Margaret (Headen) Turner (1770 - abt. 1855)

Born 1770 in Spartanburg, Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of James Turner Sr. — married about 1787 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1855 at about age 85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Margaret Heyden/Headen daughter of William Headen and Jane Beavers

She married James Turner Sr. in Spartanburg Co., South Carolina in about 1786. Children:

1. Edward Ned Turner(1787-)
2. William Alexander Foster Turner (1790-1856)
3. Samuel Midleton Turner (1792-1879)
4. Mary Turner (1793-aft. 1870)
5. Jane Turner (1795-)
6. Middleton Turner (1798-abt 1865)
7. Tamer (Turner) Brown ( 1804-1886)
8. Elizabeth Turner (1803-)
9. James Turner Jr. (1811-1858)
10. Jane Turner

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: about 1770/71, per census in 1830/40/50

Birth Place: assume Ninety-Six District, South Carolina

... Margaret says born in South Carolina on her 1850 census

... Margaret's parents were living in Ninety-Six District in 1779, per brother William

... Margaret's brother William says they lived about 7 miles from Cowpens

... Note: Spartanburg District was created in 1795 from Ninety-Six District

Death Date: sometime between 1850 & 1860. (average = 1855)

... possibly died Aug 1850, per undocumented source

... possibly died 1851, per undocumented source

... find-a-grave has death date, but NO gravestone, NO sources

Death Place: assume Spartanburg Co., SC, based on last cenus

EVIDENCE of PARENTS & SIBLINGS:

Margaret's husband is named in the 1807 WILL of Margaret's father William

... The will includes William's wife Jane, his sons and son-in-laws.

... His will says son-in-law James Turner.

Margaret's husband is named in the 1819 WILL of Margaret's brother George

... The will includes several of Margaret's brothers, brother-in-laws, nephews

Margaret and her sister Tamar, married Turner brothers, James & Henry.

Margaret living next to sister Tamer (Mrs. Henry Turner) on 1810 census.

A 1900 book says brother-in-law is James Horseshoe Robertson. [husband of sister Sarah]

MARRIAGE:

Husband: James Turner

Married about 1787, based on 3 children on 1790 census

It is not likely they married much sooner, considering Margaret's age.

They probably married in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina.

Note: Spartanburg District was created in 1795 from Ninety-Six District

BURIAL:

Find A Grave: Memorial #32565134 (NO gravestone, NO sources)

Margaret Heyden Turner 1771-1851

Burial: Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesnee, Spartanburg Co., SC

Burial at Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Chesnee SC

Sources

1790 census: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Name: James Turner

1 - Males - 16 and over ... [James]

1 - Females ... [wife Margaret]

3 - Males - Under 16 ... [3 sons]

Number of Household Members: 5

Note: same page as Henry Turner (husband of Tamar Headen)

Note: same page as William Shed (husband of Elizabeth Headen)

1800 census: Spartanburg District, South Carolina

Name: James Turner

1 - Males - 26 thru 44

1 - Females - 26 thru 44

1 - Males -10 thru 15

3 - Males - Under 10

2 - Females - Under 10

Number of Slaves: 2

Note: previous page is William Shed (husband of Elizabeth Headen)

1810 census: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Name: James Turner

1 - Males - 45 and over

1 - Females - 26 thru 44

3 - Males - 16 thru 25

1 - Females - 16 thru 25

1 - Males - 10 thru 15

1 - Females - 10 thru 15

2 - Females - Under 10

Numbers of Slaves: 7

Note: next to Henry Turner age 45+ (husband of Tamar Headen)

1820 census: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Name: James Turner

1 - Males - 45 and over

1 - Females - 45 and over

1 - Males - 26 thru 44

1 - Females - 16 thru 25

1 - Females - 10 thru 15

1 - Males - Under 10

Note: page includes 4 other TURNER families; Wm, Wm, Mary, Middleton

Note: there are 2 other James Turner living in Spartanburg

182x: death of husband James sometime between 1820 & 1830

1830 census: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Name: Margaret Turner

1 - Females - 60 thru 69

2 - Males - 15 thru 19

Total Slaves: 3

Note: same page as Middleton Turner age 30s

Note: same page as Wm Turner age 40s

1840 census: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Name: Margt Turner

1 - Females - 70 thru 79

Total Slaves: 2

Note: same page as James Turner age 20s

Note: same page as Richd M Turner age 60s

1850 census: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Mary Haris ... 57 ... SC

Margaret Turner ... 79 ... SC <--------

Note: next door to son William Turner age 61 SC, w/wife Nancy & children

Note: living next door to son James Turner age 39 SC, w/wife Edith & children

185x: death of Margaret sometime between 1850 & 1860

BOOK REFERENCE:

https://archive.org/details/historyofspartan00land

Title: History of Spartanburg County

Author: by Landrum, J. B. O. (John Belton O'Neall)

Published: in 1900 by Atlanta, Ga., The Franklin prtg. and pub. co.

Excerpts from pages 406-407:

James Turner, Sr., migrated from Virginia with his father to South Carolina before the Revohition, when he was only twelve years of age. He was the only child of his mother, whose maiden name was Hannah Middleton. He had reached the age of manhood when the Revolution broke out, and was in the service of his country.

His father (whose first name we have been unable to obtain) settled on Pacolet River near Coulter's Ford, and raised by a second wife three sons and three daughters, viz. : Henry, Richard, Samuel, Phebe (Mrs. Solomon Abbott), Sallie (Mrs. Ephraim Potter), and Betty (Mrs. Wm. Garrett).

James Turner, Sr., married Margaret Heydon, and had nine children, viz. : Edward, William, Samuel, Middleton, James, Mary, Ann (Mrs. James Foster), Elizabeth and Tamer. His home was on Pacolet River, near Coulter's Ford, where his father settled.

James Turner, Sr., was a brother-in-law to Horse Shoe Robinson, the hero of Mr. Kenedy's famous novel of the same name, both of whom were scouts during the Revolution and a terror to the Tories.

Some time after the close of the Revolution James Turner, accompanied by his little son Samuel, visited Horse Shoe Robinson, who resided in what was then Pendleton District, S. C.

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