This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas, Turner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qk.2ADI/2030.1.1 Message Board Post: Are you suggesting I check Virgina land and court records? I am not sure how to do that. Any guidance would be appreciated. Since posting this original message, I have found land documents in Iowa concerning John Thomas and have found information confirming his first wife's surname was Turner (daughter of George Turner). I received help from the Clinton County, Iowa historical society with this. In addition, census information indicates that John was from Virginia and his father was from Pennsylvania. That is all I have to date.