Willie (Wiley, Wylie) Turner was married 13 Nov 1817, Davidson, Tennessee, to Mariah Page Thompson (1799–1874). By 1820 they were in Humphreys County and built a large house next to Big Richland Creek, north of Waverly. Mariah donated the land for the church near their home.
They had 11 children: William G Turner 1819–1842, Robert Thompson Turner 1821–1899, Holly Frances Turner 1822–1870, John Thompson Turner 1824–1898, Sarah Elizabeth Turner 1827–1891, Thomas T Turner 1829–1910, Charles New Turner 1831–1914, Martha Ann Turner 1832–1925, James Henry Turner 1834–1907, Willie Van Buren Turner 1836–1909, Andrew Jackson Turner 1843–1923.
Willie and Mariah were buried at the Hart Johnson (Turner) Cemetery, on the Wheeler Farm, originally the Turner farm, Big Richland Creek, Hwy 13 North, Waverly. In 1996 the cemetery was in the fenced off area in the pasture next to the original Wiley Turner house.
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNHX-6VR : 4 December 2014), Willie Turner and Maria Thompson, 13 Nov 1817; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 188, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-5KZ : 10 March 2021), Willie Turner and Maria Thompson, 13 Nov 1817; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 189, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDV-VGX : 23 December 2020), Mariah Turner in household of Willie Turner, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 April 2021), memorial page for Mariah Page Thompson Turner (10 Nov 1799–6 Mar 1874), Find A Grave: Memorial #79820402, citing Johnson Turner Cemetery, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by bbarnhill (contributor 47395133) .
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