Peni -- Glad to see your Turner correspondence! We gave been out of town for a few days and I did not have access to the internet, but am just catching up. Thanks to Gail -- she remembered the details. Lacy Watford was my ggrandmother and was born in Darlington County, SC about 1825. My father knew her (his grandmother) very well. We have no real proof of my ggrandfather Turner's name, but we (including others in the family) have believed it to be either William or Thomas. My father, when I questioned him in 1969, did not know his first name. He took me to Big Creek Cemetery (near Hodgesville, south of Dothan, and indicated that that was the "burying grounds" for the Watfords, Mixons and Tindells. But he could not find their graves. I am currently working on the possibility that his name was actually John Turner, but this needs more research. Lacy's four children were born between 1850 and 1857. Obviously her husband either died or disappeared by the 1860 census. By 1870 she had married someone named Whaley and they were still living in the Big Creek community. By 1880, Whaley was gone and she was again living near a Watford relative in Jackson County, FL. with the three unmarried sons. Then the family moved back to just north of Hodgesville (near Travis Mixon, her relative), and Lacy and her sons, George and John, did acquire land by homesteading -- but by 1891 they had lost the land. We have been having reunions since 1992 for the George William Turner family, and just last month I attended the reunion for the William Thomas Turner family (in Dothan, AL) All the George William group have ben identified and the family tree is current. We are working on the William Thomas family. We have not been able to connect with Sarah nor John families. My older sister (she just died at age 93) remembers our grandmother telling her about George William making a trip in the late 1890's to visit relatives in Texas; there was some trouble, he got "beat up" and they sent him back home on a train. Does this connect in any way with your Texas Turners? It sounds as if we both have important information thatg should be combined --and I am anxious to connect with anyone out there who can contribute to this puzzle. Please let me hear from you. We live in Jacksonville, FL. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

not sure , do you think there could be 2 Watford girls that married Turners the story doesn't connect with me , but will pass it to a Turner, Sheffield cousin who lives in Dothan, now Taylor, Al and see what she says, she is the historian. do you know her,? Christine S Sketo, she has gone to several Turner reunions til next time your Texas cuz Peni ----- Original Message ----- From: Cmturnerjax@aol.com<mailto:Cmturnerjax@aol.com> To: turner@rootsweb.com<mailto:turner@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [TURNER] Turner info needed Peni -- Glad to see your Turner correspondence! We gave been out of town for a few days and I did not have access to the internet, but am just catching up. Thanks to Gail -- she remembered the details. Lacy Watford was my ggrandmother and was born in Darlington County, SC about 1825. My father knew her (his grandmother) very well. We have no real proof of my ggrandfather Turner's name, but we (including others in the family) have believed it to be either William or Thomas. My father, when I questioned him in 1969, did not know his first name. He took me to Big Creek Cemetery (near Hodgesville, south of Dothan, and indicated that that was the "burying grounds" for the Watfords, Mixons and Tindells. But he could not find their graves. I am currently working on the possibility that his name was actually John Turner, but this needs more research. Lacy's four children were born between 1850 and 1857. Obviously her husband either died or disappeared by the 1860 census. By 1870 she had married someone named Whaley and they were still living in the Big Creek community. By 1880, Whaley was gone and she was again living near a Watford relative in Jackson County, FL. with the three unmarried sons. Then the family moved back to just north of Hodgesville (near Travis Mixon, her relative), and Lacy and her sons, George and John, did acquire land by homesteading -- but by 1891 they had lost the land. We have been having reunions since 1992 for the George William Turner family, and just last month I attended the reunion for the William Thomas Turner family (in Dothan, AL) All the George William group have ben identified and the family tree is current. We are working on the William Thomas family. We have not been able to connect with Sarah nor John families. My older sister (she just died at age 93) remembers our grandmother telling her about George William making a trip in the late 1890's to visit relatives in Texas; there was some trouble, he got "beat up" and they sent him back home on a train. Does this connect in any way with your Texas Turners? It sounds as if we both have important information thatg should be combined --and I am anxious to connect with anyone out there who can contribute to this puzzle. Please let me hear from you. We live in Jacksonville, FL. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com<http://www.aol.com/>. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TURNER-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TURNER-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message