patent #13, P.
301.] In 1733, ISAAC NORMAN gave his son-in-law JAMES TURNER, and
KERENHAPPUCH NORMAN TURNER, his daughter 100 acres in Spotsylvania and
50 pounds. [VA County Records, Vol. I, Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800,
W.A. Crozier, Page 132, Gen.Pub.Co.Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1972.]
Virginia Court and Land Records indicate JAMES TURNER lived in
Spotsylvania County, 1728-1745; Prince William County 1745-1755;
Culpeper County 1755-1765; and Halifax County 1765-1773. JAMES
TURNER died 1773 in Halifax County VA. His widow, KERENHAPPUCH
NORMAN TURNER moved with her son, JAMES TURNER (JR), and daughter
SARAH TURNER SMITH, to Montgomery County, NC by 1790 where Kerenhappuch
Norman Turner died around 1805.
Children of JAMES TURNER and KERERNHAPPUCH NORMAN from Virginia Court
and Land Records; The Normans of Normandy Hall, Lois Norman, 1976,
Sherman, TX(LDS); and Culpeper Normans, Nellie Norman, Culpeper, VA,
1966:
1. SARAH TURNER married JAMES
SMITH, son of RICHARD and MARY SMITH of Pickawaxen Parish, Charles
County, MD. James and Sarah Turner Smith lived in Charles County
MD until about 1765; Halifax County VA 1765-1780; Richmond County, NC
1780-1790. JAMES SMITH died in Richmond NC 1791 and SARAH TURNER
SMITH died in Maury County TN around 1812.
[Sources: Southerland
Latham and Allied Families, by Edward Kinsey Voorhees, 1931,
(LDS); Memoirs of James Norman Smith (1870) available in
the American History Archives of the University of Texas at Austin;
Normans of Normandy Hall, 1976, by Dr. Lois Norman, Sherman,
TX, (LDS); History of the Culpeper Normans, Nellie Norman,
Culpeper VA, 1966; Early Families of Southern Maryland Vol. VII,
by Elise Greenup Jordan, 1999 and numerous DAR member application
records. ]
2. ELIZABETH TURNER married JOSEPH
MOREHEAD of Halifax County, VA. Joseph and Elizabeth Turner
Morehead lived in Halifax County VA and Richmond County NC, where
Joseph Morehead died in 1806. Descendants moved to Tennessee.
3. MARY TURNER married CHARLES
MOREHEAD. They lived in Fauquier County VA where Charles died in
1783. Descendants moved to Kentucky around 1807.
4. KERENHAPPUCH TURNER married
ROBERT SANFORD. They lived in Halifax County VA where Robert died
in 1781. Descendants moved to Maury County TN.
5. JAMES TURNER (JR.) was born
about 1742 probably in Spotsylvania County VA. He married (1)
Miss Wyatt and (2) Sarah Irby, daughter of Anthony Irby of VA
[she m/2 Dabney Wade]. James Turner (Jr) served as Captain
in the Virginia “Minutemen” Militia from Halifax County, VA,
during the American Revolution. He may have served at the
‘Siege of 96’ (SC). He lived in Halifax County VA
1765-1785; Anson / Montgomery / Richmond County NC 1785-1805; and Maury
County TN where he died in 1809. James Turner, Jr., had four
children: JAMES TURNER, WILLIAM TURNER, WINNEFRED TURNER, and ANTHONY
IRBY TURNER.
Bennie Lou Hook Altom
Baltom@NovaOne.Net
30 June 2000
