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Photo of house of William and Jane Hunter

Photo of house of William and Jane Hunter Turner, Franklin County, Virginia
Photo courtesy descendant William Lee Turner taken in 1987.
House circa 1780
Added by: Rebecca Prillaman
11/19/2014

Jane Hunter Turner
Birth: 1759
Louisa County, Virginia, USA
Death: Jun. 20, 1851
Henry, Franklin County, Virginia, USA

...........................IN MEMORY OF.....................
.................OUR BELOVED FOREBEAR.................
...................JANE HUNTER TURNER..................
..............FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA..............
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.....Jane was born in present day Louisa County, Virginia, he daughter of William Hunter (1738-1813) and his wifeCharity Loftus (1740-1824). Her paternal grandparents were Andrew Hunter (1700-1764) and Jane Pleasants Hunter (1706-1764) of Hanover County, Va.
.....Jane's parents, William and Charity, relocated to south western Virginia, to Pittsylvania County (their home was located in the section of the county that became Henry County in 1776, then Franklin County in 1786). Jane married William Turner, a neighbor, son of Shadrack Turner and his wife Ann Pollard Hill Turner. They married April 17, 1773 (Bond) when Jane was about fourteen or fifteen years old. Over the next several years, Jane and William became the parents of fourteen children.....
The first born wasGeorge Turner, born October 17, 1776. Jane would have been sixteen or seventeen years old.
Her last child was Elkanah, born in 1801...Jane would have been age forty-one.
All of their children survived to old age, except one, whose name and age are unknown, and probably did not survive childhood.

......Jane's husband William, served in the Revolutionary War, and his father Shadrack was a Revolutionary War Patriot William was a farmer, and a blacksmith as a young man.
In early rural Virginia crops would have been grown to provide food for the family and slaves, but tobacco would have beenthe main commodity, and increasingly so in the next years
in southwestern Virginia.
......Jane and William were members of the Baptist church for seventy two years.
......In 1806, Jane was bequeathed land and two slaves, Moss and Milly, in her father William Hunter's will, dated 6 Sept1806.
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......Upon her husband William's death, Jane inherited his entire estate, to then be divided equally among the thirteen children, upon her death.

JANE WAS BEQUEATHED IN WILLIAM'S WILL AS FOLLOWS:

....3rd.....I give and bequeath to my beloved companion Jane Turner all of my personal and real estate of which I die possessed, consisting of the following servants (to wit) Lydia, Bob, Jenny, Mose, Joshua, Mary, Jessee, Washington, Harriet, Milly, and Ony-together with all their increase (if any) together with all my Stock of every description, my lands and tenements to have and to hold to her only use and behoof during her natural life, and it is also my desire that she shall exercise her own discretion relative toassisting any of her children should necessity require it
And after the death of my Dear wife, I desire that all my property both real and personal, be immediately sold by my Executor hereafter named and equally divided between the Lawful heirs in manner and form hereafter provided, and it is further my Desire that all my Servants be sold in the family of my children, and that my Executor, hereafter to be named, suffer them not to be sold otherwise. And in the distribution of my property among my children, after complying with the foregoing provisions.
OCTOBER 29, 1842......WILLIAM TURNER (HIS X MARK)
(PROVED JANUARY 5, 1846)

(NOTE: It is unclear in the above bequest from William to Jane....but Jane had inherited land from her father William Hunter, which then became her husband's property. Jane also had inherited two of the slaves listed in William's will (Mose and Milly) from her father William Hunter in 1806; they would have been middle age or older at the time of William's death.)

Will transcribed by: John (Jay) Ingram, descendant
.....................(John descends from Jane and William's
.....................son Meshack Turner)
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.............1850 United States Census...........
................Franklin County, Virginia...........

Dwelling House #1395
Family #1389
(Jane Turner age 90, is living with her son Meshach Turner)

.....Meshach Turner.....age 57.....Farmer....Value of Real
.............................................Estate $1,600
.....Nancy Turner....... age 46
.....Andrew Turner.... age 24
.....Jane Turner........ age 22
.....Serepta Turner.... age 19
.....Mary Turner........ age 17
.....William B. Turner. age 15
.....John D. Turner.....age 13
.....Priscilla Turner... age 11
.....Charity A. Turner. age 9
.....Elizabeth Turner...age 6
.....Martha Turner...... age 1
.....Jane Turner........ age 90

(Notes: I don't know if Meshach and his family are living at Jane's old homeplace that she shared with husband William Turner (William had stipulated in his will that the house, etc. be sold upon Janes's death), or has Jane moved into Meshach's house.)
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.......Jane and William resided in Franklin County, Virginia. Their plantation home is located about two miles from the present day community of Henry, in Franklin County. It is located two or so miles from William's parents Shadrack and Ann Pollard Hill Turner's home, known as "King's Grant" (or "The Old Turner Place) listed on the National Register. A descendant, William Lee Turner, visited Jane and William's home in 1987 (see Photo), it's current condition is unknown. In 1987, the house was remotely located in a wooded area, and being used for storage.
The house is probably circa 1780-1800.
.......I do not know of any possessions that have survived from Jane and William. There was probably a family Bible, but I have no knowledge of one. Perhaps one of her many descendants is fortunate to have inherited something.
.......They were very beloved, and have many descendants in Virginia and across the country.
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Written by: Rebecca A. Prillaman...3rd great grand daughter
............Descendant of Jane's children, Josiah, Adelpha, and Elkanah
............(Grew up about ten miles from Jane and Williams' home in Franklin County)

Family links:
Parents: William Hunter (1740 - 1813)
Charity Loftus Hunter (1740 - 1824)
Spouse: William Turner (1753 - 1845)*
Children: James N. Turner (1778 - 1852)*
Martha Turner Philpott (1781 - 1835)*
Elizabeth Turner Ingram (1783 - 1873)*
Adelpha Turner Turner (1785 - 1879)*
Josiah Hunter Turner (1785 - 1866)*
Sarah Turner Snidow (1788 - 1874)*
William Turner (1791 - 1860)*
Jane Phifer Turner Stone (1792 - 1880)*
Andrew Hunter Turner (1797 - 1877)*
Meshack Turner (1799 - 1878)*
Elkanah B. Turner (1801 - 1887)*
Siblings: Jane Hunter Turner (1759 - 1851)
John Hunter (1760 - 1820)*
William Hunter (1765 - 1848)*
George Hunter (1768 - 1785)*
*Calculated relationship

Burial: William Turner Homeplace Cemetery
Henry, Franklin County, Virginia, USA

Maintained by: Rebecca Prillaman
Originally Created by: Rebecca Reuben Dyer
Record added: Feb 18, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 105404350
Photo of house of William and Jane Hunter Turner, Franklin County, Virginia
Photo courtesy descendant William Lee Turner taken in 1987.
House circa 1780
Added by: Rebecca Prillaman
11/19/2014

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