TURNER.
Terisha Turner was granted one hundred and thirty-six
acres on the south branches of Hardware in 1760, and this
tract he and his wife Sarah sold to Peter Cheatham in 1777.
At that time he was described as a citizen of Amherst. He
was also the owner of several hundred acres on Green Creek,
which in 1790 he sold for the most part to Benjamin Harris.
In 1788 Charles Turner bought from Solomon Ballou nearly
two hundred acres lying to the northwest of Ivy Depot. He
died in 1789. His wife's name was Mary Ann, and his
children were Robert, George, Reuben, William, Matthew,
Keziah, Mary and Judith. George in 1791 married Ann,
daughter of Gabriel and Ann Maupin. A number of the
children in 1815 sold their land to Charles Harper, and removed
to Pendleton County, Kentucky. The small mountain
at the foot of which their land lay is still known as
Turner's Mountain.
James Turner, described as belonging to Amherst, was a
considerable land owner on the lower Hardware. His wife
was Rebecca, daughter of William Hamner. He sold his
property in the county before the end of the last century,
part to Samuel Dyer, and much the larger part to Pleasant
Dawson.
