Hi Jeff, Are you in the Meshack or Shadrack Turner line? Can you elaborate a bit on your oldest ancestor? I will be glad to share? My line: Richard> John > Shadrack > William > Rev. John Turner and Nancy Burnett > William and Martha Philpott Turner > Ruth Turner, their only child, m. Madison Thompson Lawson > Turner Madison Lawson > ME. Wilma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Turner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [VAPATRICK] Turner To Dickenson County ?? > Wilma, > > Thanks for the Reply. > > Jeff Turner > > Grandson of John H. Turner > GGrandson of S.J. "Jeff" Turner and Rachel Cannady Turner > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wilmapadgett1919 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: [VAPATRICK] Turner To Dickenson County ?? > > > Jeff, you and I are kin. Our people did and still do live in Patrick and > Southwest Virginia. My grandmother was Ruth Turner, daughter of William and > Martha Philpott Turner. All land, everywhere is God's land, one no better > than the other. It is what we do with it that matters. We are good people, > we Turners, no matter where we live. > > Wilma Lawson Padgett > Granddaughter of Ruth Turner > Great Granddaughter of Rev. John and Nancy Burnett Turner > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Turner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:28 PM > Subject: [VAPATRICK] Turner To Dickenson County ?? > > > > I have enjoyed the discussion of why Fracklin County families moved to > Missouri, and learned some things. > > > > My relative, James R. Turner, of Franklin or Patrick County, apparently > moved to Dickenson County in southwest Virginia around 1850. > > > > Same question. Why? Certainly the land in Dickenson County is not better > than Franklin/Patrick Counties. So why move? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jeff Turner > > Gates Mills, Ohio > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > > Patrick County Heritage Book Volumes 1 & 2 > > http://www.myvirginiaheritage.com/heritage_books/patrick_county2.htm > > > > > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick County Heritage Book Volumes 1 & 2 > http://www.myvirginiaheritage.com/heritage_books/patrick_county2.htm > > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. List Administrator > Barb Stanley > [email protected] > >