Sarah (Turner) Middleton (abt.1800-abt.1870)

Sarah "Sally" Middleton formerly Turner aka Turner

Born about 1800 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of William Turner Jr. and Susannah (Bailey) Turner

Sister of Nancy Ann (Turner) Cawood, Mary (Turner) Shumate, Nancy Bailey (Turner) Cawood [half], James Brittain Turner, Rachel (Turner) Ely, Lucy (Turner) Wynn, George Turner, Joanna (Turner) Sewall, William Turner III and Robert Turner

Wife of Walter Middleton II — married 1819 in Lee, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Mother of Susanah (Middleton) Miniard, Joanna (Middleton) Wynn, Nancy Jane (Middleton) Cloud, Lucy Caroline (Middleton) Short and James Thomas Middleton

Died about 1870 at about age 70 in Harlan, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Sarah Turner was born 10 December 1800 in Knox County, Kentucky, to William and Susannah Bailey Turner, II. [Even though, not supporting the exact date; the 1850 Census, below, shows that Sarah was born in 1800. Specific supporting sources of birth date are required}Banks-3765 .

She married Walter Middleton, II in Lee County, Virginia about 1819. [Again, source is required] Banks-3765.

The first hard facts (sources) we have about Sarah & Walter's family is the 1850 Harlan County, Kentucky Census.^[1]

1850 Census - Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA

Census • U S Census, 25 July 1850
Race	White
Ethnicity	American
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1850
Event Place	Harlan, Harlan, Ky
Household Id	29
House Number	29
Line Number	40
Schedule Type	1850 Population
Affiliate Publication Number	M432

Walter Middleton	M 55	Virginia
Sally [Sarah] Middleton	F 50	Kentucky
Lucy Middleton	F 18	Kentucky
David Middleton	M 16	Kentucky
Benjamin Middleton	M 14	Kentucky
Carr Middleton	M 13	Kentucky
Judith Middleton	F 11	Kentucky
Sally Middleton	F 9	Kentucky
Frances Middleton	F 8	Kentucky

1860 Census - Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA^[2]

Census • U S Census, 9 August 1860
Name	Sarah Middleton
Sex	Female
Age	59
Birth Year (Est)	1801
Birthplace	Ky
Race	White
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1860
Event Place	Harlan, Ky
Page	99
Walter Middleton	M	65	Va
Carr Middleton	M	22	Ky
Sarah Middleton	F	18	Ky
Fanny Middleton	F	16	Ky

Death Sarah Turner Middleton died about June 1870, at Clover Fork, Harlan County, Kentucky. She was buried at Kildar, Harlan County, Kentucky, in the Middleton Cemetery.

Sources

↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M65W-WLD : Sun Jun 04 03:03:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Middleton and Sally Middleton, 1850
↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBW-Q5C : 18 February 2021), Sarah Middleton in entry for Walter Middleton, 1860.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah: