John Discovered This in the 1850 Census
Dad,
I found William A. Turner age 19 living in Orange County N. Carolina in the 1850 census.
He is listed as a farmer and living with a 57 year old male named Joseph L. Turner and a female age 55 named Franky Turner.
They are the last entries on that page of the census and on the next page the first entry looks like a male named Noel or Abel Turner age 14 at the same household.
I believe this is the correct group of Turners.
I can find no one else where the age and location fit correctly.
I have attached images of the two census images.
Also William Turner reports to be born in N. Carolina as well as Joseph, Franky, and Noel/Abel.
JT
A transcription:
40 674 674 Turner Joseph L. 57 M Farmer 300 N Carolina X
41 674 674 Turner Franky 55 F N Carolina X
42 674 674 Turner William 19 M Farmer N Carolina
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE: North Carolina COUNTY: Orange DIVISION: First District REEL NO: M432-639 SHEET NO: 199A
REFERENCE: 2nd day of Septr, 1850 by S K Nash (Page No: 396)
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LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
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1 674 674 Turner Abel 14 M N Carolina
This is from the 1850 census and would have made Joseph born in 1793 and Franky in 1795, or therabouts.