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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: DeCody Brad Marble
Shadrack Turner (1720 - 1784) of Henry County, Virginia
SHADRACK2 TURNER (JOHN1) was born October? 30? 1720 in Virginia or Cornwallshire, England?, and died July 22, 1784 in Henry County or Halifax County, Virginia. He married ANN POLLARD OR HILL 1745 in Patrick County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1724 in Prince George, Virginia, and died Aft. May 05, 1811 in Henry, Virginia.
Seven children of SHADRACK TURNER and ANN HILL are:
i. ELIZABETH P. TURNER, b. Abt. 1747, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. August 02, 1845, Patrick County (Pittsylvania), Virgina.
ii. JOHN M. TURNER, b. Abt. 1749, Luneburg County, (now Halifax County), Virginia; d. February 10, 1816, Franklin County, Virginia.
iii. JOSIAH TURNER, b. Bef. 1751, Henry County, Virginia; d. December 11, 1838, Franklin County, Virginia.
iv. WILLIAM TURNER, b. November 20, 1753, Halifax County, Virginia; d. December 11, 1845, Henry County (Later Franklin County) , VA..
v. MARY TURNER, b. 1755, Kentucky; d. 1810, Wayne Co., KY..
vi. LARKINGTON "LARKIN" TURNER, b. Abt. 1764, Virginia; d. 1825, Cumberland Couty, Kentucky.
vii. JEREMIAH TURNER, b. 1773, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1827, Mud Camp, Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Source: The Lineage of Shadrack Turner, deposited in Library of Congress by Lucille R. Maddux/Maddox (Allcorn) of Fort Worth, Texas, prior to 1970.
Note:
At Fairy Stone State Park, known for its 168 acre lake adjoining Philpott Reservoir in Virginia, there is a Picnic shelter that is used for the annual Allied Families of Henry, Patrick, and Franklin Counties. Many plagues hang on the wall commemorating the memory of ancestors. Shadrack's plaque is amongst them. Fairy Stone State Park, 967 Fairystone Lake Drive, Stuart, VA 24171-9588. Location: Central Virginia, Near Martinsville, Access by Route 57 from Bassett or from the Blue Ridge Parkway via Routes 58, 8 and 57.
TIME LINE
1746, 21 November: Appears in King & Queen Co., Virginia. 1747: Witnessed will of William Wood to Robert Page in Goochland, County, Virginia which adjoins Hanover County. 1759: Obtained land patent for 104 acres in Lunenberg Co., VA. 1767: Shadrack, and sons John & Josiah appear on Pittsylvania County, Virginia tithables list with 256 acres of land. 1777-83: Gave aid and assistance to patriots: Diets for Henry County Militia, Use of horse, Nine diets to Capt. Rubel's Camp Company, Four diets & fifteen lbs. fodder to Col. Crockett's Regiment. 1779: Granted 336 acres of land on S. side of Town Creek. 1779, 22 April: Conveyed 20 acres on Town Creek to his son William. 1783, 25 October: Drew up Last Will & Testament. 1784, 22 July: Will probated
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DAR COMMENTS:
Mary Turner married Willaim Hunter abt 1782 & appears to have died before 1791
When WIlliam Hunter married her sister Exeony Turner, Frances B 1798 was the daughter of Exeony - Jan 2015