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He is the son of Unnamed Father Turner. [1]
On March 21 1824 William Turner married Stacy Smith in Harlan, Kentucky.
During the 1850 US Census:
William Turner, age 56, was living in Harlan, Kentucky, with his wife, Stacy Turner, age 46
John Turner, son, age 19
Henry Turner, son, age 17
William Turner, son, age 13
William (Sr) was born in Virginia, Stacy in North Carolina and their children in Kentucky. William's occupation is Farmer and his real estate owned is valued at $300. William and Stacy cannot read and write and their children have not attended school during the year.
Living next door is Abner and Catherine Turner, both age 23, and their three children.
Living next to Abner is William's brother David Turner, age 50, and Bitha, age 46, and their 10 children. John, Mary, David, Elizabeth, Nancy, William, Betha, John R., Hannah, and Delia.
And, near is Robert Turner, age 25, his wife, Sally, age 23, and their 2 young children.
A few doors down is James Turner, age 25, his wife, Sally, age 23, and their 2 young children.
During the 1860 US Census:
William Turner, age 65, was living in Harlan, Kentucky, with his wife, Stacy Turner, age 54, and
Elizabeth Turner, age 33
Felix Nantz, age 7
William was born in Virginia, Stacy in North Carolina, Elizabeth in Tennessee and Felix in Kentucky.
William's occupation is Farmer. His real estate is valued at $500. and his personal estate is valued at $1,000. Stacy is working on household duties and Elizabeth is house laborer. Stacy and Elizabeth cannot read and write.
During the 1870 US Census:
John L Turner, age 39, was living in Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, with his wife, Margaret Turner, and their children,
William Turner, son, age 18
Nancy Turner, daughter, age 16
Elihu Turner, son, age 14
Robert Turner, son, age 12
John Turner, son, age 9
Amanda Turner, daughter, age 7
Davis Turner, son, age 5
Henry Turner, son, age 3
Margaret Turner, daughter, age 1
William Turner, father, age 75
Stacey Turner, mother, age 65
All family members were born in Kentucky except for John's father, William, who was born in Tennessee.
John's occupation is Farmer. His real estate is valued at $1,100. and his personal estate is valued at $475. Margaret is keeping house. John's father is Farm Labor and his mother is keeping house. Margaret and Stacy cannot read and write. William, Nancy, Elihu, Robert and John have attended school during the year.
During the 1880 US Census:
Margarett Turner, age 48, was living in Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, with
Robert Turner, Son, age 23
John C B Turner, Son, age 20
Amanda Turner, Daughter, age 18
Davis Turner, Son, age 16
Henry L Turner, Son, age 13
Margarett Turner, Daughter, age 12
Elizabeth Turner, Daughter, age 6
William Turner, Father-in-law, age 85
All family members were born in Kentucky. Margaret and her father are widowed. Margaret is keeping house, Robert, John, Amanda and Davis Work on a Farm. Robert, Davis and Henry can read and write. Davis, Henry and Margaret attended school during the year.
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William Turner, Sr.(1), was born about 1770 in Henry County, Virginia. There he married, about 1790, to Susannah Bailey, born about 1776, probably also in Henry County, Virginia. Their eldest daughter, Mary, was probably born in Virginia before the move west.(2)
About 1792, William and Susannah, along with other relatives, including her father, Carr Bailey, moved into the southeastern Kentucky mountains in what was then Lincoln County(3) but was to become Harlan County in 1819. By 1850, they had a prosperous farm, well-tended by their slaves and hired hands.
Their daughter, Mary, had died twenty-two years earlier. In 1828, in her early thirties. she had drowned crossing the Clover Fork. Her husband, Bales Shumate, and their children had moved west to Missouri and Arkansas about 1840.
Their daughter Nancy, born about 1795, is said to have been the first white child, or at least the first white girl born in what was to become Harlan County. Nancy and her husband, John Cawood, were settled near his family on lower Martins Fork. Nancy's sister, Joana, born about 1805, had married Thomas Sewall in 1827(4). In the late 1830's, the Sewalls had moved to Breathitt County.
William and Susanna's son, William, born about 1812, was living close to the county seat, Mount Pleasant. William's son, George B. Turner, had recently joined him there after years of living with his deceased mother Elizabeth's father, George Brittain. William became a prosperous merchant and real estate speculator. In 1851, William would marry his first wife's double cousin, Minerva Brittain.
William and Susannah's remaining three children, James, Sarah and Lucy, were living near their parents. Several of Sarah and Lucy's children, grown and married, were raising families of their own nearby. Lucy, born about 1802, and her husband, Acles Wynn, do not appear to have been closely involved in the events that followed.(5) It was the children of James and his wife, Elizabeth Clay, and those of Sarah and her husband, Walter Middleton, who were to clash so over the coming years.
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