In a message dated 11/12/2003 7:55:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, jeanbout@juno.com writes: > Would you or anyone out there know where I could find out > who owned a farm and a house that William Toliver Turner > (WTT) leased? WTT's children, including my great grandmother, > were born in the home of Mrs. Eliza Letitia Steptoe (Clarkson) > Marshall, widow of Jaquelin Ambler Marshall (sources: Birth > certificates obtained from Fauquier County Courthouse)? > The birth certificates record WTT as an overseer and farmer. The > WTT family lived next to Eliza's house (source: census 1860). > Dr. J. A. Marshall died in 1852 and his wife, Eliza in 1868. They lived at "Prospect Hill", one of the Marshall homes given by his father Chief Justice John Marshall. The home is about two miles south of Orlean, VA. The old home burned and was replaced with a modern structure. The farm is now owned by the Doeller family. The Fauquier land records should show any bill of sale or lease to your WTT. Also, the tax records would include any levy on him for personal property. In old southern fashion, my g-grandfather married Eliza's sister Caroline and their son, my grandfather, married Eliza's granddaughter. There are lots of descendants around. Bill Stribling