1. Robert TURK It is believed that the Turks went to Ulster, Ireland in the 1600s from Lowland Scotland where the name is still McTurk. It is believed that they shortened the name to Turk when they arrrived in northern Ireland. When the English conquered Ireland and confiscated the Irish land in Ulster Province, creating the Plantations, they recruited workers from the Lowlands and London Jails. The Scots prospered under the Plantation system but had the understandable desire for land of their own. The Irish Census of 1690 lists only one Turk family in all of Ireland - John Turk and seven souls, at Ballymoney, Antrim County, Ulster, Ireland. It is said that all of the public records of Ireland were destroyed in the 1722 revolution. ~EdnaBarney.com~

One undocumented source is that Robert Turk immigrated in 1718 from Ulster to Boston. That source suggests that he returned to Ireland before going to Virginia.EdnaBarney.com

Robert Turk, a Scots-Irish Covenanter Presbyterian, imported himself and Margret, Jane, John, Ann, Thomas, James and William Turk from Great Britain to Pennsylvania to the Valley of Virginia (Orange County, Virginia Order Book 2, page 110). The Turks probably first resided in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Augusta County, Virginia Order Books of February 1745 - March 1746 from Lyman Chalkley,"Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia").~EdnaBarney.com~

Robert Turk of Orange and Augusta Counties was among the first settlers of Beverley Manor and the Valley of Virginia and his deeds are recorded in Orange County Deed Book 3, 1738-1740 and Deed Book 4, 1740-1741.~EdnaBarney.com~

On 28 February 1739, he purchased 1313 acres in present-day Augusta County, Virginia, from William Beverly for forty pounds. The land lay 7 miles below present day Waynesboro. Turk Run bordered it on the north and the South River ran lengthwise through the tract (Howard Wilson's "The Tinkling Spring", 1954, map). Beverley Patent Map There is an Orange County, Virginia deed from Robert Turk to Thomas Turk dated 23 September 1741, involving 437 acres of his 1313 acre tract in Beverley Manor. Note that 437 acres is exactly 1/3 of this 1313 acre tract.~EdnaBarney.com~

From 1741 to 1746 he pledged support of 1 pound per year to the Reverend John Craig of Augusta County when the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church was established. In November 1747 he again pledged support to the Reverend Craig. The congregational list for Tinkling Spring Church consisted of three districts. John Finley's district of nineteen families was in the general area of Waynesboro, extending up and down South River. The families included in this district were the Turks, Gays, Gillespies, McClures, Pattersons, Teas, Edmistons and others. John Finley was assisted in collections by Archibald Stuart, who also resided in this district. These names are inscribed on a tablet outside of the present day Tinkling Spring Church, Fisherville, Virginia which reads "Sacred to the Memory of the Immigrants to this valley who turned the wilderness into habitations."~EdnaBarney.com~

Tinkling Spring Monument
Tinkling Spring Photo Album

"Robert Turk was careful with the handling of his funds. When purchasing lands from William Beverley on South River below Waynesboro, he required Beverley to post an 80 pound bond that the title to the land was good. In the handling of his subscritpion to Tinkling Spring he was more than careful. His pledge of 1 pound per year to the support of Mr. Craig remained unpaid from 1741 through 1746." (Howard Wilson's "The Tinkling Spring", 1954, page 95) In 1747 the Church took him to court to force his payment of 6 pounds.

Sometime before 1748 his sons John and Thomas Turk went to South Carolina. On 28 November 1749 in Augusta County, Virginia Robert Turk and Margaret made an indenture with James Hamilton (Augusta County Deed Book 2, pages 378, 379).~EdnaBarney.com~

On 10 September 1755 he was granted 100 acres on both sides of the south river of the "Shanando". He obtained large grants of land from the Crown, extending from the top of the Blue Ridge westward beyond South River, including some of the most fertile land in the valley. "Turk's Mountain" and "Turk's Gap", long a famous crossing, was named for him. Crimora Manganese Mine, the largest of its kind discovered in this country, is on a part of this property and was described as the "Ore Bank". The public road through "Turk's Gap", which Robert Turk was mainly instrumental in locating, is still visible, though almost totally abandoned by travellers. This is probably part of the Shenandoah Drive (Lyon G. Tyler, "Men of Mark in Virginia", volume II, 1907, page 389).~EdnaBarney.com~

Robert Turk's will in 1772 was witnessed by Thomas Turk, Elizabeth Gleave and Charles Teeas. He left his entire estate to his son, Thomas, who was also the executor. The only other child mentioned was James Turk who was left 1 shilling (Lyman Chalkley, "Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800", volume 3, page 126).~EdnaBarney.com~

Augusta County, Virginia Order Book XXIV, Turk versus Turk: James and Thomas Turk were brothers 3 April 1772. Debt on account during 1765-1765 to 1771. James Turk's wife was Mary and they had a daughter Elizabeth. Robert Turk deposes 15 April 1772 James Turk paid out 10 pounds for Elizabeth Finley's education in Carolina. Thomas paid Henry Foster, husband of Elizabeth Finley, 40 pounds out of his father's estate.

Margaret is believed to have immigrated to America with her husband. She was mentioned as the wife of Robert Turk in a deed where he sold 437 acres in Beverley Manor, Augusta County on 18 March 1746 and 9 February 1747 (Lyman Chalkley, "Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800", volume 3, page 258). Some say that Robert Turk married a Margaret Kerr in Pennsylvania. ~EdnaBarney.com~

2. William TURK mustered in Augusta County in 1742, according to Chalkley's Chronicles, Augusta Court, Volume 2, Augusta Parish Vestry Book, page 508. In 1754, the Indians in Old Saludy, South Carolina murdered settlers which caused the survivors to petition the Governor for troops to protect them. Signers of the petition of 4 February 1755 included: Samuel Ramsey, Robert Smith, James Smith, William Turk, John Foster, Henry Foster, William Smith and John Turk. William was not mentioned in his father's 1772 will, so he may have died or moved far away by then. ~EdnaBarney.com~

3. Thomas TURK ~ There is confusion about Thomas Turk's birth date. The James Turk Bible says "March 1718." Thomas Turk signed a Declaration in the Estill v. Ramsey lawsuit in Augusta County, Virginia on 12 October 1798 in which he states that he is "aged eighty-eight years" giving a birthyear of 1710. Thomas Turk signed with a mark, indicating illiteracy. The document shows an interlineation and a cross out on the same line as the date.~EdnaBarney.com~

Thomas Turk went to Orange County, Virginia in 1739 with his parents. In March 1801 Thomas Turk, Sr deposed that 60 years prior he had carried the chain for a survey in Augusta County, Virginia (Lyman Chalkley,"Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia", volume 1, page 420).~EdnaBarney.com~

There is an Orange County, Virginia deed from Robert Turk to Thomas Turk dated 23 September 1741 involving 437 acres of his 1313 acre tract in Beverley Manor. Note that 437 acres is exactly 1/3 of this 1313 acre tract.~EdnaBarney.com~

In 1743 he was appointed constable of Orange County, Virginia (Orange County, Virginia Order Book 4, from Orange County Tithables 1734-1782). From Augusta County, Virginia Order Books of February 1745-March 1746 it appears that the Turks may have come from Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: "FEBRUARY, 1745, To MARCH, 1746. Thomas McCunevs. Samuel Gay and Robert Turk.--Plaintiff of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Defendants of Augusta County. Bond dated 4th December, 1744 (Lyman Chalkley, "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia").~EdnaBarney.com~

About 1746 Thomas and his brother John along with a group of Scots-Irish went to South Carolina to purchase land. They returned to Virginia before 1748 (Helen Turk Watson, "Descendants of William and Margaret Archibald Turk", 1990). In October, 1746, John Pickens, William Baskin, James Leslie, and 30 others signed the following petition to the Governor and Council of South Carolina: (From the Journal of the South Carolina Council, October 10, 1746) "His Excellency laid before the Board the following petition he had received from sundry inhabitants of the back parts of Virginia, humbly showing that the petitioners have had a great expectation to hear by John Turk that the lands, granted at Ninety six, was purchased as Thomas Turk has informed them; that the Council did promise them that such a purchase should be obtained last March. That the petitioners trusting to his word have fully resolved to remove their families but as no certain account had been brought them of the purchase having been made, the same put a stop to their moving. Wherefore, if the Governor will soon make a real purchase of that land laid a part for them and then communicate the same to Thomas Turk, so that they may be informed of the truth thereof, if they can with safety then they will remove and come there. That the petitioners are informed that there are many loose persons who bear a bad character in some of those back parts and hope the Council will give them no manner of encouragement by letting them settle on any of that land, and pray that the Government would not grant away the best of that land, until they have time to hear of the purchase, and then to come and have their lot amongst us, they rely on the Clemency of the government in granting their request. ... Signed: John Pickens, William Baskins, James Leslie and above 30 others."~EdnaBarney.com~

Thomas Turk deposed in Augusta County that about 1748 he helped build a school house in Rockfish Gap (Lyman Chalkley's,"Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia", volume 2, page 28). On 23 March 1751 Thomas Turk is mentioned with 400 acres on South River in Augusta County (ibidem, page 383). On 10 September 1755 Tom Turk patented 226 acres and 320 acres on the south side of the south river of Shanando, Augusta County, Virginia. In March 1756 Thomas and Margaret Turk were in court in Augusta County against Moses and Agnes Walker. On 24 February 1768 Thomas Turk entered 400 acres near his own and James Kennerley's land in Augusta County. James Kennerley, Sr. claimed it and now James Kennerley, Jr. holds it, and also holds up the will of James, Sr. refusing to probate it. (Lyman Chalkley, "Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800", volume 1, page 536 - from Augusta County, Virginia Order Book XXIV, file 926). In March 1772 Thomas and Margaret (Mary) Turk were in court in Augusta County. In the Fall of that year Robert Turk bequeathed to his son Thomas his entire estate and made him executor of his will. In June 1777 and May 1779 Thomas pledged support to the congregation of the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, Augusta County.~EdnaBarney.com~

In Augusta County, Virginia between 28 February and 13 October 1781,Thomas Turk was reimbursed for 4 bushels of corn, 52 bushels of rye, 34 pounds of bacon and 4 beef furnished to the militia. On 18 May 1784 he was reimbursed for 9 bushels of corn and for wintering a beef(Abercrombie and Slatten, "Virginia Revolutionary 'Publick' Claims", volume I, pages 89, 91-93). On 21 March 1782 he and his son, Thomas, Jr. were reimbursed in Augusta County at the Court of Claims ("Court of Claims 1782-1785, Augusta County, Virginia, pages 1, 51, GRC 1970, DAR Library).~EdnaBarney.com~

Thomas Turk gave a deposition in October 1798 giving his age as 88. In 1799 he was living in Augusta County, Virginia. He made a gift deed of his slave Violet on 5 May 1802 to the children of his deceased daughter, Margaret Rhea. His grandson deposed that Thomas Turk was almost 100 years old at his death (Lyman Chalkley, "Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800", volume 2, page 186). ~EdnaBarney.com~

On 13 March/5 April 1805 Thomas Turk and Mary of August County sold to George Slagal 100 acres of a larger tract which had been patented by James Turk in 1761 and had been conveyed by James and Mary Turk to him (Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book 2A, page 137).~EdnaBarney.com~

He wrote his will on 3 August 1808 in Augusta County and it was probated on 24 July 1809. It mentions his "wife Mary", "wife's mother Esther Woolmas", "grandson Thomas Turk McCullouch", "grandson Thomas Turk Rhea","daughters Esther Johnson, Betsey Coger, Rebecca Anderson", "son James Turk", "my children to wit, Esther Johnston, Betsy Coger, Rebecca Anderson and my James", "my daughter Jane Allen one dollar", "my daughter Betty Glave one dollar", and "my son Thomas Turk one dollar". Executors were Andrew Ramsey, William Patrick and Robert Porterfield. Thomas Turk signed by his mark." The death date of Thomas Turk is recorded in the James Turk Bible.~EdnaBarney.com~

Margaret ~ DAR National Numbers 58800 and 579597 give her name as "Mary". One source has her maiden name as Kerr. The DAR Patriot Index gives her name as Mary Woolman. Undocumented lineages give her birthplace as Augusta County, which seems unlikely, as it was not settled by 1726, or Antrim County, Ireland.~EdnaBarney.com~

In March of 1756, Thomas Turk and Margaret, his wife, filed a suit against Moses Walker and Agnes, his wife. (Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia, Volume I, page 313) On April 20, 1759, Thomas and Margaret Turk sold 320 acres to James Turk on South River. (ibidem, Volume III, page 352) On May 18, 1762, Thomas Turk and Margaret sold 226 acres on South River to Frederick Stull. (ibidem, Volume III, page 382) On August 20, 1765, Thomas Turk, Sr. and Margaret, his wife, sold land in Augusta County. (ibidem, volume III, page 426)~EdnaBarney.com~

4. John TURK 's sons, Robert and John, were baptized in 1741 and 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia by the Reverend John Craig of the Tinkling Springs Church. John Turk was in the Number 4 Militia Company of John Christian in Augusta County, Virginia in 1742 ("Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", 1901, volume 8, page 279). The Journal of South Carolina Coucil dated 10 October 1746, mentions John Turk and Thomas Turk among a group of Virginia land purchasers. According to Helen Turk Watson, John Turk with his brother, Thomas, and a group of Scots-Irish went to South Carolina to purchase land. They returned to Virginia. John Turk went back to Carolina in 1748 and settled in the old 96th District. John Turk was in Old Saluda, South Carolina when he had 450 acres surveyed in 1749. In 1754 the Indians in Old Saludy murdered settlers which caused the survivors to petition the Governor of South Carolina for troops to protect them. Signers of the petition of 4 February 1755 included: Samuel Ramsey, Robert Smith, James Smith, William Turk, John For(s)ter, Henry Fo(r)ster, William Smith and John Turk. EdnaBarney.com~

On August 13, 1747, in Augusta County, Virginia, Deed Book Volume 3. page 262, is recorded the deed to Alexander McFeeters for 10 pounds current money 303 acres in Beverly Manor, on the North Branch of Christy's Creek and described as follows: lying and being on a branch of Christy's Creek in Augusta County beginning at a black oak and hickory corner to Samuel Downey and John Turk run with Turks line due east 180 poles to a white oak and south 59 degrees east 14 poles to 2 black and one white oaks. North 26 degrees east 288 poles to a black oak on the top of a hill, thence north 64 degrees west 100 poles crossing the creek to two black oaks on a hill, south 60 degrees west 59 poles to a black oak two hickory saplings on McNabbs line., then with said line due south 96 poles crossing the creek to a black and white oak corner,, then south 49 degrees west 240 poles to the beginning." This acreage, then, on Boy’s Run, a branch of Christian Creek in Augusta County., Virginia lies about 10 miles south of Staunton.~EdnaBarney.com~

John Turk's will in Charleston, South Carolina, mentions John's children (perhaps with Agnes or maybe with a previous wife). It then mentions "my wife's son, Theodore Turk" which leaves the impression that John was not the father of Theodore. In 1754, John had published a notice in the South Carolina Gazette that his wife had "eloped" and he would no longer be responsible for her debts or for John Crosba Foster. Therefore it seems that Theodocius (Theodore) Turk was not fathered by John Turk; he was probably a natural son of John Crosba Foster. In any event, John and Agnes Turk were still married when he wrote his will a year later in 1755, as he mentions "Agnes Turk my dearly beloved wife" and his children: William Turk (eldest), John Turk, Thomas Turk and Meomy and "my wife's son Theodore". The witnesses to John Turk's will were Peirce Costills, James Cumberford and James Mitchel.EdnaBarney.com~

4a. Agnes SMITH's maiden name is proved by the will of her brother, Robert Smith, written on 25 October 1783 in Ninety Six District, South Carolina. The will mentions his nephew, Thomas Turk (assumed son of John Turk) and children of Omey Carter (assumed to be Naomi Carter, wife of George Carter). Robert Smith was also a signatory of the petition to the Governor in 1754. John Turk had published a notice in the South Carolina Gazette of 8 August 1754, "that he will not pay any debt contracted by Agnes his wife (who is eloped from him) or John Crosba Foster, in his name. And forbids all persons entertaining his said wife, or having any dealings with her in his name, at their peril". She obviously had a child by Foster, Thedious (Theodore) TURK, born in South Carolina. Thedious married Vilinda FINLEY daughter of John FINLEY and Thankful DOAK and he died in 1805 at Baldwin County, Georgia.

6. James TURK purchased 320 acres on the South River from Thomas and Margaret Turk, on April 20, 1759 (Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Volume III, page 352). On 16 August 1762 in Augusta County, James Turk and his wife Mary sold to Thomas Turk for 40 pounds, 250 acres on the South River of the Shanandoah which was delivered in July 1769 (Lyman Chalkley, "Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800", volume 3, page 386).

James Turk of Augusta County, Virginia was involved in a land deed in Albemarle County on 8 September 1768. On the deed his wife appears to be the daughter of David and Winifred Kinkead (Albemarle County, Virginia Deed Book 5, part 1, pages 17, 18). He was reimbursed for 1 bushel of corn and 200 pounds of hay taken by the militia for State use in Albemarle County during the Revolution. It was paid before 13 June 1789 (Public Service Claims of Albemarle County, Virginia, page 22). James Turk with 5 white souls was the only Turk in the 1785 census of Albemarle County. He also was the only Turk on the 1800 Tax List there.

On 2 May 1792 James Turk was the bond for the marriage of Isaac Bishop to Elizabeth Hunter in Albemarle County. James Turk was listed on the Albemarle County Tax List of 1800 with 1 tithe and 2 horses. James' nephew Thomas Turk, son of his brother, Thomas Turk, received the bulk of his estate, including 307 acres of land in Albemarle County.EdnaBarney.com

13. Thomas TURK, Jr served as a Private in Captain Alex Robinson's Company, 1778 (Waddell's, "Annals of Augusta County", page 197), in Captain Robert Kenney's Company, 1779 and also the same year in Captain Thomas Rankin's Company of the Augusta County Militia of the Virginia Militia. He contributed supplies to the Revolutionary cause (Gwathmey, "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution", page 785 and "Augusta County Court of Claims 1782-1785", page 2, 21 March 1782). On 18 July 1786 and 25 March 1793 Thomas Turk, Jr was recommended as Captain (Augusta County, Virginia Order Book XX). In 1802 he served as a Major.

In May 1792 Thomas Turk, Jr sued his father in chancery court regarding land which Thomas, Sr had deeded to the son for love and affection in 1772 (Chalkley, "Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia 1745-1800", volume1, page 397). On 1 May 1799 when the will of his uncle James Turk was written in Albemarle County, Virginia, Thomas was referred to as "of Augusta County" and on 26 November of that same year Thomas Turk was surety on an orphan bond in said county. On 1 September 1801 Thomas Turk, Jr and Ann of Augusta sold Lot #23 in Waynesboro, on the north side of the first main Street, to William White (Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book 2A, page 2).

In 1803, upon the death of his uncle James Turk of Albemarle County, Thomas Turk, Jr inherited all of his relative's livestock and land, which amounted to 307 acres.

A Thomas Turk and a Mary Turk are on the 1810 Census of Augusta County. Probably as early as 1816 Thomas and Ann Turk removed to Blount County, Tennessee. There is no Thomas Turk on the 1820 Census of Virginia nor the 1820 and 1840 censuses of Tennessee. There is a Thomas Turk holding 3 slaves on the 1830 Slave Census of Blount County, page 289. In his 1832 will he left his entire estate to his wife, Ann, and after her decease, to his son William and heirs, for the services William had rendered to him and Ann. He mentioned that he had already given his other sons and daughters all that he intended them to have.

Thomas Turk is buried at the New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery in Maryville, Tennessee. His grave was located in 1978 and this is probably the date it was marked. His name is on The Monument to the Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution who Settled in Blount County, erected in 1976 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Blount Chapter (Edith B. Little, "Blount County, Tennessee Cemetery Records", page 164, DAR Library).EdnaBarney.com

Ann RHEA ~ Ann was mentioned in the will of husband, Thomas Turk when he bequeathed to her his entire estate, including a brass skillet, 4 quilts and a small quantity of household articles which he mentioned. In 1836 Ann (Rhea) Turk devised her interest in her brother John Rhea's estate to her grandson, George W. Turk.~EdnaBarney.com~

On 26 April 1837 Ann Turk of McMinn County and her brother Robert Rhea of Blount County were deposed in Monroe County, Tennessee in a lawsuit "Hiram K. Turk versus William Turk, executor of Thomas Turk, deceased" (Monroe County, Tennessee Minute Book 1835-1839, page 265). There is no record of her burial in New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery with her husband.EdnaBarney.com

16. James TURK ~ James Turk was the youngest son. He was a witness to his sister Elizabeth's marriage in 1797. He and Elizabeth Armstrong were married by minister John McCue. The bondsman was Patrick William Shields, Jr. On 28 January 1822 James Turk was guardian to Elizabeth Craig, the orphan of Robert Craig, in Augusta County. The surety was James Finley. On 24 November 1823 he was made guardian to Mary Anderson, the orphan of James Anderson with Franklin McCue as surety there also. He left a bible record. EdnaBarney.com

31. James TURK ~ In 1817, James Turk was mentioned in Acts of Tennesse, as Porter Academy Trustee, Blount County Female Academy Trustee and Director of Maryville Bank. In 1821 James Turk was mentioned in Blount County, Tennessee deeds (Blount County, Tennessee Deed Book 2, pages 191, 192). He was a Justice of the Peace there in 1822. In 1824 he was the County Chairman. He lived in Maryville and operated a tannery and stable and owned a trading post on the Cherokee reservation. James was a prosperous businessman there and held county and town positions. He went on to McMinn County, Tennessee with his brother Archiibald Rhea Turk. There they helped set up a county government. James removed to Jackson County, Alabama where he established a hotel and tavern known as "The Mansions".EdnaBarney.com

33. Thomas TURK ~Thomas Turk may have married secondly, Sarah Erhart. He served in the War of 1812 as an Army Lieutenant and with distinction as a Major in the Black Hawk War. He resided in Augusta and Wythe Counties, Virginia and Adair County, Kentucky.EdnaBarney.com

35. Sally TURK Sally was probably born in Augusta County as her family was living there at that time. The clerk made a notation in the marriage register when she, as Sally Griffin, married Thomas Via on 1 January 1811: "...of my knowledge she has been a widow for about three years...". Sally appears to have had a daughter, born 1804-1810, by her first marriage to Abner Griffith. Sally's father was most certainly Thomas Turk, Jr, the Revolutionary soldier. He was the only Turk in Albemarle County and he was the known father of Archibald and Hiram Turk. He had inherited his Uncle James Turk's Albemarle plantation in 1803. Sally named three of her sons, Archibald Turk Via, Thomas Turk Via and Hiram Via and her first daughter was Mary Ann Via which would be a combination of the names of her mother-in-law and her mother, Ann Rhea.EdnaBarney.com

Abner GRIFFITH ~ There was a Thomas Griffin, born 1756-1776, the son of John Griffin who was mentioned in the will of his uncle Reubin Griffin on 12 March 1776/September 1777 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Thomas Griffin was probably over age 14, as he witnessed the will which would make his birthdate before 1762. Abner Griffith was probably the Abner, son of Abel and Barbara Griffith, who were in Augusta County, Virginia circa 1777 to 1787. Abel had sons, Owen and Isaac Griffith, who were later in Franklin County, Virginia. A Sally Turk married in 1802 in Franklin County, Virginia to Abner Griffith. It is believed that the Griffiths lived near the Vias around the borders of Franklin, Floyd and Patrick Counties.EdnaBarney.com

From "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA", Volume 2, pages 420 - 429 by Lyman Chalkley, Insolvents and Delinquents, 1801; Second District of Augusta County: "Austin Bowler, removed to Amherst; Fred Baker, to Monroe; Wm. Finley, to Kentucky; Ralph Duddleson, to NorthWest Territory; Abner Griffith, towards Carolina;"EdnaBarney.com

38. William W. TURK was probably born in Augusta County, Virginia as his parents were living there in the 1790s. He removed to Blount County, Tennessee about 1816. He is on the 1830 Census there with 7 children. He was the executor of his father's will and he and his heirs inherited the entire estate. According to the terms of the will, he was to care for his mother.EdnaBarney.com

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