Information provided by Brenda Black Watson (46634709):
Shelby County, Tennessee
Genealogy and History
Part of the Genealogy Trails History Group
---The name of Turley has been prominently associated with the history and development of Memphis and Tennessee for many years. It was in this city that Thomas Battle Turley was born April 5, 1845, his birth occurring in what was the old family homestead, at the corner of Wellington street and Linden avenue. His father, Thomas Jefferson Turley, was born near Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1807 and on his removal to Tennessee he became a resident of Clarksville. He afterward resided for a time in Raleigh, then the county seat of Shelby county, and in 1835 removed to Memphis, where he continued in the practice of law until his death in 1854. He was a brother of Judge William B. Turley, who served on the supreme court bench of Tennessee from about 1830 to 1850. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia, about 1800, and on leaving his native state he established his home in Kentucky, whence he afterward went to Jackson, Tennessee, spending his last days in Raleigh, where he passed away in 1852. Thomas J. Turley was united in marriage to Miss Flora Battle, who was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, a daughter of William Battle, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Shelby county, Tennessee, where representatives of the Battle family figured conspicuously and honorable through several generations, contributing in large measure to the development and upbuilding of this section of the country.
Shelby County, Tennessee
Genealogy and History
Part of the Genealogy Trails History Group
---The name of Turley has been prominently associated with the history and development of Memphis and Tennessee for many years. It was in this city that Thomas Battle Turley was born April 5, 1845, his birth occurring in what was the old family homestead, at the corner of Wellington street and Linden avenue. His father, Thomas Jefferson Turley, was born near Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1807 and on his removal to Tennessee he became a resident of Clarksville. He afterward resided for a time in Raleigh, then the county seat of Shelby county, and in 1835 removed to Memphis, where he continued in the practice of law until his death in 1854. He was a brother of Judge William B. Turley, who served on the supreme court bench of Tennessee from about 1830 to 1850. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia, about 1800, and on leaving his native state he established his home in Kentucky, whence he afterward went to Jackson, Tennessee, spending his last days in Raleigh, where he passed away in 1852. Thomas J. Turley was united in marriage to Miss Flora Battle, who was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, a daughter of William Battle, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Shelby county, Tennessee, where representatives of the Battle family figured conspicuously and honorable through several generations, contributing in large measure to the development and upbuilding of this section of the country.
Information provided by Brenda Black Watson (46634709):
Shelby County, Tennessee
Genealogy and History
Part of the Genealogy Trails History Group
---The name of Turley has been prominently associated with the history and development of Memphis and Tennessee for many years. It was in this city that Thomas Battle Turley was born April 5, 1845, his birth occurring in what was the old family homestead, at the corner of Wellington street and Linden avenue. His father, Thomas Jefferson Turley, was born near Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1807 and on his removal to Tennessee he became a resident of Clarksville. He afterward resided for a time in Raleigh, then the county seat of Shelby county, and in 1835 removed to Memphis, where he continued in the practice of law until his death in 1854. He was a brother of Judge William B. Turley, who served on the supreme court bench of Tennessee from about 1830 to 1850. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia, about 1800, and on leaving his native state he established his home in Kentucky, whence he afterward went to Jackson, Tennessee, spending his last days in Raleigh, where he passed away in 1852. Thomas J. Turley was united in marriage to Miss Flora Battle, who was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, a daughter of William Battle, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Shelby county, Tennessee, where representatives of the Battle family figured conspicuously and honorable through several generations, contributing in large measure to the development and upbuilding of this section of the country.
Shelby County, Tennessee
Genealogy and History
Part of the Genealogy Trails History Group
---The name of Turley has been prominently associated with the history and development of Memphis and Tennessee for many years. It was in this city that Thomas Battle Turley was born April 5, 1845, his birth occurring in what was the old family homestead, at the corner of Wellington street and Linden avenue. His father, Thomas Jefferson Turley, was born near Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1807 and on his removal to Tennessee he became a resident of Clarksville. He afterward resided for a time in Raleigh, then the county seat of Shelby county, and in 1835 removed to Memphis, where he continued in the practice of law until his death in 1854. He was a brother of Judge William B. Turley, who served on the supreme court bench of Tennessee from about 1830 to 1850. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia, about 1800, and on leaving his native state he established his home in Kentucky, whence he afterward went to Jackson, Tennessee, spending his last days in Raleigh, where he passed away in 1852. Thomas J. Turley was united in marriage to Miss Flora Battle, who was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, a daughter of William Battle, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Shelby county, Tennessee, where representatives of the Battle family figured conspicuously and honorable through several generations, contributing in large measure to the development and upbuilding of this section of the country.
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