Nancy (Angel) Turner (1798 - 1872)

Wife of Leo Turner — married 15 Aug 1822 in Bedford County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1872 at age 74 in Roanoke County, Virginia

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Biography

Multiple claims in Family Search Ancestral Files and IQI records that Nancy Angel is the daughter of William Colson Angell / Angela & Sarah Mitchel(l). One example shown below. No definitive sources about parents are available online.

Marriage dates for possible parents, 04/05/1797: Sarah Mitchell m. William Anglea or Angel. Consent of Beelender Ross. Married 6 April, 1797, by Rev. John Ayres. John Hancock, security.

1850 census, Franklin Co., VA, HH# 558, Fam #556:

• Lee Turner, 49
• Nancy, 52
• William, 13

next door in HH# 559 is son Alfred:

• Alfred Turner, 25
• Nancy, 26
• James L., 3
• Sarah M., 1

Sources

• Knittle-Hunter, Susan Quentine. Turner Family Resource Center

• TURNER-RICHARDSON CEMETERY - Roanoke County VA, Located on Yellow Mountain Road, Copied by Glenna G. Garner

• "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRCV-PJL : accessed 26 Sep 2014), Leo Turner and Nancy Angle, 15 Aug 1823; citing Bedford, Virginia, reference pg 19; FHL microfilm 30591.

"Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9MW7-DMD : accessed 2014-09-26), entry for William Colson Anglea (Angell) - includes citation notes:

• The following were found at the Rocky Mount Public Library- Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Va.:
• Raney Collection- Franklin Co. Families- Vol. 34, Pg. 179, 181, 184, 188.
• Mann Collection - Pg. 864, 876, 896, 927, 961, 981.
• CORRESPONDANCE: Letter from Bob Bowman- Rt. #1 Box 204, Weyers Cave, Va. 24486 dated 6 Oct 1989.
• MARRIAGES: Film #30,592- Bedford Co., Va. Marriage Records (1785-1909).
• BOOKS: "Franklin Co., Va. 1850 & 1860 Censuses" pg. 83- 975.568 X2r.
• "Virginians and West Virginians" (1607-1870) Vol. 2, by Patrick G. Wardell 975 D2wp.
• "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy" by William Wade Hinshaw, Vol. 6, pg. 871. The marriage of William Colson Angell Sr. and Sarah Mitchell is found here. Were they Quakers ?
• PERSONAL: In 1850 William & Sarah and their daughter, Tabitha, were in Franklin Co., Va.