William Sarrdarth Turner

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William Suddarth Turner Birth: 5 Aug 1785 Amherst County, Virginia, USA Death: 14 Jan 1871 (aged 85) Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA Burial: San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA Memorial #: 101219726 Bio: 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 is in space 1, John Turner son of Major Turner, space 3, Preston Turner son of John Turner, space 4, Sarah E. Turner Williamson, daughter of John Turner and mother of Mildred Williamson Kunkel, space 5. Mildred Kunkel helped to identify the location of the gravesites of Major Turner and his family at the cemetery. 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. Gravesite Details Major Turner gravesite marked by shrubs; wooden marker has disapeared. New marker created in 2013 by Jerry Turner. Family Members Spouse Elizabeth Pearl Smith Turner 1790-1851 Children Issac Hardin Turner* 1819-1859 William R. Turner* 1822-1904 Calvin Smith Turner* 1825-1871 Lucinda Turner Sowell* 1827-1883 Mary Mildred Turner Sowell* 1829-1873 John Preston Turner* 1832-1907 Created by: Allen Rountree (47072491) Added: 24 Nov 2012 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101219726/william-suddarth-turner# Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 June 2018), memorial page for William Suddarth Turner (5 Aug 1785–14 Jan 1871), Find A Grave Memorial no. 101219726, citing San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Allen Rountree (contributor 47072491) .