James Turner ¹

  General Notes:

Sources:
GiGi; GGa5080796@aol.com (has a copy of James will from 1829 listing Melancthon as his son and a copy of Sally's will listing him as a son)

Bob Newsome JRN2217@aol.com

THE LEFTWICH-TURNER FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA AND THEIR CONNECTIONS by Walter Hopkins C.J. Carrier and Co. copyright 1992 3 rd printing
"Died at his own house Tuesday evening, January 8, 1828 about 9 o'clock, the Rev. James Turner in his 69th year, and for many years officiated with the Rev. James Mitchell as Pastor to the Peak's Congregations. He was interred about 12 o'clock Thursday, followed to the grave by a large company of relatives, friends and neighbors, who mourned his loss as irreparable."
"There are two interesting articles on the life, character and the ministry of the Rev. James Turner, one published in the Central Presbyterian, May 11 and 18, 1887, by the Rev. J.G. Shepperson, D.D., and the other in the third volume of the Annals of the American Pulpit of Distinguished American Clergymen, by William B. Sprague, D.D. They are too long to be quoted in full" ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: Revolutionary War soldier, Goochland county, VA. ¹

• Occupation: Presbyterian Minister. ¹

James married Sarah "Sally" Leftwich on 23 Aug 1778 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.¹ (Sarah "Sally" Leftwich was born on 20 Jan 1762 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA ¹ and died on 27 Nov 1834 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA ¹.)