Turner Carter^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1830 - Bef 1860  (~ 29 years)

• Name	Turner Carter
  Born	Abt 1830	Halifax Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1860	Halifax Co., Virginia
  	Not shown in 1860 Census; presumed dec'd
  Person ID	I67998	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Edward Powell, Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	William George "Buck" dna Carter,   b. 1808, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 1881, Halifax Estate Records Date  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Patience "Betsy" Turner,   b. Abt 1812, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 1880, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1829	Halifax County, Virginia
  	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eazier1/Virginia/HalifaxCoVAMgTo1850-Grooms.htm CARTER, William TURNER, Elizabeth P 30 Nov 1829 Halifax Co., Virginia Marriages ********** Richard H. Carter, brother of William George 'Buck' Carter signed the marriage bond for his brother William to marry Elizabeth P. (Patience) Turner, d/o William Turner and Nancy LeGrand. (See Bond Attached)
  Family ID	F4019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Frances Kirby,   b. 1824, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 1911, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 87 years)
  Married	7 Aug 1849	Halifax County, Virginia (MB1/187)   [5]
  Children	1. Sarah J. "Sally" Carter,   b. 1847, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 9 Apr 1922, Halifax, Virginia  (Age 75 years)   2. Richard Samuel Carter,   b. 9 May 1852, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 19 Aug 1932, Halifax, Virginia  (Age 80 years)   3. William Thomas Carter,   b. 1854, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F22754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Turner Carter's Son, William T. Carter
  		William T. Carter, s/o Turner Carter & Martha Kirby
  		Halifax Co., Virginia Deed 1851 Carter from Carter Lemuel to Turner Lemuel Carter GRANDFATHER of Turner Carter Halifax Co. Deed 1857 Turner Carter.jpg
  		1820 US Census Halifax; Shows Family of William George 'Buck' Carter and Neighbor, Richard Kirby; Buck's Son Turner, married Sarah Kirby. Other Carter - Kirby Alliances are found in this tree. 1820 US Census -Buck -Kirby12907-68503.pdf
  		Index of Halifax Marriages for Carters 7278-9HalifaxIndxMarageMale-Carter3.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  Turner Carter is s/o Buck and Betsy Turner Carter. A prepondence of circumstantial evidence that Turner would be named after his mother's maiden name. 'Turner'. The 1851 Deed between Lemuel and Turner Carter would be Grandfather Lemuel to Grandson Turner; Lemuel Jr. is already in Missouri and Lemuel Sr. does not die for another 10 years. Witnesses Richard Carter and Isaac Saterfield are Lemuel, Sr. son, Richard and son-in-law Isaac Saterfield, h/o Mary Carter. Additional circumstantial evidence of Turner's parentage, as Buck Carter and his wife Betsy Turner, as Buck is another s/o Lemuel, Sr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://genforum.genealogy.com/kerby/messages/363.html. Turner, Carter Martha K. Kirby 7 Aug. 1847 ------- [S52] Halifax Co., VA Marriages Index. General Index to Marriages Halifax County, Virginia Page 91 (MALES) Turner Carter Martha R. Kirby 6 Aug 1849 (1/187) [S160] Correspondence, George Kirby. Description: What Happened to Turner Carter the Kirby family lore has it that Jeremiah Kirby shot his brother-in-law - turner carter. Jeremiah then fled to Missouri. Jeremiah was the son of Meades Anderson Kirby and Sallie C. Kirby and brother to Martha Kirby Carter. Turner Carter married Martha R. Kirby 8/6/1849 bonded by Sally Kirby and Carter. Turner married Martha K. Kirby 8/7/1847 Turner was killed by the gun shot. Somewhere I had a letter from another Kirby describing the altercation. I'll have to look around the house for it. Jerimiah (Jerry) Kirby fled to Saline County Missouri after 11/22/1856 according to my dad's notes. His age is listed as 26 in the 1850 census so he was born around 1824. I remember my dad telling me that Jerimiah was hidden in a trunk after the shooting by Richard Kirby who was the sheriff in Pittsylvania County. Just found the letter from Eva Kirby Cresp relating to Jerimiah Kirby. In the early 70's my father's sister, Clara Francis Cobb, and I went to visit an elderly cousin, Caroline Carter. During this visit, cousin Caroline told us that she had once received a visit from a woman from Missouri that had come to N.C. in search of information about her grand farther or great grandfather. He was Jeremiah Kirby. The story as it was told. Jerry had a sister who married a pretty good guy until he started drinking and then he became violent. He had unmercifully beaten his wife (Jerry's sister) many times very badly and during one of these times of drinking, she ran to her brother's home badly blody and clothes torn from her body. When the husband [Turner] arrived at Jerry's home, he demanded his wife to be sent out to him. Refusing to do so until he sobered up. He then went out back to Jerry's wood pile and removed the axe. He then began to break the door in so Jerry shot in self defense to save himself and his sister? He felt that he would be hung for murder so he left home. He was last seen riding away on his horse with his little dog running along beside the horse and was never heard from again until this granddaughter came in search for geneology and info on her grandfather's family. Jerry died of old age in Kansas City Missouri. He had worked as a jailer in Kansas City Missouri. He had married and had a family there. I found the following information in the LDS library but didn't record the reference Jerry married Eliza Jane Higgins on 11/20/1866 Jerry is listed as having two daughers Alice B. Kirby 9/10/1874 and Virginia Lee Kirby 9/10/1874 in St. Peters, Marshall Missouri. I was told he became a sheriff in Missouri. He and his daughters came back to visit Virginia sometime after my grandfather George Kirby was born. But why did he flee to Missouri? Well Meades Anderson Kirby (his father) brother Benjamin Kirby was living in Missouri. Meades married Sally Word on 12/22/1823 and his brother Benjamin had previously married Sally's sister Elizabeth Word on 11/4/1822. Brothers marrying sisters seems to be a common occurance in the 1700's and 1800's in the Kirby family. These marriages are found in the Halifax County's marriage records. Elizabeth and Sally's father William Word was commissioned by James Monroe and/or James Madison to build bridges in Halifax County, Va. My dad's notes has Benjamin and Elizabeth living in Calloway County Missouri in 1849 but don't know when they went - between 1822 and 1849. Calloway county is the adjoining county to Saline County. In the 1850 census of Calloway county Elizabeth Kirby 56 born in Va Joesph W. Kirby 26 born in Va Jno(?) Kirby 16 born in Va Caroline Kirby 14 born in Va Ann W. Richardson 23 born in Va Ann E. Richardson 3 born in Mo. gckirby3@gmail.com [S160] Correspondence, George Kirby. Interesting item in the Halifax county marriage book Turner Carter married Martha R. Kirby 8/6/1849 bonded by Sally Kirby and Carter Turner married Martha K.Kirby 8/7/1847. He was killed by the gun shot. Somewhere I had a letter from another Kirby describing the altercation. I'll have to look around the house for it. Jerimiah (Jerry) Kirby fled to Saline County Missouri after 11/22/1856 according to my dad's notes. His age is listed as 26 in the 1850 census so he was born around 1824. I remember my dad telling me that Jerimiah was hidden in a trunk after the shooting by Richard Kirby who was the sheriff in Pittsylvania County. Just found the letter from Eva Kirby Cresp elating to Jerimiah Kirby In the early 70's my father's sister, Clara Francis Cobb, and I went to visit an elderly cousin, Caroline Carter. During this visit, cousin Caroline told us that she had once received a visit from a woman from Missouri that had come to N.C. in search of information about her grandfarther or great grandfather. He was Jeremiah Kirby. The story as it was told. Jerry had a sister who married a pretty good guy until he started drinking and then he became violent. He had unmercifully beaten his wife (Jerry's sister) many times very badly and during one of these times of drinking, she ran to her brother's home badly bloody and clothes torn from her body. When the husband arrived at Jerry's home,he demanded his wife to be sent out to him. Refusing to do so until he sobered up. He then went out back to Jerry's wood pile and removed the axe. He then began to break the door in so Jerry shot in self defense to save himself and his sister? He felt that he would be hung for murder so he left home. He was last seen riding away on his horse with his little dog running along beside the horse and was never heard from again until this granddaughter came in search for genealogy and info on her grandfather's family. Jerry died of old age in Kansas City Missouri. He had worked as a jailer in Kansas City Missouri. He had married and had a family there. I found the following information in the LDS library but didn't record the reference Jerry married Eliza Jane Higgins on 11/20/1866 Jerry is listed as having two daughers Alice B. Kirby 9/10/1874 and Virginia Lee Kirby 9/10/1874 in St. Peters, Marshall Missouri. I was told he became a sheriff in Missouri. He and his daughters came back to visit Virginia sometime after my grandfather George Kirby was born. But why did he flee to Missouri? Well Meades Anderson Kirby (his father) brother Benjamin Kirby was living in Missouri. Meades married Sally Word on 12/22/1823 and his brother Benjamin had previously married Sally's sister Elizabeth Word on 11/4/1822. Brothers marrying sisters seems to be a common occurence in the 1700's and 1800's in the Kirby family. These marriages are found in the Halifax County's marriage records. Elizabeth and Sally's father William Word was commissioned by James Monroe and/or James Madison to build bridges in Halifax County, Va. My dad's notes has Benjamin and Elizabeth living in Calloway County Missouri in 1849 but don't know when they went - between 1822 and 1849. Calloway county is the adjoining county to Saline County. In the 1850 census of Calloway county, Elizabeth Kirby 56 born in Va Joesph W. Kirby 26 born in Va Jno(?) Kirby 16 born in Va, Caroline Kirby 14 born in Va, Ann W. Richardson 23 born in Va, Ann E. Richardson 3 born in Mo. gckirby3@gmail.com [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/marriages4.html. Turner, Carter...Kirby, Martha K. August 7, 1847