Sarah (Hoblit) Turley (abt. 1785 - bef. 1848)

Born about Jun 1785 in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Lucas — married 29 Jun 1809 in Richland Twsp., Highland Co., NJ

Wife of James L Turley — married 9 Sep 1834 in Logan county, Illinois

Descendants

Died before 10 Jul 1848 before about age 63 in Logan County, Illinois

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Biography

Sarah "Sally" Hoblit was born June 4, 1786, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Johannes Michael Hoblit and Anna Katrina Van Veigle. Highland county, Ohio was formed February 18, 1805. It was here on June 29, 1809, that Sarah "Sally" Hoblit married Thomas Lucas. ^[1] Sarah was a sister of John Hoblit, who married Milcent Seward. In 1834, Sarah and Thomas accompanied Sarah's brother and his family from Pennsylvania, to what is now Atlanta Township, in Logan county, Illinois. From there, Sarah and Thomas Lucas continued into the Lake Fork country, where they settled. ^[2] The Lucas family had migrated to what was to become Lake Fork Township in what was to become Logan County several years earlier.

Sarah and Thomas became the parents of at least nine children, before he died October 15, 1831. On Christmas Day, in 1832, Agnes (Kirby/Kerby) Turley, wife of one of the first settlers on Lake Fork, died. She and her husband, James Turley were the parents of fourteen children, born in Kentucky. ^[3] James Turley was 71 years of age, and had made application for a Revolutionary War pension on September 18, 1832. ^[4] At some point after his wife's death, James and Sarah decided to marry and combine their large households. Most of their children were grown and married by this time, and so able to help the "newlyweds."

Within four years of their marriage, James L. Turley died and was buried in Carlyle cemetery, in Mount Pulaski, Logan county, Illinois. Sarah, who was 25 years younger than James survived him another 27 years. She died July 13, 1859 at the age of 73 years, and is also buried in Carlyle cemetery. ^[5] There is a photograph of her headstone on a Find A Grave memorial. However, there is no proof James or Sarah are buried in Carlyle Cemetery. The stone referenced above is not her's and none has been located for him. The Lucas family is buried in nearby Steenbergen Cemetery. However, there is not a stone for Thomas nor his brother James there as some of the earliest stones were improperly removed and destroyed many years ago.

Researcher's Notes

Westmoreland County was founded on February 26, 1773 and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania in which its entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains. Many changes in county boundary lines were made. In 1788, about half of Westmoreland county became Allegheny county. In 1800, eight new counties were created including the present-day counties of Fayette, Washington, Greene, and parts of Beaver, Indiana, and Armstrong. For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website: [1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDNN-6PK : 8 December 2014), Thomas Lucas and Sally Hoblits, 29 Jun 1809; citing Highland,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 570,612
2. ↑ History of Logan County, Illinois: A Record of Its Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1 by Lawrence Beaumont Stringer, Pioneer Publishing Company, 1911, pages 75-77
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 October 2021), memorial page for Agnes Kerby Turley (3 May 1763–25 Dec 1832), Find A Grave: Memorial #23870219, citing Carlyle Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Christine Masterson (contributor 47348844) .
4. ↑ DAR ancestor #A117001
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 October 2021), memorial page for Sarah Cheatham Turley (4 Jun 1786–13 Jul 1859), Find A Grave: Memorial #18617119, citing Carlyle Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by William Burns (contributor 47346207) .

• History of Logan County, Illinois, by W. D. Wyatt, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886
• Ancestral Families of Emily Catherine Wood (Pack) : Ancestors of Sarah Katherine Lucas and Berryman B. Wood, by John Vallentine, Springville, UT, May 15, 1995

See also: https://tangledwood.com/getperson.php?personID=I1696&tree=tree1

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of rsturley20100927.ged on 16 November 2010