Re: Elizabeth Turner ~ Captain William Utley
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Re: Elizabeth Turner ~ Captain William Utley
Frances Cullom Harper 7/03/12
Johnton County, p 390-391
Simon Turner came to what is now Wake County ca. 1759-60 and settled along the waters of Swift Creek, land that is now along Hwy 50 south of Garner, N.C. At that time it was Johnston County and cut off into Wake County in 1771. Simon was the son of William Turner of Bertie County. The name of his mother is not known as she is not named in the Will of William Turner dated 30 May 1770 and probated in 1771 in Bertie Co.. William willed to sons Simon, William & James; granddaughter Elizabeth, daughter of Etheldred; and daughters Jennet House, Elizabeth Brown, and Sarah Smith, wife of John Smith Sr., son of Samuel and Edith Witfield Smith of Johnston Co., land and slaves in Bertie Co.. Simon's brothers, William and Etheldred and sister Sarah Smith, came to Johnston County with him or followed him there soon after 1760.
Simon Turner b. ca. 1730/40 md. ca 1760 Johnston County Nancy "Ann" Smith b. ca. 1739, d/o Samuel and Edith Whitfield Smith of Johnston Co. They were possibly married in Johnston County but no record has been found. Simon Turner purchased land in Johnston County as early as 1759, when he was called to serve on the July 1759 term of court as member of the Grand Jury. He was constantly called as a juror on the Petit of Grand Jury in both Johnston & Wake Counties. He served as a juror at the March term of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Court 1783, made his will on [illeg] Apr. 1783 and died by the June term of court when his Will was filed for Probate. Ann Turner made her Will in Wake and died 25 Nov. 1814. They are possibly buried on the home plantation in the Family Cemetery but there are no markers visible for them. There were only two of the children over the age of 21 when Simon died in 1783 and at the March 1788 term of Court, Ann Turner was made Guardian to Edith, Matilda, Mary, William, Jonathan, David & Elizabeth Turner Winifred had reached the age of at least 18 by this time and did not need a guardian or she was possibly married by 1788....
Simon Turner owned more than 2000 ac. of [land] in Wake and Johnston Counties that he [left] to his children. he left 18 slaves to the [ ] naming each one of them in his Will. He was not an old man when he died, possibly between 40 and 50 years of age. He served as a [ ] & Major in the Wake Co. Militia and [as] a bondman and Security for many legal [ ] actions. He served as Executor of Wills and Administrator for many Estates of his neighbors. Only John and Simon were of age when their father died in 1783, and he [__nted] them along with wife Ann as Exeuctors of his will. Descendants of grandson [__n] S. Turner still own some of the original Turner lands in Wake Co. along Swift Creek and [__al] family cemeteries dot the countryside of Southern Wake Co. on property that was Turner land. Most of the Turners were of the Methodist persuasion and many of the later generations are buried at nearby Hollands Church in Panther Branch Township.
Sources: Wake Co. deeds; wills; estates; land divisions; [ ] County Census -- N.C. Archives; marriage bonds; marriage register, Wake Co. Courthouse; Johnston Co. wills; deeds; esttes; marriage records; Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes N.C Archives [ ] N.C
-- Elizabeth E. Ross
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Re: Elizabeth Turner ~ Captain William Utley
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Re: Elizabeth Turner ~ Captain William Utley
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Re: Elizabeth Turner ~ Captain William Utley