I've been told that the Turners in Georgia are all descended from Meshack Turner who came there from Virginia in the late 1700s. He was the brother of Shadrack and Abednego Turner out of Caroline Co., VA. There was a book at the Library of Congress that gave several generations of his descendents. It may be also at the DAR Library. Jeanette O'Boyle

It is in error to say most Ga Turners came from Meshack. There was a connection made of the Turners in Wilkes/Lincoln county to the William Henry Turner, son of John H son of Meshack which was wrong. This occurred in Wilkes co where Meshack died. All the lines of Turners from Wilkes county which have been tested have been shown by DNA not to be related to the Meshack line. The book to which you probably refer made that connection. The book is excellent back to that connection. It appears the Turners from Meshack migrated Westward from GA as family units. I know nothing more about them but I do work with the Turners from Wilkes, Lincoln, Burke etc. [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TURNER] Re: TURNER State call WHAT YEARS ARE YOUR TURNERS IN NC. AND ... I've been told that the Turners in Georgia are all descended from Meshack Turner who came there from Virginia in the late 1700s. He was the brother of Shadrack and Abednego Turner out of Caroline Co., VA. There was a book at the Library of Congress that gave several generations of his descendents. It may be also at the DAR Library. Jeanette O'Boyle ==== TURNER Mailing List ==== Turner list website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/t/turner.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx