PATRIOT Karenhappuck Norman^{[1, 2, 3]}

Bef 1708 - Abt 1803  (~ 95 years)

• Name	Karenhappuck Norman
  Title	PATRIOT
  Born	Bef 1708	Spotsylvania, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Abt 1803	Anson, North Carolina   [4]
  Person ID	I547450971	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Norman,   b. 1 Feb 1682, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. 1748, Orange Co., Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Frances Courtney,   b. 1684, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. 1752, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F6026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Turner, Sr.,   b. Abt 1705, Dorchester, Maryland ,   d. Bef Oct 1773, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1732	Spotsylvania, Virginia
  	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 =========== 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	+ 1. Capt. James Turner, Jr.,   b. Abt 1742, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. 14 Aug 1809, Maury, Tennessee  (Age ~ 67 years) + 2. Elizabeth Turner,   b. Est 1745, Spotsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Prob. North Carolina + 3. William Turner,   b. 1739, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Halifax Co., Virginia + 4. Mary Turner,   b. Abt 1749,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Karenhappuck Turner,   b. Abt 1715, Halifax Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1798, Richmond, North Carolina  (Age ~ 83 years)   6. Sarah Turner,   b. Est 1739, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F518495285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Virginia Public Claims Halifax Co., Virginia William Powell Pg 30-31 Virginia Public Claims Powell Pg 30-31.jpg
  		Newspaper Article Kerenhappuck Turner, Heroine and Patriot 547450971TurnerKerenhappuck Norman ThePittsburghPress Jun4,1909.jpg
  		Turner Genealogy The Times Dispatch Jun 16, 1912 TurnerGenealogy TheTimesDispatch Jun16,1912.jpg
  		James Norman Smith Memoirs James Norman Smith Memoirs complete from Ron Calhoun.pdf

  
  

  Headstones

  Kerenhappuch Norman Headstone hsI547450971KerenhappuchNorman.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  Kerenhappuck N Turner-Monument Erected to Revolutionary Heroine The Charlotte News Jun27, 1902

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gwenbj&id=I9991215. CANNOT PROVE THIS CONNECTION!! (We have a DNA match, but we do not have record proof of the parents of James and William Turner.) === (Bennie Lou Hook Altom) 1728 King George 1731 Spotsylvania 1735 Orange 1747 Prince William 1751 King George poll list 1759 Fauquier 1761 Culpeper 1766 Halifax === 1728 - Isaac Norman, of St. George's Par., & James Turner, of King Geo. Co.; 634 acs. (N. L.), Spotsyl. Co., in St. George's Par; in the gr. forke of Rappahannock River; adj. Thomas Stonehouse & Thomas Farmer; 28 Sept. 1728 [Cavaliers & Pioneers, Patent Book 13, p. 301, (Nugent), Vol. III, 1695 - 1732, VA State Library, Richmond, VA, 1979, p. 346]. === 1731 - Spotsylvania County VA, Isaac Norman and James Turner "of St. George Parish, County VA, to Robert King, for 3200 lbs. Tobacco and 11 shillings currency, 634 acres in St. George Parish 2 February 1731 [Virginia County Records, Vol. I, Spotsylvania County, 1721 - 1800, W.A. Crozier, Gen. Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1978, Deed Book B, 1729 - 1734, p. 115]. === 6 Feb 1732 Anthony Scott appointed overseer of the said Old Road from the Mountain Run to Beverleys Island Ford and that the tithables hereafter mentioned vizt. Abraham Fields, Colo Carters Tithables at Norman's Ford, Colo Beverleys, Capt. Greens, Francis KIRKLEY, William Paytons, Thomas Cook, James Ball, John Reed, George Roberts, Benjamin Roberts, Andrew Galaspee, James TURNER, George Smith, Roger OXFORD, John Haddox and George Sweeting do help the said overseer to make clear & keep in good repair the said Road. Ruth & Sam Sparacio, Virginia County Court Records,Order Book Abstracts of Spotsylvania County, Virginia 1732-1734, (McLean, VA:1991) p. 34. === 5 Apr 1732 Action of Trespass by James Turner against Robert. King. Defendant confessed judgment. [Sparacio] Virginia County Court Records, Order Book Abstracts, Spotsylvania County, VA 1730 - 1732, p. 91. === 5 Sep 1732 Spotsylvania County VA County Court Orders Page 149 JAMES TURNER v. Robert King for 830 [lbs of tobacco] and 255 costs executed one of several executions returned by the Sheriff. [Sparacio] Virginia County Court Records, Order Book Abstracts, Spotsylvania County, VA 1732 - 1734, p. 9 === 1733 - Spotsylvania County, Isaac Norman discharged from Constable, James Turner is appointed in his place. 2 Oct 1733 (Sparacio) Virginia County Court Records, Order Book Abstracts, Spotsylvania County, VA 1732 - 1734, 1991, p. 91. === 1734 - Spotsylvania County, Isaac Norman to "James Turner, my son-in-law, planter, and Kerenhappuch Turner, my daughter of ye said county," 100 acres part of a patent whereon said Norman now lives in Spotsylvania County, 30 Jan 1733/4 [Virginia County Records, Vol. I, Deed Book "C," Spotsylvania County 1721 - 1800, (Crozier), Gen. Pub. Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD 1971, P. 182]. === 2 April 1734 Spotslyvania County VA County Court Orders Page 297 On petition of JAMES TURNER to have his Constable?s precinct divided, it being too large & c., is granted. [Order Book Abstracts, Spotsylvania CoVA (1734-1735) Ruth & Sam Sparacio, 1991, Antient Press.] === 1736 - Orange County VA, ordered that James Turner, Nathanel Hillen, Isaac Norman and John Roberts, appraise the estate of Jacob Wall [Orange Co VA Order Book One, Barbara Vines Little, 1990, P. 91]. === 25 Sep 1740 Isaac Norman and Frances his wife of Orange Co sold to "Joseph Norman, our son," 100 acres on the south side of Flatt Run part of the tract I now live on, between the land of James TURNER, Nathaniel Hillin and John Roberts. Wit: James TURNER, Courtney Norman, Francis X Norman, Rose X Norman. Ack: 25 Sep 1740 by Isaac Norman. John Frederick Dorman, Orange County, Virginia Deed Books 3 and 4 1738-1741, Judgements 1736, (Washington, D.C., 1966) p. 50. === http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/BondBook.pdf http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/PWCBondBook1732-1847.doc Prince William County Virginia Bond Book 1732 - 1847 March 26th 1744 (C-452) 26 March 1744 Prince William County VA Will Book C Pages 452-453 Bond on JAMES TURNER, John Garner, Vincent Garner unto Benjamin Grayson, John Wright, Joseph Blackwell, and John Frogg, Gent. Justices. For 50 pound. JAMES TURNER, administrator of JOHN CHILTON. [Dorman] === 10 Nov 1744 King George County VA Inventories & Appraisements Page 316 Inventory and appraisement of estate of JAMES JONES, deceased from Prince William County items valued and totaled includes Negro man, three women and three girls.. a servant man with 17 months to serve..appraisers JOHN GARNER, THOS. WELCH, JAMES TURNER sworn before JOHN WRIGHT. === Orange Co, VA DB 9: 214-215, 228 22 Aug & 22 Nov 1744 James Turner wit to deeds === 25 Sep 1747 Prince William County VA Deed Book Page 74-75 Indenture between Peter Hedgeman of Stafford County VA and JAMES TURNER of Prince William County VA 200 acres on east side of fork of Rappahannock River "lease for three lives" of JAMES TURNER, his son JAMES TURNER, and daughter MARY TURNER. Signed Peter Hedgeman, JAMES TURNER. Witnesses Richard Young, James Grimsley, EDWARD TURNER. === Orange Co, VA DB 11:55-58 Indenture 26 May 1748 between Isaac Norman of Orange County, Planter, and James Turner, son in law of Prince William Co ... grants 100 acres land lying on south side of Thorough Fare Mountain, joining land of Joseph Norman. 24 May 1748 he gave half of his personal estate to his wife Frances Norman and half to his son in law James Turner. [Deed Abstracts of Orange County, VA, Orange County Deed Book 11, Part I, (Sparacio) 1985, P. 94 23 May 1748 Isaac Norman to James Turner, son in law of Prince William Co. 24 acres land in Orange County where he now liveth === Orange Co, VA DB 11: 73-74 26 Jun 1748 James Turner, Parish of Hamilton, County of Prince William, Planter, and Joseph Norman of St. Mark's Parish, Orange County, Planter ... grants 24 acres .. land and plantation whereon Joseph Norman's father, Isaac Norman now liveth .. Flatt River .. land conveyed by Isaac Norman to James Turner by deed 26 May last past .. Provided .. it is covenanted between James Turner and Joseph Norman in consideration of the love they bear unto Frances Norman, wife of Isaac Norman, mother of Joseph Norman, and mother in law of James Turner, that she shall have title during her natural life. Recd. 28 Jul 1748. === 22 April 1751 Culpeper County VA Deed Books Page 307 Robert Froggit of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Blacksmith, to JAMES TURNER, of Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, Planter. Mortgage to secure 24 pounds current money to be paid within six months after date hereof. One full set blacksmith's tools, some iron, steel, one bed and furniture, one chest, and all my crop of tobacco hanging, and striped in my tobacco house. Also five hoggs marked with a crop, and three slits in one ear, and underkeel, and overkeel in other ear. One black horse, branded on rear buttock WE. One bridle, and one saddle. Signed Robert ? Froggit Witness: JAMES SMITH, SARAH SMITH, MARY TURNER. === Poll List Recorded 10 January 1751 King George County VA - Deed Book 4 [Sparacio: Deed Abs of King George County VA, P. 23-24.] Numerical List: JAMES TURNER 106; JAMES COURTNEY 107 === 24 Jun 1752 James Turner & Care his Wife vs James Grimsley; Trespass on the Case; The suit is Dismissed the parties being agreed. Ruth & Sam Sparacio, Order Book Abstracts of Prince William County, Virginia (1752-1753,) (McLean, VA:1988) p 19 === 3 July 1754 Prince William County VA Order Book, Page 125 Joshua Jones having attended two days as evidence for EDWARD TURNER at the suit of SAMUEL MOORE; Robert Duncan having attended two days (same suit); JAMES TURNER [SR] having attended two days (same suit); JAMES TURNER, JUNR, having attended two days (same suit)?[Sparacio] See also 7 Oct 1724 entry regarding TURNER / MOORE. === 24 September 1754 Prince William County VA Order Book Page 143 Stephen McCormack Plaintiff, JAMES TURNER, defendant, on petition suit is continued between the parties until next court. Thomas Davis, Philip Waterfield, EDWARD TURNER, JANE TURNER, WILLIAM TURNER, SARAH TURNER, Witnesses for said Stephen. [Sparacio] === 17 Nov 1756 Culpeper County VA Deed Book C Pages 4-10 Robert King of Culpeper County, planter, and Mary his wife to John Thomas of same. 83 acres being part of tract formerly purchased by King of Isaac Norman and JAMES TURNER by deeds of lease and release acknowledged in the County of Spotsylvania by Norman and Turner 2 Feb. 1730 which is part whereon William Hensley now lives..corner to Thomas Turner.. in Jones' line. === 1759 Fauquier Co VA Tithables. Thos. Marshall's List p.4 col.1 [accn #24569] Henry Bramlett 1 Hedgman's Quarter } Steven McCormack & negroes } 12 William Turner } Alexr Turner } 3 Edwd Turner } James Turner 1 Thomas McClanaham } 3 slaves } 4 === Ruth & Sam Sparacio, Minute Book Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia (1762-1763), (McLean, VA:1993) p. 122 TURNER, James 41, 43, 46, 102. === 18 Jun 1761 Culpeper County VA Deed Book Pages 505-509 Conrad Kabler of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper Co., planter, and Joan his wife?to JAMES TURNER of same, planter, for seven pounds current money, 9-3/4 acres in Great Fork of Rappahannock River, south side of Mount Poney, part of tract formerly granted to Adam Yeager, conveyed to Frederick Kabler, 25 Nov 1746. For 200 acres and by deed of gift. Acknowledged by Frederick Kabler, to his son Conrad, 21 May 1761. On a branch, being lower corner to land of Jacob Miller, in line of Yeager (now Kabler). Signed Conrad Kabler, Joan (X) Kabler. Witnessed: Richard Young, Surety, Henry Field, Jr. === 18 Sep 1765 Culpeper County VA Deed Book Pages 32-38 JAMES TURNER of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, planter, and Caronhappock his wife, to Samuel Stigler of Bromswick Parish, King George County VA, planter. Lease and release, for 120 pounds current money, 400 acres line of a patent granted to John Gordon, former corner to Jacob Miller, in Conrit Kabler's side of Mount Poney, along side of mountain, in a line of John Spotswood, Esq. To John Asher's now Benjamin Martain's. Also 9-3/4 acres which JAMES TURNER purchased of Conrit Kabler, and Joan his wife, by deed 18 June 1761. Signed: JAMES TURNER, CARONHAPPOCK (X) TURNER. Witnesses: Richard Young, Joseph Amiss. Caranhappock was first privily examined. === 17 Oct 1765 Culpeper County VA Deed Book -Page 64-65 Bond on JAMES TURNER and Kerenhappuck Turner, his wife of Culpeper County, to William Lightfoot of same. For 500 pounds current money. To convey the dwelling house and plantation of his former residence together with 100 acres adjoining to the plantation of LIGHTFOOT which Isaac Norman gave unto TURNER on the marriage of his daughter Kerenhappuck NORMAN for the consideration of fifty pistoles current money. JAMES TURNER and KERENHAPPUCK TURNER. === 16 June 1766 Halifax County VA Deed Book 6, Page 65 John Owen of Halifax County, Yoeman, and Betty his wife, to JAMES TURNER of Culpeper County, VA, Planter. For 130 pounds, 400 acres part of Nicholise order of Council, which was conveyed to said Owen. Beginning at a Black Jack, thence north crossing Courthouse Road, further crossing race paths, and crossing the old road leading to Mann's. All houses, buildings, and gardens. Signed: John Owen, Betty (X) Owen. Witnesses: Joseph Robards, Ambrose Nicholise, Abraham LeGrand, Joshua Stone Jr., Christopher Kabler, Jesse Nicholise. === 16 May 1771 Halifax County VA Deed Book , Page 206 JAMES TURNER, SR. of Halifax to Thomas Hope of Halifax, 68 acres being part of tract where Turner now lives, in fork of road just above Turner's plantation on branches of Difficult Creek, bounded by Hope, & Turner. Signed: James Turner. Witness: Francis Watlington, John Orril Tunstall, Samuel Wimbish. === [See also: (1) Halifax CoVA Deed Book 13, Page 95, 20 Sept. 1784, Wm. Thompson To John Coleman 244 acres "east side of Piney Branch" of Difficult Creek bounded by Kerenhappuch Turner; (2) Halifax VA Deeds, 1795, James Turner conveyed land on Difficult Creek adjoining Wattlington, witnesses: Joseph Sandford, Mary Morehead; and (3) Halifax VA Map, 1859, Ludwig Bucholtz, VA Library and Archives.] === Title: Halifax County VA Deeds, WILL BOOK 1, 1773/1783. Page: p. 45 Text: The following is dated 21 July, 1773: === "Being low in body but in perfect memory. To my loving wife during her widowhood four Negroes, Daniel, Sancho, Jeany and Milly, also 2 feather beds & furniture, and one horse called Lightfoot, one mare called Flye, and four trunks, 3 iron pots, 1 frying pan, 2 dishes, 12 pewter plates, 6 basins, 6 cows, and 8 sheep. Also 100 acres of land, also 1 doz. of the choice of my hogs. To my son JAMES after my wife's marriage or decease the above 4 Negroes, 1 large iron pot called consion (sic) and the choice of one of my best shirts. To my son-in-law, JAMES SMITH all my wearing cloaths. I give the rest or residue of my estate of what soever to be sold and equally divided amongst my children. Exr. Son JAMES TURNER and my wife KIPPERHAPON TURNER. 21 July, 1773 S/JAMES TURNER. Witness: Thomas Hope, William Drake, Abraham LeGrand. Nathaniel Terry, Gent. Sec." (Bennie Altom) === 20 Oct 1774 Halifax County VA Inventory & Appraisement Page 97 JAMES TURNER, total 438.17.1; Extr. Kerranhappuck Turner, James Turner [II]. [Chiarito and Prendergast] === JAMES TURNER SR. b.approx.1690-1705?; d. 1773. JAMES TURNER, JR. b.c1740, d.1809. === http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43720901 James Turner Birth: 1705 Death: 1773 married Spotslvania Co Va May 7, 1734 Family links: Parents: Thomas Turner (1664 - 1742) Martha Taliaferro Turner (____ - 1726) Children: Mary Turner Morehead (1741 - ____)* James Turner (1741 - 1809)* Spouse: Kerenhappuch Norman Turner (1716 - 1781) Burial: Unknown Created by: P Fazzini Record added: Oct 30, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 43720901 Father: Edward TURNER b: ABT 1656 in St. Mary's, MD Mother: Sarah MEREDITH b: BEF 1680 in Dorchester, MD Marriage 1 Kerenhappuch NORMAN b: ABT 1716 in Spotsylvania, VA Married: 30 JAN 1732/1733 in Spotsylvania, VA Children Has Children James TURNER b: ABT 1742 in Spotsylvania, VA Has No Children Mary TURNER b: ABT 1738 in Spotsylvania, VA Has Children Sarah TURNER b: 1735 in Spotsylvania, VA Has No Children Elizabeth TURNER b: ABT 1736 in Spotsylvania, VA Has Children Susannah Kerenhappuch TURNER b: ABT 1740 in Spotsylvania, VA [S122] Genealogy. com, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/u/r/Jim-Turner-Silver-Spring/GENE2-0001.html. Descendants of James Turner, Sr. Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1 TURNER, SR. was born 1716 in Maryland, and died Est. 1744-1807. He married KERENHAPPUCH NORMAN 1731 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, daughter of ISAAC NORMAN and FRANCES COURTNEY. She was born 1716 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia and died 1805 in Richmond County, North Carolina. According to D.A.R. #134684, James Turner was born 1712 and married 1732. According to D.A.R. #120805, James Turner was born 1716 and married 1734. According to D.A.R. #743583, James Turner was born in Maryland. From History of the Culpeper County Normans: In 1765 James Turner and wife Kerenhappuck sold their dwelling and former residence with 100 acres of land to William Lightfoot. This was described as the land Isaac Norman gave James Turner, 1733, on his marriage to Isaac's daughter, Kerenhappuck. According to their descendants, they moved to Halifax County, Virginia. Kerenhappuck Norman Turner was a heroine of the Revolutionary War. A monument erected in her honor stands in Guilford Battlefield Park, Guilford, North Carolina. The History of the Morehead Family tells of her organizing the hospital corps after the battle of Guilford Courthouse and of how she found her grandson on Guildford battlefield and nursed him back to health in the New Garden Quaker Meeting House. In her old age, she is said to have spent much time with her daughter Sarah on Little River in Richmond County, N. C. She rode horseback and hunted with her gransons. It was on one of these hunts that she was said to have been thrown off and her neck broken. From an unknown DAR publication: "The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Kerenhappuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers." -- Book of Job, Chapter 42, Verses 12-15 Historians are undecided about the exact birth date of Kerenhappuch Norman, but it seems fair to assume that she was born in the north central part of the Colony of Virginia, probably in what was then Spotsylvania County, in about 1715. She was the daughter of a well known tobacco planter, Isaac Norman and his wife, the former Frances Courtney. In about 1730 she met James Turner, the son of a prominent Maryland family and also a tobacco planter, and they were married in Spotsylvania County in 1731. Deed records show that following the wedding, Isaac Norman deeded a portion of his home plantation to his daughter and her new husband. It was on this land that the first child, James Turner, was born in 1732, and he was followed by four sisters - Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth and Susan. Within a few years the growth of the Colony resulted in a division of the county, and the Norman and Turner land became a part of Orange County, and in 1749 it became a part of Culpeper County. It lay on the banks of the Rappahannock River near the present day town of Remington, and there the two James Turners cultivated tobacco for many years. The new county was surveyed by George Washington, and it was probably during this time that Kerenhappuch and her family met and became devoted to the man who was to become the father of our country. These were happy years for James and Kerenhappuch; they raised their children and taught them the skills of riding and hunting; skills which were not just enjoyable but indeed, necessary for survival in this frontier land. At a point prior to the revolutionary war the elder James Turner and his wife moved to Halifax County, Virginia, and when the revolution began, the younger James became active in the Virginia militia and was soon a captain. Family tradition holds that Kerenhappuch, ever mindful of the dangers of war, told her son and grandsons that if they were ever wounded, they should get word to her and she would come to their assistance. Records of the revolutionary war indicate that Captain Turner's company went south and was in the sieges at Halifax County and Fort Ninety Six, and also fought in Pittsylvania County. In March of 1781 the company was posted to guard duties in Guilford County, North Carolina. Of course, Kerenhappuch personally assisted the American side by riding as a courier - apparently the British didn't suspect that an older lady such as she could give them any problems. However, on one occasion when the ferries over the James River were tightly guarded by the British, it is recorded that Kerenhappuch swam the river on horseback to elude detection. Guilford Courthouse had been the seat of government for Guilford County, North Carolina since 1774, and it was toward this site that, on March 15, 1781, the 1,900 man army of British Lord Charles Cornwallis was marching. Unbeknownst to Cornwallis, a 4,400 man army of colonial troops under Major General Nathanael Greene was lying in wait, well hidden in dense forest foliage. The ensuing battle was fierce; when it was over more than 27% of the British had suffered injury or death compared to only 6% for the Americans who claimed victory in the battle. Although neither side gained a decisive advantage in this battle, the British loss of troops was so great that it forced them to abandon the Carolinas, and this eventually led to their defeat at Yorktown. Eight descendands of Kerenhappuch Turner fought in the battle; her son and seven grandsons. Captain James Turner and one of the grandsons were gravely wounded. When word of this reached Kerenhappuch, she rushed on horseback through hostile lines to administer to her kin and others who had suffered injuries in the battle. When she started out for Guilford she was carrying a sick infant with her on the horse. At some point during this journey, the infant died and was buried alongside the trail. By risking her life in this manner, Kerenhappuch Turner had become a true heroine of our first war. A monument was erected in her memory at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park and dedicated to her memory on July 4, 1902. Its granite base is crowned with the bronze figure of a woman clad in the costume of her time carrying in her hand the symbol of her ministry on the battle field, a folded towel over her arm and a tea cup and saucer in her hand. It is believed that this was the first monument ever erected to a revolutionary war heroine. When the war had been concluded Captain Turner, now fully recovered from his wounds, relocated to Halifax County, Virginia and later to Montgomery County, North Carolina. When her husband died in about 1785, Kerenhappuch Turner moved south to live with her son. Evidently upon her husband's death much of his property passed to his son in the 18th century custom. The son, in a show of love, respect and affection for his mother, gave much of it back to her as described in the deed which is recorded in Deed Book 13, Pg. 138, Halifax County, Virginia. Kerenhappuch Turner died in 1805 in Richmond County, North Carolina. Family tradition says that while hunting with her grandsons she fell from her horse and died of a broken neck. It is not known where she is buried. She rode from Maryland to North Carolina on horseback to care for her son (or grandson) who was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina, in the Revolutionary War. Her monument is erected on the battlefield there (outskirts of Greensboro). She rigged a bucket of water from the rafters of a cabin to allow water to drip on the wound of her son so as to eliminate the infection. Children of JAMES TURNER and KERENHAPPUCH NORMAN are: 2. i. KERENHAPPUCH2 TURNER, b. WFT Est. 1732-1748; d. WFT Est. 1765-1837. 3. ii. CAPT. JAMES TURNER, JR., b. 1732; d. Abt. 1809, Maury County, Tennessee. 4. iii. MARY TURNER, b. Aft. 1732; d. WFT Est. 1777-1827. 5. iv. SUSAN TURNER, b. Aft. 1732; d. WFT Est. 1750-1826. 6. v. ELIZABETH TURNER, b. 1739; d. WFT Est. 1776-1834. 7. vi. SARAH TURNER, b. 1740, Virginia; d. Aft. 1804, Richmond, North Carolina. 20 JAN 1785 Halifax County VA Deed Book 13, Page 138 JAMES TURNER [JR] discharge unto my mother, KERENHAPPUCH TURNER, all rights and titles, interest and claims of dower into all and everything, slaves and personal estate, she is now possessed in right of JAMES TURNER [SR] my father,she being about to remove with me to the State of North Carolina. I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of June 1785. Witnesses Thos. Clark, John Clark, Abraham LeGrand, William Thompson. Signed JAMES TURNER [JR]. [Halifax CoVA Deeds (1784-1790) TLC Genealogy, 1994] ========== 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 [S239] Walter Turner. Kerenhappuch Turner Monument Kerenhappuch Turner monument National Military Park near Greensboro, NC Kerenhappuch Turner Monument commemorating the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service. At the time she nursed the soldiers, she was in her 70's. [S80] Google Books, http://books.google.com/books?id=7HgZAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA182&lpg=RA1-PA182&dq=Kerenhappuck+%2B+James+Turner&source=bl&ots=NZK0CZYgZY&sig=z9Vx9yUpLkRzdmolffPAqEXOS6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-Gi9U_LXD4iXyATTzoKwAg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Kerenhappuck%20%2B%20James%20Turner&f=false. Mrs. Allene Beck Chism, b. in Shreveport, La., Wife of John Walton Chism, Descendant of Kerenhappuck Norman, wife of James Turner. Daughter of William Camp Beck and Elizabeth Smith, his 2nd wife. Granddaughter of Charles Allison Smith and Elizabeth Lanier, his wife. Gr granddaughter of James Turner Smith and Constantia Ford, his wife. Gr Gr granddaughter of James Norman Smith and Sarah Turner, his wife. Gr gr-gr-granddaughter of James Turner and Kerenhappuck Norman, his wife. Kerenhappuck Norman Turner not only sent her sons and grandsons to the war, but at the Battle of Guilford gave valuable service in nursing the wounded. She died at an advanced age.