****Original Message**** >>> Doug Dorman <dddmusic@greenville.infi.net> 03/27 12:27 AM >>> Hello Turner Cousins, Does anyone have information about the Turners of Accomack County Virginia in the 1700s? I would like to find out more about this individual, who came from Virginia to Scioto County. TURNER, John R., born 25 June 1787, near Norfolk, Northampton County, Virginia, son of George Turner and Lorain Russell; to Scioto County 1808; died 15 October 1858, age 71 years, 3 months; bur Greenlawn Cem, Portsmouth; first wife Vienna P. Scarboro/Scarborough/Scarburgh, second wife Susan Chenoweth. EVAN:845-848; GR:26; LWS:284; NEWS:7:7 [Common Pleas Court Journal 3, p. 234] Thanks, Vesta Elliott researching Turner, Elliott, Lee, Townsend, Whisman, Patton, Mead, Leightly, Weghorst ==== TURNER Mailing List ==== To subscribe to Larry Stephens' Regional lists, covering all parts of the USA, go to http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm =========================================== Hi Vesta, I am descended from a Turner family that came from Accomack County, VA. My gr gr gr gr grandfather is Smith Turner (b. @1750, d. 1831). He served in the Continental Army at Valley Forge and at Germantown, and was also in the Virginia Navy (i.e. privateer). He had one son, William, who was born in 1782. In 1806, Smith Turner and his (second) wife, Abigail (Melson) (Pruit) sold their land in Accomack Co., and moved west with some of their children. Smith, Abigail and William settled in Switzerland Co., IN. William appeared on the voter rolls as early as 1807. William also married Abigail's daughter, Tabitha Pruit, and they produced eight children, four of whom were boys. John W. Turner was one of William and Tabitha's sons and he was born in 1813. He lived his whole life in Switzerland Co., as did his three brothers, William, Smith and Isaac. John W. is my gr gr grandfather. Interestingly enough, the Census records say that John W. was born in Ohio. I have not been able to find out where, or even if he really was born in Ohio. I have been told, but have been unable to confirm, that Smith Turner's father and grandfather were William and Abraham Turner. If this seems to fit with what you have on your Turner family I would be interested in exchanging information with you. Of course, there might have been more than one Turner family in Eastern Shore Virginia. BTW, have you visited the GHOTES web site. It is devoted to the genealogy and history of the Eastern Shore. Phil Turner