Born in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Hunter Turner
— married
11 Apr 1850 in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Wesley Turner and Sarah Frances (Turner) Jamerson
Died
at age 72
in Danville, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1832, the daughter of Martin McGhee and Sarah Heard.[1]
She married William Hunter Turner on 11 Apr 1850 in Franklin Co., Va.[2] They were together on the 1850 census in Henry Co., Va. William was a farmer.[3]
Their children were John Wesley, Sarah Frances, William Jesse, Andrew Creed, George C. Mary Lucy, Palmira A., Theodrick, Bettie E., Ballard, Cabell Henry, Mack Dole, and Watt Marshall.[4] The family farmed at Reed Creek, near Martinsville, in Henry Co.[5]
William passed away in 1903 in Figsboro, Henry Co.[6] Margaret died in 1905, while visiting her daughter Bettie in Danville, Va.[7] They were buried at the Turner Cemetery in Franklin Co., Va.[8]
Sources
- ↑ On the 1850 U.S. Census with her parents: Year: 1850; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Roll: 944; Page: 181a
- ↑ Her father, Martin McGhee, was named on the record: Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858
- ↑ U.S. Census: Year: 1850; Census Place: Henry, Virginia; Roll: 952; Page: 21b. There are four William Turners on the 1850 Slave Schedule in Henry Co.
- ↑ With their parents on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 U.S. Censuses: Year: 1860; Census Place: Henry, Virginia; Page: 76; Family History Library Film: 805354, and Year: 1870; Census Place: Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; Roll: M593_1656; Page: 110A; Family History Library Film: 553155, and Year: 1880; Census Place: Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; Roll: 1373; Page: 116B; Enumeration District: 131
- ↑ U.S. Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Reed Creek, Henry, Virginia; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1241713
- ↑ Date/place from Margaret's application for a Confederate widow's pension. However, the application does not give details of his time in uniform. His father was in Co. B, 57th Reg't., Virginia Infantry: Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows; Collection #: CP-2_112; Roll #: 112; Roll Description: Henry County (surnames Ri - Y) to Highland County
- ↑ According to her obituary, posted here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61960047/margaret-jane-turner
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61960283/william-h.-turner
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