William Suddarth Turner is the son of John Turner born 1756 and Mildred Suddarth born 1751, both in Virginia. William married Elizabeth Pearl Smith on January 12, 1813 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born in 1790 in Tennessee. She was the daughter of George Smith and Mary Hardin Smith. William and Elizabeth had six children, all born in Tennessee - Isaac Hardin, William R., Calvin Smith, Lucinda Smith, Mary Mildred and John Preston Turner.
Earning the rank of Major in the Tennessee Militia, William Turner served on General Andrew Jackson's staff in the conflict with the Red Stick Creek Indians at the battles of Talladega, Tallahassee, Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans, 1813-1814. At Talladega, William survived two arrows wounds.
William and his family then moved to Columbia in Brazoria County, the first capitol of the Republic of Texas, "Where Texas began!" William became a citizen of Republic of Texas through a Letter of Citizenship on September 19, 1837. Soon after arriving in Texas from Tennessee, the Turner family received homestead grants of 640 acres in Galveston County in 1839.
In 1842, William volunteered as a private to serve in the campaigns to resist the "General Rafael Vasquez Raid" and the "General Woll Invasion" of San Antonio, Texas by the Mexican Government.
The family eventually settled in Seguin, where William was elected coroner of Guadalupe County in 1846. In the 1850 Texas Census, William and Elizabeth are age 60 and living in Guadalupe County with their sons Calvin 24, John 17 and a grandson George age five. It is probable that George is the son of Isaac Hardin Turner, the first son of William and Elizabeth. Isaac Hardin was born May 10, 1819 in Tennessee and he died March 5, 1859 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1850 while they were living in Seguin and William died in 1871 at age 85 and is buried in the San Geronimo Cemetery, his location was identified by a wooden marker. Research by Russell L. Sowell of Castroville, Texas affirms that there are five Turner family graves in a single row in the oldest section of the cemetery, but all of the grave markers have disappeared over time.
William Suddarth Turner and four Turner family members are located located near five Sowell family members.
Major William Suddarth Turner is located in Space 2 (near the Sowells), Rachael Sowell Turner, wife of John Turner Sr., is in space 1, John Turner Sr., son of Major Turner, space 3, John Preston Turner Jr., son of John Turner Sr., space 4, Sarah E. Turner Williamson, daughter of John Turner Sr., and mother of Mildred Williamson Kunkel, space 5. Mildred Kunkel helped to identify the location of the five grave sites in the Turner Family plot near the East Driveway in the Old Section.
Jerry Turner made a new marker for Major Turner and his wife Elizabeth in 2013.
Research by Rilla Hartsoe and Daughters of the Republic of Texas, bio, Allen Rountree.
Earning the rank of Major in the Tennessee Militia, William Turner served on General Andrew Jackson's staff in the conflict with the Red Stick Creek Indians at the battles of Talladega, Tallahassee, Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans, 1813-1814. At Talladega, William survived two arrows wounds.
William and his family then moved to Columbia in Brazoria County, the first capitol of the Republic of Texas, "Where Texas began!" William became a citizen of Republic of Texas through a Letter of Citizenship on September 19, 1837. Soon after arriving in Texas from Tennessee, the Turner family received homestead grants of 640 acres in Galveston County in 1839.
In 1842, William volunteered as a private to serve in the campaigns to resist the "General Rafael Vasquez Raid" and the "General Woll Invasion" of San Antonio, Texas by the Mexican Government.
The family eventually settled in Seguin, where William was elected coroner of Guadalupe County in 1846. In the 1850 Texas Census, William and Elizabeth are age 60 and living in Guadalupe County with their sons Calvin 24, John 17 and a grandson George age five. It is probable that George is the son of Isaac Hardin Turner, the first son of William and Elizabeth. Isaac Hardin was born May 10, 1819 in Tennessee and he died March 5, 1859 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1850 while they were living in Seguin and William died in 1871 at age 85 and is buried in the San Geronimo Cemetery, his location was identified by a wooden marker. Research by Russell L. Sowell of Castroville, Texas affirms that there are five Turner family graves in a single row in the oldest section of the cemetery, but all of the grave markers have disappeared over time.
William Suddarth Turner and four Turner family members are located located near five Sowell family members.
Major William Suddarth Turner is located in Space 2 (near the Sowells), Rachael Sowell Turner, wife of John Turner Sr., is in space 1, John Turner Sr., son of Major Turner, space 3, John Preston Turner Jr., son of John Turner Sr., space 4, Sarah E. Turner Williamson, daughter of John Turner Sr., and mother of Mildred Williamson Kunkel, space 5. Mildred Kunkel helped to identify the location of the five grave sites in the Turner Family plot near the East Driveway in the Old Section.
Jerry Turner made a new marker for Major Turner and his wife Elizabeth in 2013.
Research by Rilla Hartsoe and Daughters of the Republic of Texas, bio, Allen Rountree.
William Suddarth Turner is the son of John Turner born 1756 and Mildred Suddarth born 1751, both in Virginia. William married Elizabeth Pearl Smith on January 12, 1813 in Sumner County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born in 1790 in Tennessee. She was the daughter of George Smith and Mary Hardin Smith. William and Elizabeth had six children, all born in Tennessee - Isaac Hardin, William R., Calvin Smith, Lucinda Smith, Mary Mildred and John Preston Turner.
Earning the rank of Major in the Tennessee Militia, William Turner served on General Andrew Jackson's staff in the conflict with the Red Stick Creek Indians at the battles of Talladega, Tallahassee, Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans, 1813-1814. At Talladega, William survived two arrows wounds.
William and his family then moved to Columbia in Brazoria County, the first capitol of the Republic of Texas, "Where Texas began!" William became a citizen of Republic of Texas through a Letter of Citizenship on September 19, 1837. Soon after arriving in Texas from Tennessee, the Turner family received homestead grants of 640 acres in Galveston County in 1839.
In 1842, William volunteered as a private to serve in the campaigns to resist the "General Rafael Vasquez Raid" and the "General Woll Invasion" of San Antonio, Texas by the Mexican Government.
The family eventually settled in Seguin, where William was elected coroner of Guadalupe County in 1846. In the 1850 Texas Census, William and Elizabeth are age 60 and living in Guadalupe County with their sons Calvin 24, John 17 and a grandson George age five. It is probable that George is the son of Isaac Hardin Turner, the first son of William and Elizabeth. Isaac Hardin was born May 10, 1819 in Tennessee and he died March 5, 1859 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1850 while they were living in Seguin and William died in 1871 at age 85 and is buried in the San Geronimo Cemetery, his location was identified by a wooden marker. Research by Russell L. Sowell of Castroville, Texas affirms that there are five Turner family graves in a single row in the oldest section of the cemetery, but all of the grave markers have disappeared over time.
William Suddarth Turner and four Turner family members are located located near five Sowell family members.
Major William Suddarth Turner is located in Space 2 (near the Sowells), Rachael Sowell Turner, wife of John Turner Sr., is in space 1, John Turner Sr., son of Major Turner, space 3, John Preston Turner Jr., son of John Turner Sr., space 4, Sarah E. Turner Williamson, daughter of John Turner Sr., and mother of Mildred Williamson Kunkel, space 5. Mildred Kunkel helped to identify the location of the five grave sites in the Turner Family plot near the East Driveway in the Old Section.
Jerry Turner made a new marker for Major Turner and his wife Elizabeth in 2013.
Research by Rilla Hartsoe and Daughters of the Republic of Texas, bio, Allen Rountree.
Earning the rank of Major in the Tennessee Militia, William Turner served on General Andrew Jackson's staff in the conflict with the Red Stick Creek Indians at the battles of Talladega, Tallahassee, Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans, 1813-1814. At Talladega, William survived two arrows wounds.
William and his family then moved to Columbia in Brazoria County, the first capitol of the Republic of Texas, "Where Texas began!" William became a citizen of Republic of Texas through a Letter of Citizenship on September 19, 1837. Soon after arriving in Texas from Tennessee, the Turner family received homestead grants of 640 acres in Galveston County in 1839.
In 1842, William volunteered as a private to serve in the campaigns to resist the "General Rafael Vasquez Raid" and the "General Woll Invasion" of San Antonio, Texas by the Mexican Government.
The family eventually settled in Seguin, where William was elected coroner of Guadalupe County in 1846. In the 1850 Texas Census, William and Elizabeth are age 60 and living in Guadalupe County with their sons Calvin 24, John 17 and a grandson George age five. It is probable that George is the son of Isaac Hardin Turner, the first son of William and Elizabeth. Isaac Hardin was born May 10, 1819 in Tennessee and he died March 5, 1859 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
Elizabeth died sometime after 1850 while they were living in Seguin and William died in 1871 at age 85 and is buried in the San Geronimo Cemetery, his location was identified by a wooden marker. Research by Russell L. Sowell of Castroville, Texas affirms that there are five Turner family graves in a single row in the oldest section of the cemetery, but all of the grave markers have disappeared over time.
William Suddarth Turner and four Turner family members are located located near five Sowell family members.
Major William Suddarth Turner is located in Space 2 (near the Sowells), Rachael Sowell Turner, wife of John Turner Sr., is in space 1, John Turner Sr., son of Major Turner, space 3, John Preston Turner Jr., son of John Turner Sr., space 4, Sarah E. Turner Williamson, daughter of John Turner Sr., and mother of Mildred Williamson Kunkel, space 5. Mildred Kunkel helped to identify the location of the five grave sites in the Turner Family plot near the East Driveway in the Old Section.
Jerry Turner made a new marker for Major Turner and his wife Elizabeth in 2013.
Research by Rilla Hartsoe and Daughters of the Republic of Texas, bio, Allen Rountree.
Inscription
William Suddarth Turner, B. 5 Aug 1785, D. 14 Jan 1871
Gravesite Details
Major Turner grave site marked by natural stone boulder; wooden marker has disappeared. New marker created in 2013 by Jerry Turner.
