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| 2. | Colonel 'Turner' Gustavus Morehead was born 7 Jan 1757, Virginia Colony (son of Charles R. [Reynolds] Morehead and Mary Turner); died 23 Feb 1820, Baron County, Kentucky. Notes:
James Morehead, son of Turner and Ann Morehead, married Mary Turner Donaldson at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mary was a daughter of Daniel Donaldson and Kerenhappuch Morehead. James initially engaged in mercantile business at Bowling Green, but in the early 1820?s the family moved to Christian County, Kentucky, where James took up farming.
Henry Morehead, son of Turner and Ann Morehead, married Elizabeth Worthington. They had one daughter.
'Turner' married Anne Ransdale/Ransdell. Anne was born 17 Aug 1756; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
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| 8. |  John Morehead was born 9 May 1760, Halifax County, Virginia [later Pittsylvania]; died 18 Sep 1832, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham County, North Carolina. Notes:
Bettsey (Betsy) Reynolds, d/o George & Susanna Lansford Reynolds, married Richard Huges (Hughes) 21 November 1796 Sur. John Morehead
Name:
Charles Morehead of Scotland Father of John Morehead whose will was probated in Fauquier Co., 24 oct 1768.
John married Obedience 'Biddy' Motley Abt 1780. Obedience (daughter of Captain Joseph Motley and Martha Ellington) was born 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia; died 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. |  Obedience 'Biddy' Motley was born 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia (daughter of Captain Joseph Motley and Martha Ellington); died 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina. Notes:
Another Child, Abraham Forrest Morehead, Esquire, an attorney in Greensboro, NC, named after his great great grandfather Abraham Forrest, father of Elizabeth Forrest who married Joseph Motley. They were the parents' of Capt. Joseph Motley, Obedience Motleys' father. Abraham died at age 22, after a protracted illness. [Obituary ] Weekly Chronicle and Farmer's Register, Winston-Salem, NC, 16 Apr 1836, Sat.
Married:
Some children of John and Obedience Motley Morehead (not in birth order) were:
1)John Motley Morehead
2)James Turner Morehead
3)Abraham Forrest Morehead
4)Mary L. Morehead
5)Prudence Morehead
6)Samuel Morehead
7)Anne Morehead
8)Elizabeth
9)Delilah Morehead
Children:
- Prudence Motley Morehead was born 30 Dec 1792, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; died 21 Feb 1860, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.
- Joseph Morehead was born Est 1790, Halifax County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Prob. North Carolina.
- 4. Charles R. [Reynolds] Morehead was born Abt 1790, Virginia Colony; died 1783, Kentucky.
- John Motley Morehead was born 4 Jul 1796, Caswell Co., North Carolina; died 27 Aug 1866, Rockbridge Allum Springs, Virginia; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina.
- James Turner Morehead was born 11 Jan 1799, Virginia or North Carolina; died 5 May 1875, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilfor Co., North Carolina.
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| 10. | James Turner, Sr. was born Abt 1705, Dorchester, Maryland (son of Edward W. Turner and Sarah Meredith); died Bef Oct 1773, Halifax Co., Virginia. James married Karenhappuck Norman 30 Jan 1732, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Karenhappuck (daughter of Isaac Norman and Frances Courtney) was born Bef 1708, Spotsylvania, Virginia; died Abt 1803, Anson, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. |  Karenhappuck Norman was born Bef 1708, Spotsylvania, Virginia (daughter of Isaac Norman and Frances Courtney); died Abt 1803, Anson, North Carolina. Notes:
Married:
24 OCT 1773
Halifax County VA
Will Book 1 (1773-1783)
Page 45
JAMES TURNER [SR] to my loving wife during widowhood four Negroes, viz, DANIEL, SANCHO, JENNY, and MILLIE. To my son, JAMES TURNER [JR] above four Negroes after remarriage or death of my wife. To my son-in-law JAMES SMITH my wearing clothes. Residue to be equally divided amongst my children. Executor Son, JAMES TURNER [JR] and wife KERENHAPPUCH TURNER. Signed JAMES TURNER. Witnesses; Thomas Hope, William Drake, Abraham LeGrand. Sec. Nathaniel Terry, Gent
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James Norman Smith m. Sarah Turner, d/o James Turner and Kerenhappuck Norman Turner
Daughter Mary married Charles R. Morehead, Sr. [ancestor]
Daughter Elizabeth ...
Daughter Susan...
Children:
- Capt. James Turner, Jr. was born Abt 1742, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia; died 14 Aug 1809, Maury, Tennessee; was buried , Turner Family Cemetery, Spring Hill, Maury County, Tennessee.
- Elizabeth Turner was born Est 1745, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Prob. North Carolina.
- William Turner was born 1739, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown, Halifax Co., Virginia.
- 5. Mary Turner was born Abt 1749; died Yes, date unknown.
- Karenhappuck Turner was born Abt 1733; died 1798, Halifax Co., Virginia.
- Sarah Turner was born Est 1739, Halifax County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
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