William Turner claims kinship to all Turners who claim kin to his great grandfather Edler John Turner. The Turners came to Yellow Creek from Halifax, Virginia in 1804 with the Adams and Turner families.
William Allen Turner goes on to say that his g. grandfather "planted many church in Middle Tennessee", and that John Turner is buried on Yellow Creek not far from a place known as Edgewood near the Pickett or Slayden Fram once owned by a Dr. Moody and others including Mr. Bud Norris. The graves are in the back of the residence that a Mr. Meadows had built and lived in. A large boulder had been placed over the graves. According to the letter Elisabeth Dillard or Sukie Tuner was a Welsh woman and an olde time midwife who set a wild Irish boy straight and that is where John Turner got his church ideas from.
Also noted is that John Turner was jockey and much in demand before the Revolutionary War. The guess is that he came over to the colonies as an indentured servant as many jockeys were just that. Unfortunately they and the slaves that were jockeys did not get recogntion so unless we have the owners name of the horse he rode, there is no tracing John Turner as a jockey. We are seeking a link to other descendants, see home page upon where to write me. :)
Elder John Turner is the great great grandfather of Mary A. Turner who is a great great grandmother to my generation. William Allen Turner is a cousin of Mary A. Turner.
The pictures on this page are descendants of George Turner, Sr. who is the son of Elder John Turner. Elisha is the son of George, and grandson of Elder John. His children, Anne and William Isaac are also pictured on this page.
It is said that there is a copy of a tin photo of Mary A. Turner, daughter of Samuel Howard Turner and "Annie" Julianne Domson. They had 7 children and lived in Pittsburg, Johnson County in Arkansas in the 1880 census, Mary was 13 years old. The siblings are as follows: Mary A. mentioned here and oldest at 13, Clemma C. 10, Earnest 8, Dollie 5, Callie 4, Roil, 2, and John B. age 2 months. We are looking for a copy of the tin photo of Mary A. Turner, and have heard that one of her brothers may have kept it, No one in our family has a copy of it, If anyone reading this has any information, please write to
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Thank you. We will gladly share any information we have with you on the Turner descendants. We are all cousins from this loner who came from Ireland in 1755, it is an amazing web of family and extends over the United States. It is wonderous to think what John Turner would think if he were here on Earth today, what advice would he give us. He seemed to live a happy and full life. His life was filled with uncertainity of crossing the Atlantic alone (which is speculated), many challenges, hardships and trials. Then he found the love of a wife, family and the love of God found him. It is an amazing thing to render.
