Maria (Black) Turley (1819 - 1853)

Born 7 Mar 1819 in Virginia, United States

Wife of Nathan Turley — married 1838 in Kanawha, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1853 at age 34 in Kanawha, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Maria was born in 1819.^[1]

Nathan Turley married Maria (Black) Ballard about 1838.^[2][3] Baptist Minister William Adkins Ed., was the officiant. We know that this was Maria's second marriage because in the wedding of her first child, Margaret Ballard, it states that Nathan Turley was her step-father.^[4] Nothing is known about her first husband other than his last name of Ballard.

Eliza (Turley) Beach, on her Certificate of Death, gives her mother's maiden name as Black, to wit: Name of Father, Nathan Turley. Maiden Name of Mother, Mirah Black.^[5]

Noah Turley, Sr.'s Certificate of Death lists his father and Mother as Nathan Turley (born in Orange County, VA) and Marier Black.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DH-Q3G : 23 December 2020), Mariah Turley in household of Nathan Turley, Kanawha, Virginia, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-3FM3 : Wed Oct 04 14:31:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Nathan Turley and Maria Ballard, 1838.
3. ↑ Minister's Returns for Kanawha County, transcribed, citing Turley, Nathan and Ballard, Maria. WV State Archives, Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV. https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=521719&frame=00209
4. ↑ Matthew Moore and Margaret Ballard. Kanawha County Marriage Record. WV State Archives, Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV. https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=521719&frame=00296
5. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1YC-MT9 : 10 March 2018), Mirah Black in entry for Eliza Beach, 28 Aug 1927; citing Cabell, West Virginia, County Records, 9671, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,433.
6. ↑ Certificate of Death for Noah Turley, Sr., WV State Archives Vital Records, State Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV. https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1953834&frame=00457
7. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1BT-HVD : 10 March 2018), Marier Turley in entry for Noah Sr. Turley, 13 Apr 1934; citing Lincoln, West Virginia, County Records, 6440, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,953,834.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZ99-GTY
• Death: Vital Records- Kanawha County. Death Records, Book 1, Page 3, Line 22. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCY7-P7N?i=9&cat=56388) Entry for Maria Turley, 8 Mar 1853, 37 years old. Husband, Nathan Turley.
• Kanawha County, WV Deed Book S, Page 151-152. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRQ-13S4-C?i=375) Indenture between Nathan Turley and Mariah, his wife, and Jonathan Miller, 31 July 1852- 44 acres on Alum Creek, a branch of Coal River, Kanawha County.