ANDREW JACKSON TURNBOUGH

  He was born on February 15, 1828 (according to his tombstone) In Wayne County, Tennessee. The exact location of his birth is unknown and we've learned nothing about his childhood. There's historical mention of his name during the 1840's as being in Wayne County, Tennessee. At twenty years of age, he married young Louisa Pigg. From census records, it's been found that she was the daughter of Claborn and Fanny Pigg both originally from Virginia. We've attempted to locate marriage records on Andrew and Louisa, but due to a fire at the Wayne County Court House, all marriage records prior to 1857 in that County were destroyed.

  Early Wayne County land records give us the only information which can be found on Andrew Jackson Turnbough during the 1850's. It is interesting to note that four land transactions were recorded in the Wayne County Clerk's office and that the last entry carried the spelling "Turnbow" rather than "Turnbough".

  On December 13 1850, Andrew Jackson Turnbough purchased 488 1/2 acres of land from William Crossno for the sum of $400. This property was located on a branch of Beech Creek, known as the Mill Hollow Branch. Several pictures have been located of the home occupied there by Andrew Jackson and his wife Louisa during their two year tenure on this property. The home was very small, probably consisting of only one room and contained a huge fireplace built of rock.

  It was here that the first child was born to this family, that being Lucinda who was born the same month of the land purchase, December, 1850.

  There's no record of where Andrew Jackson lived from July, 1852 to September of 1855. It is known that several Turnboughs moved from Wayne County to Arkansas and Alabama during that time and we can speculate that he and his family may have temporarily moved out of state.

  On September 24, 1855, we find another purchase of land in Wayne County by Andrew Jackson that being just a couple miles west of his previous homeplace on the Mill Hollow Branch. This land purchase contained approximately 200 acres and was sold to him by Alfred B. Webb for the sum of $600. It was located on Morrison's Fork of the Beech Creek. Of particular interest is the fact that this deed was witnessed by one "Hugh Turnbough". This could have been, of course, Andrew's father who carried that name. But, we speculate that this Hugh was more than likely Andrew's brother who lived in the area at that time. This is the only historical evidence ever found that directly links Hugh and Andrew together. This direct evidence of kinship, along with many other indirect links, seems to prove that both Andrew and Hugh were brothers and also were both the descendants of Hugh Turnbough, Sr.

  This most recent land purchase was only held one year, for on September 6, 1856, "A. J. Turnbow" sold his 200 acres of land to William "Turnbow". It was sold for the sum of $650 dollars, and this deed was witnessed by "Hugh Turnbow, Jr.". This land sale, therefore, links up three brothers, all sons of Hugh Turnbough, Sr. As mentioned earlier, it also carried the "new" spelling of the family name. This one land deed gives us more information on the old family than any other document ever discovered. It also appears to carry the signatures of both Hugh and Andrew, although their similarity makes it difficult to determine whether they signed or the Clerk of Court signed for them.

  This last sale of land came at a very unusual time for we know that Louisa was pregnant at that time. It is speculated that A.J. and his family may have continued to live on this land until the birth of their second child. This child, Hugh Anderson, was born on November 4, 1856, and all available records indicate that he was born in Tennessee, but the exact whereabouts are unknown.