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Winifred Speight Turner[1]

Female 1775 - 1844  (69 years)


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  • Name Winifred Speight Turner 
    Born 17 Apr 1775  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Dec 1844  Maury Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Winnefred Turner, was born April 17, 1775
      married James T. Sanford and died in Maury county, Tennessee, December
      16, 1844
    Person ID I16745  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2018 

    Father Capt. James Turner, Jr.,   b. Abt 1742, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1809, Maury, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Winifred Wyatt,   b. 1742, Lunenburg County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Bef Jun 1799, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1763  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F518495284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Turner Genealogy The Times Dispatch Jun 16, 1912
    Turner Genealogy The Times Dispatch Jun 16, 1912
    TurnerGenealogy TheTimesDispatch Jun16,1912.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gwenbj&id=I2026858.
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      Maury County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Records, 1810-1860, vol. 1, compiled by Jill K. Garrett, page 282
      1845- A. Thompson versus Robert J. Sandford, filed 29 Jan. 1845.
      Absalom Thompson says that Mrs. Winneford Sandford d-t-l on 16 Dec. 1844 and Absalom Thompson was executor of her last will...in will she mentioned the children of her son Robert J. Sandford, the children of Dr. G.T. Greenfield, the children of James T. Holland, decd., and the children of Susan E. Riley, dec'd....Robert J. Sandford lived in
      Miss., but later came to live in Maury Co. Certificate of marriage in box: Panola Co. Miss....Lafayette D. Reed and Wineford Ann Sandford marriage license issued 24 Feb. 1845
      solemnized on 25 Feb. 1845 by S.M. Conan, VDM. (I assume she is Robert J. Sandford's daughter)
      Children who are minors are Winefred Ann (now Mrs. Lafayette Reed), Roberta Josephine Medora, Columbus, Mississippi Victoria, William
      James, all children of Robert J. Sandford of Panola Co., Miss. Suit for division of negroes.
      ===
      Title: Let The Drums Rolls
      Author: Marise Parrish Lightfoot
      Publication: The Parthenon Press, 1976
      Page: 178
      Text: The only daugher, Winnefred Turner, was born April 17, 1775 married James T. Sanford and died in Maury county, Tennessee, December 16, 1844. ===
      Title: Headstone on grave
      Repository:
      Media: Tombstone
      Page: JACKSON COLLEGE CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE-SPRING HILL
      Text: SANDFORD, Mrs. Winnefred, 17 Apr 1775 - 16 Dec 1844. Wife of the Honorable James T.. "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Winnefred Sandford Consort Hon. James T. Sandford, A consistent member of the
      Presbyterian church for forty years. An example of christian kindness gospel charity and holy benevolence. Born April 17th 1775, Died Dec 16th 1844. - My flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, Then buried the chains with sweet surprise. And in my savior's image rise."
      ===
      Title: Circuit Court Minute Book 1834-1837 Maury County, Tennessee
      Author: Jill Garrett
      Page: 4
      Text: page 4 - 20 Nov. 1834 Thornton Chandler and his wife Winneford, William S. Turner, Nancy Miller, Anthony I. Turner by his guardian Thornton Chandler, versus in equity, Winneford Sandford, admr. - a former order revised.
      ===
      Title: Circuit Court Minute Book 1834-1837 Maury County, Tennessee
      Author: Jill Garrett
      Page: 7
      Text: page 70 - 29 April 1835 Thornton Chandler and others versus James Black and Winneford Sandford, admrs. of James T. Sandford, deceased... commission allowed the widow of William Turner, deceased, 1/3 of the rent of the mills for 3 years on deposition of Mrs. J. Allen, the former widow of William Turner, deceased... Dabney Wade is second husband of said Mrs. J. Allen.... receipts and accounts of mill recorded...
      Father: James TURNER b: ABT 1742 in Spotsylvania, VA
      Mother: WYATT b: ABT 1742
      Marriage 1 James Turner SANDFORD b: 1770 in Loudoun, VA
      Married: 1795 in Richmond, NC