"Howard W. Turner was born in Person Co. North Carolina circa 1796. He was the youngest son of John Turner and Elizabeth Dillard. His father was a Primitive Baptist Minister and a Revolutionary War Soldier. Howard Turner migrated to Dickson Co. Tennessee with his father, mother, brothers and sisters at an early age. They settled on Yellow Creek in 1805. During the war of 1812 he served as a bugler under General Jackson. He was stationed 6 miles from Natchez Mississippi. While home on leave he married Nancy Bunch on 13 Aug. 1813. They were the parents of eight children.
In 1840 while living in the tenth district he was teaching school, having 35 students under his tutelage.
Somtime prior to 1850 Howard Turner became an ordained preacher of the Baptist faith.
Howard died 14 March 1861, Dickson Co. Tennessee and is buried on Leatherwood Creek, exact site unknown. Nancy, his wife died 14 March 1872 and is layed to rest next to Howard."
Source: The Primal Families of the Yellow Creek Valley; By: William J. Nesbitt; Third Printing 1998; ISBN 1-894183-04-5; Chapter 31; Page 384-385; Mrs. Baxter Perry (Ruth), Rt.#2, Box 136, Buchanan, Tenn. 38222; She is a descendent of A.B. James Turner.
"Howard W. Turner was born in Person Co. North Carolina circa 1796. He was the youngest son of John Turner and Elizabeth Dillard. His father was a Primitive Baptist Minister and a Revolutionary War Soldier. Howard Turner migrated to Dickson Co. Tennessee with his father, mother, brothers and sisters at an early age. They settled on Yellow Creek in 1805. During the war of 1812 he served as a bugler under General Jackson. He was stationed 6 miles from Natchez Mississippi. While home on leave he married Nancy Bunch on 13 Aug. 1813. They were the parents of eight children.
In 1840 while living in the tenth district he was teaching school, having 35 students under his tutelage.
Somtime prior to 1850 Howard Turner became an ordained preacher of the Baptist faith.
Howard died 14 March 1861, Dickson Co. Tennessee and is buried on Leatherwood Creek, exact site unknown. Nancy, his wife died 14 March 1872 and is layed to rest next to Howard."
Source: The Primal Families of the Yellow Creek Valley; By: William J. Nesbitt; Third Printing 1998; ISBN 1-894183-04-5; Chapter 31; Page 384-385; Mrs. Baxter Perry (Ruth), Rt.#2, Box 136, Buchanan, Tenn. 38222; She is a descendent of A.B. James Turner.
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