John Cannon, veteran of "the Late War"

Grant of 100 acres for military service under John Ellis in the North Carolina line in "the late War" dated 1796

John CANNON, 1744–1806

Birth 18 MAR 1744 • Goochland Co, VA

Death OCT 1806 • maybe Knox County, TN

He is listed on the rolls of Edgecomb County NC militia.

I wrote about his wife, Nancy Ann Whitlow Cannon, on a blog last year (HERE).
One descendant says that he married 3 times.  That might explain a marriage listed to Ann Whitlow and one to Nancy Ann Whitlow, on different dates and places.  But that also might be the name of one woman.

Nancy Whitlow Cannon's grave marker in Steekee Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee. Her son, Robert Cannon, was also buried in Steekee Cem, 1854

We do know John Cannon is listed on the Edgecomb County NC census index for 1786.

There are some interesting stories about him, including publications by the Daughters of the American Revolution, which are generally accurate (with some exceptions.)

Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly, Vol. 1 (The daughter Cynthia Cannon Rogers is mistakenly listed, as she was actually his grand-daughter)

Cannon, John:The History of Sweetwater Valley

The above story mistakenly gives his grand-daughter Cynthia Cannon as his daughter, who married M. C. Rogers.  She was actually the daughter of his son William Henry Cannon and his wife Catharine Henderson Cannon.  Cyntha O. Cannon did marry Micajah Clack Rogers and move to Huntsville Texas, as they are also my ancestors.  Their wedding is one of the first entries in the Rogers Family Bible, (a primary source document.)

"Cyntha Cannon, Daughter of William and Catharine Cannon, (and Micajah Clack Rogers) were married at the residence of William Cannon, in Sevier County, Tennesse, February 4th, 1819."

John's son, William Henry Cannon has his grave marker in Sevier County TN in Trundle Family  Cemetery and his wife Catharine Henderson Cannon was probably buried there as well. I've blogged about them before...Here.

William Henry Cannon's marker

Trundle Family Cemetery, Sevier County, TN

The children I've recently seen on Ancestry of John and Nancy Ann Whitlow Cannon include:

William Henry 1771-1868
Jane Cannon 1771-1860
Elizabeth (Betsey) M. Cannon 1778-1849
John Cannon 1779-1864
Robert C. Cannon 1781-1854
Martha Elizabeth (Patsey) Cannon Nelson 17841-1862

There are many "hints" about these siblings, so I'll spend the next hour checking to see what is newly been added to this tree.

I've also seen some trees over on Ancestry that give another son, Henry Cannon (1780-1850) who died in Cannon's Bluff, McIntosh County, GA.  Since the tree also had Cynthia listed as John and Nancy's daughter rather than grand-daughter, I tend to take this information as just maybe possible...I wish somehow they knew what I know about my grandmother times 3 greats.

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William M Traylor, a Revolutionary War soldier

"1776--Rev War: Gen George Washington at Valley Forge was accompanied by Privates William Traylor Sr. and Jr. The army moved to the upper Delaware River.   

"December 23 the VA 5th Volunteers crossed to scout the enemy positions; Dec 24 General Washington made his famous crossing, and was given directions by the scouts, which included William Traylor Sr and Jr. Later, about March 1777, Henry Traylor joined the unit. William Jr. was reported "sick at Trenton." (We have their pay records.) Several Traylors were listed as "patriots," meaning their goods were used by the Revolutionary forces .. either voluntarily contributed, or confiscated with Traylor given a receipt for the goods.

Source:  Title: Histories of LaGrange and Troup County, Georgia; Volumes I and III
Author: Forrest Clark Johnson, III, Publication: Family Tree (1st ed., 1987) Note: Voume I, A History of LaGrange, Georgia 1828-1900 Volume III, Genealogical and Historical Register of Troup County, Georgia Repository: Note: Genealogy Department, W.C. Bradley Memorial Library, Columbus, GA; Georgia Rare Collection, County Historical Case, Troup County Library, LaGrange, GA; JVR Library

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Washington crossing the Delaware at Trenton NJ

William Michael Traylor was Champion Travis Traylor's father. (We looked at his life yesterday) William was my 5th times great grandfather.

William Michael's wife was Priscilla "Nanny" Parkinson Traylor, 1733-1782. William was born 12 June 1733 and lived till 7 Aug 1791. I'm pretty sure they had 11 children. But I don't have a Henry listed...so will search some more to see if he was a brother, uncle or son.

I had another source of William's service in the American Revolution, only to just notice that it is for his son, saying "Jun"-ior, right at the top. Good thing I noticed!

Name	William Traylor Jun
Gender	Male
Military Date	9 Jun 1777
Military Place	Virginia, USA
State or Army Served	Virginia
Regiment	5th Regiment
Rank	Private

When William died in 1791, his youngest children were appointed guardians by the court in 1792, as follows:

Minutes of Inferior Court, Wilkes County, GA 1792-1793, abstract of Page 41, 

Oct 31, 1792, "Edward Traylor, orphan of William Traylor, chooses Randolph Traylor guardian, Mary Traylor chooses John Banks, Frances Traylor chooses James Brookes and he is appointed by the court guardian of Miley Traylor, all orphans of William M. Traylor, dec'd." in Early Records of Georgia, Vol One Wilkes County, Abstracted & Compiled by Grace Davidson, 1932, 

This court abstract is interesting in my finding a new child, Miley, who was too young to even voice her choice of guardian. Randolph was Edward's older brother, who he chose. But I don't know who James Brooks of John Banks might have been, that the girls chose.

William Sr.'s children's ages in 1792?
William Jr. -31 years old (Had also been in the revolution, see above)
Sarah Ann Traylor _____ - 30 years old
Randolph - 28
Hiram - 26
Elizabeth Traylor - 23
Champion - 22
Paschal - 20
Edward - 18
Frances - 14

Miley, unknown. But I'll be looking for her, and who was Mary, when was she born? Two more names that don't show easily on the tree yet.

I've just now looked into the marriages and children of all of Champion's brothers and sisters. Do I have a life outside of Ancestry? Yes (I just went for a walk around the lake as well as dropped by the pharmacy and bought some jelly beans to celebrate Easter with.) The Banks and Brookes were husbands of 2 of the Traylor daughters, so they took their own siblings as guardians.

Questions answered:
A Mary Traylor is listed as being b. 1774, d. 1813, called Polly, never married.
Mildred Milly Traylor was b. March 30, 1782, d. 1850. Since her mother died also in 1782, it's possible the birth was related to her death.

This has been fun to look at all those descendants of a Revolutionary soldier, especially one who fought along with Washington (well, at the same battles some of the time.)

Here's a history of the Virginia 5th Regiment, in case you're interested in these things. It is a different slant on the Virginia 5th involvement at Trenton...saying it "jeopardized Washington's Trenton raid by sending an unauthorized patrol across the Delaware River on Christmas Day."

In December of 1775, the Virginia General Assembly voted to increase the size of the military forces from two regiments to nine regiments. These new regiments were to be comprised of ten companies of sixty men each, three companies to be riflemen and act as light infantry. On December 28, 1775, the Continental Congress requested the Commonwealth of Virginia to furnish six battalions for use by the Continental forces. February 13, 1776 the nine Virginia regiments were accepted by the Continental Congress for Continental service. 

 The Fifth Regiment of the Virginia troops, under the command of William Peachy, along with the Third Regiment was assigned the area between Potowmach and Rappahanoch for security. The Fifth Regiment was then stationed at Richmond Courthouse, where the activities of the Fifth Regiment from March 1776 until July 1776 are covered in the orderly book of the company of Captain George Stubblefield. May 7, 1776, Colonel William Peachey resigned and Colonel Scott was assigned as commander of the regiment. It is unclear as to when the Fifth Regiment marched to join Washington’s forces, although, it is known they were part of Brigadier General Adam Stephen’s Brigade at the Battle of Trenton. Here it is reported that General Stephen jeopardized Washington’s Trenton raid by sending an unauthorized patrol across the Delaware River on Christmas Day. The patrol was led by Captain Richard Anderson of the Fifth Virginia Regiment.

 January 1, 1777, found the Fifth Regiment under Colonel Scott Making up part of an outpost along Five Mile Run on the Trenton - Princeton Road. With the advance of the British from Princeton this outpost retreated in the direction of Trenton, finally reaching the main battle position south of Assumpenk Creek. It is not known hat part the Fifth Regiment played during the Battle of Princeton on January 3,1777. April 1777, saw the Fifth Virginia, under the command of Colonel Josiah Parker, part of General Pete Muhlenburg’s Brigade, consisting of the 1st, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 13th Virginia Regiments. The history of the Fifth Virginia Regiment from the period of April 1777 until December 1777 is reflected in the writings of General Muhlenburg in his orderly book.

In the Battle of Brandywine, 11 September 1777, the Fifth Virginia as a member of Muhlenburg’s Brigade, along with Weeden’s and Nash’s Brigade formed Greene’s Division. The extent of the Fifth’s participation in the Battle is unknown. Likewise, the performance of the regiment, as members of the Muhlenburg’s Brigade, at the Battle of Germantown, 4 October 1777, is also unknown. However, it is known that Muhlenburg led his Brigade in a bayonet attack that penetrated the British Lines and pushed 1000 yards to the rear. In his subsequent retreat to regain Greene’s main body, Colonel Mathew’s 9th Virginia, which lead the advance, was surrounded and captured.

 During the winter of 1777 - 1778, the Fifth Virginia continued to be part of Muhlenburg’s Brigade and encamped with the rest of the Continental Line at Valley Forge.

 Due to the lack of factual information, it is not known whether the Fifth Virginia participated in the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778. Records do show that sometime between May 1778 and July 1778, Colonel Joseph Parker was replaced by Colonel Abraham Buford.

 In September 1778, the Virginia Line was rearranged, by reducing the fifteen regiments to eleven. The reorganization saw the Fifth Virginia Regiment (of 1775) redesignated the Third and the Seventh Virginia becoming the "new" Fifth Regiment. The Commander of the "new" Fifth was Colonel William Russell.

 Little is written about the Fifth Regiment during the winter of 1778 -1779 In the reorganization of the Virginia Line in May 1779, the Fifth Regiment became part of General William Woodford’s Brigade. Following operations in the Northern Colonies, the Virginia troops were ordered south to join General Lincoln in defense of the Southern Colonies. These troops under General’s Woodford and Scott entered Charleston, South Carolina on April 7, 1780. On 12 May 1780, General Lincoln surrendered the city of Charlestown, along with the entire Virginia Line of Continental troops to the British.

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This was shared to Ancestry by Edwin Williams in 2012, but he didn't give his sources.

Richardson Roundtree, Revolutionary War and War of 1812

Richardson Roundtree, my 5th great grandfather, born between 1738-45...

Another Ancestry member posted this:
His name is recorded in the list of "Persons Receiving payments for Duty Done in Colonel Brandon's Regiment" in "A History of Union county" chapter II, page 20-22. Published by Union co Historical Foundation 1977." Notes GSW 2000 (AA 66334, X3098; McCall IIm 55)
Source: hagers1 in 2010
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Col Brandon's 2nd Regiment SC Militia

(quoting from Ancestry below)
Brandon's Regiment
"Reading about the time leading up to the Independence and the Revolutionary War fighting in the Up Country of South Carolina we see some of his neighbors and church members were Tories; who were the Loyalist to the Crown of England. This on top of arguments amongst themselves as to the advantages of becoming Patriots and the constant battling against the Indians, we have what became known as the "Hot Bed of Contention". Alot of activity and many meetings began to take place out on some of the large plantations. Sides were being drawn and groups being formed. It wasn't long before the South Carolina militia was formed.

Union County at the time was located on the edge of what was considered the frontier, which the Indians still considered their land. With the Whigs rebelling against the Crown, the British sent a party of men into the Cherokee Indian Territory to encourage the Indians to raze and kill these rebellious Whigs living near or on their land. To protect the Loyalists frontier settlers the British told them to hang a white cloth or flag on the front of their home and instructed the Indians not to harm these people or their homes with the white flags. The British felt this would make the Whigs want the protection of the British Army and therefore become Loyalists again.

What the British didn’t realize was that the Indians didn’t care who was Patriot or a Loyalist, they want all the setters off their lands and started razing and killing any settlers they came across. With the loss of family members or the loss of their home, many of these Loyalist and the ones that didn’t want involved in the War, became Patriots against the Crown because of this action.

South Carolina assembled a militia to go and put down these Indian uprisings..Williamson’s Cherokee Campaign of 1776. They marched up the mountains of the frontier under the command of Lieutenant Renny Belue. Their tour was for six weeks at Fort Prince. Williamson’s Cherokee Campaign lasted longer where they destroyed every Cherokee Indian settlement or home they found and killing many Cherokee men, women, and children.

The Revolutionary War lasted almost eight years starting in 1775, in the northern colonies and ending in 1783, with the surrender of General Cornwallis. It wasn’t until after the fall of Charleston in May, 1780, when the fighting had moved into the Carolinas. There were several skirmishes and two important battles in the Union District; Musgrove’s Mill August 18, 1780, and Blackstocks Battle November 20 1780.

Colonel Brandon also was involved in the October 7, 1780 Battle at Kings Mountain defeating Lt. Colonel Ferguson’s regiment of 1000 men and the January 17, 1781 Battle at Cowpens where they defeated Lt. Colonel Tarleton’s two regiments.  Two turning point battles of the Revolutionary War. What the British failed to realize was the back county Carolina colonist were skilled marksmen as hunters and many were experienced Indian fighters. With these two battles keeping Lt. Col. Ferguson and Tarleton’s regiments engaged in South Carolina, General Cornwallis couldn’t engage his full army against George Washington’s army in the north.Thus, these Carolinians played a most important part in the turning of the Revoluntionary War.

Source: Ancestry member hutzlern in 2012
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  It is not known which battles Richardson Rountree participated in. We do know, he fought under Col. Brandon's SC militia, 2nd Spartan Regiment.

 Brief History of Regiment:
Sometime around September of 1775, the Spartan Regiment was organized and John Thomas became its Colonel. This regiment of men was made up of men from the upcountry. The regiment, loaded with ammunition from Fort Charlotte, was soon ready for engagement. In December of 1775, it participated in the "Snow Campaign."

Spartanburg County, South Carolina bears a proud Revolutionary War heritage. The county has more Revolutionary War engagement sites than practically any other locale in the United States. The fiercely independent upstate settlers rallied ‘round the cause' early on, with the Spartan Regiment being formed in the late summer of 1775.

As independent as they were, some could not see the sense in breaking away from the crown. Staunchly Loyalist settlers seethed beside neighbor Patriots. The first engagement seen by local troops involved not a single British soldier. That winter, the Spartan Regiment was bloodied along with other Patriot troops in a fight against regional Loyalists in the Battle of the Great Cane Break, along the Reedy River.

In July 1776, a new threat erupted. Alarmed at the news of a British fleet at Charleston, the Cherokee swept over the frontier borders in a maelstrom of violence. Whites fled to forts, but hundreds of settlers in the border areas were killed before a counterattack could be formed. In early 1777, the Spartan Regiment was split into two - the1st Spartan Regiment and the 2nd Spartan Regiment.

Colonists all along the western frontier raised a large militia, which pursued the Indian army. As was often the case when European and Indian cultures clashed, many noncombatants suffered. The white militia destroyed scores of Cherokee villages and by mid-1777, Indian aggression collapsed. A treaty was signed in July 1777 forcing the Cherokee to relinquish most of their lands in South Carolina

The British regained the colonists’ full attention in 1780, when they captured Charleston in May. The Redcoats began their trek inland over three main routes. Initially, the Patriots thought they were whipped. Their situation seemed hopeless, as they faced the might of the greatest military power on earth. Many laid down their arms and surrendered. Benjamin Roebuck did the opposite - he raised his own regiment - Roebuck's Batallion of Spartan Regiment.

The war very well could have ended then, but for the British’s savage violation of their own terms of surrender. At the Waxhaws at the end of the month, a troop of Virginians were slaughtered after throwing down their arms. Homes of independence-minded Carolinians were burned; their properties seized. The Patriots’ anger rose.

The straw that broke the camel’s back was the British order, in direct violation of their own terms of surrender, that the Patriots don the red coat to serve the crown. The Rebels took the order another way, concluding that the violation of their surrender released them from their parole. The time for peace had past.

The clashes that ignited in the ensuing months in Spartanburg County sent shock waves throughout the world. The area saw six engagements in four weeks, beginning in July with the first battle of Cedar Spring. In quick succession and escalating violence, there quickly followed the battles of Gowen’s Fort, Earle’s Ford, and Fort Prince; then came the second battle of Cedar Spring and the battle of Musgrove Mill. These battles set the stage for two decisive engagements.

Nearly two months later, Patriot forces assembled from several states scored a major victory at the nearby battle of Kings Mountain. The Patriot forces suffered less than 30 killed and some 60 wounded, but the troops of the crown bled red – nearly 160 killed, about 150 wounded and a staggering 760-odd taken prisoner. Most of the crown’s casualties were American Loyalists.

Kings Mountain was a great victory, but it was a merciless one. The British had not seen fit to honor their own terms of surrender. Now 760 men looked to the Rebels for compassion, but they found only hardened hearts. The prisoners were marched to the North Carolina foothills, where the Patriots held a trial and found 36 men guilty of Loyalist atrocities. They were sentenced to hang, though all but nine were pardoned

Three months after Kings Mountain, the conflict returned in full fury to the Spartanburg County area, when Continental General Daniel Morgan gave British Colonel Banastre Tarleton “a devil of a whipping” at a crossroads known as the Cowpens. The battle at this holding area for cattle being driven to market put the British on the road to surrender at Yorktown.

After the war, some Loyalists fled to Canada. The settlers returned to the land, having subdued both the Cherokee and British threats. More settlements grew up in the area, and the new district began to form its government. Court officers originally met at several plantations, but legislative pressure forced them to choose an official site. In January 1787, they approved the purchase of two acres of land from Thomas Williamson for five shillings. The new courthouse was smack in the middle of the county. The town of Spartanburg was born.
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 Thanks to Ancestry member, Hutzlern, in 2012 for giving this writeup. 

And about the War of 1812.  Richardson had lived in Edgefield SC since the census of 1800 or before, and still in 1810 when he was 60-70 years old (if he had been born in 1740). 

 But there he is in 1812 as a South Carolinian fighting the British again.  

U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815

Name	Richardson Roundtree
Company	1 REG'T (MEANS') SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction	CORPORAL
Rank - Discharge	CORPORAL
Roll Box	179
Microfilm Publication	M602

 He died in 1819, the same year that a bill of sale exists for his selling a slave.  As mentioned elsewhere, his two sons James and Daniel were asked to inventory his estate because he died intestate...no will.  Daniel was his youngest son, and James was probably his half brother.  If his second wife died in 1782 as Ancestry trees say, the last 4 of his children had a different mother, unknown at this time.

Heroine of the Revolution, Kerenhappuch Norman Turner.

Editor's note: This is a very interesting story, but I've just discovered that the family which I'm related to does not include the Normans as ancestors of Hannah Conn Booth (my ancestress). So if you're related to her, then this might have meaning for you.

Go back in time to Spotsylvania County, VA and find another Isaac Norman, the grandfather of the one who's grave I found in KY. (In post HERE)

Isaac and his wife, Frances Courtney Norman, had a daughter who has been memorialized following the Revolutionary War.  Her name was Kerenhappuch Norman Turner. Her name comes from the Bible, the name of the last of Job's three daughters and she shared with her two sisters the paternal inheritance. Keren-happuch's two sisters are called Jemimah and Keziah. (And yes, Kerenhappuch Norman did have sisters by those names as well!)

Statue erected in 1902, Greensboro, NC  (See this site for some of the dedication of it )

Here are a few excerpts from sites about her life...

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 ------------------------- 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. (Blogger's Note: I'm pretty sure she wasn't living in Maryland when she rode to NC, but from VA. However, I won't bet on it!) 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] -------------------------- Another source: Kerenhappuch Turner (Norman) Also Known As: "Heroine of the Battle of Guilford Court House", "Kerenhappuch Norman Turner" Birthdate: circa 1715 Birthplace: Halifax, Virginia Death: before January 14, 1804 Richmond, North Carolina, United States (thrown from her horse and suffered a broken neck) Place of Burial: Guilford Court House, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States Immediate Family: Daughter of Isaac Norman and Frances Norman Wife of James Turner Mother of Mary Edson; Mary Norman Morehead; Sarah Turner; Elizabeth Morehead; Susan Karenhappuch Kauffer and 2 others Sister of Courtney C. Norman, Sr. b.c1705; Joseph T. Norman; Keziah Hillen; Isaac Norman, Jr.; Jemima Turner and 3 others Occupation: Rev War-organized hospital corp aft Battle of Guilford Cthse Managed by: Private User Last Updated: May 19, 2017 SOURCE:   Today's Quote: Distracting yourself with talk-radio and television can become mind-numbing if not taken in moderation.