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- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7073200/person/-358695380/facts [3]
- Turley Family Records. Compiled by Beth Mitchel, et al. Published by the Turley Family Historical Research Association, 1981. Pages 353-354
http://www.turleyfamily.net/genealogy/TurleyFamilyRecords.pdf
WILLIAM TURLEY was born 29 November 1781 either in Franklin County, Virginia, or in South Carolina. He died 4 March 1845 in Gallatin County, Kentucky. in 1813 he married Elizabeth Reiblin,194 who was born 10 January 1795 and died in 1850 or 1851 in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Elizabeth Ribelin was the daughter of William and Mary (Kiher) Ribelin and a sister of Polly Ribelin who married David Turley, brother of William Turley.
William Turley remained in Montgomery County, Kentucky, when his parents and younger brothers and sisters moved to Union County, Kentucky in 1815. On 11 December 1822 James Turley of the State of Illinois appointed his three sons, Samuel, William and John to be his attorney to sell a parcel of land for him in Montgomery County where his sons are residents. In 1814 he was first taxed in Montgomery County. Beginning in 1820 he was taxed for thirty eight acres on Slate Creek. In 1825 he was taxed for sixty-nine acres and in 1830 and 1831 for ninety-two acres. On 24 October 1835 William Turley and Elizabeth, his wife, of Montgomery County sold fifty acres on Slate Creek "where they now live," to Thomas Grubbs.
William Turley was listed in the 1820 and 1830 census for Montgomery County, Kentucky. in 1820 William, age twenty-six to forty five, had four sons under ten. In 1830 he had seven sons under fifteen and two daughters under ten.
On 27 November 1837 William Turley appeared in Gallatin County, Kentucky, records when he purchased land there from Thomas J. Lillard and Nancy, his wife, of Anderson County, Kentucky. William Turley paid $3400.00 for the tract which was 170 acres and 26 poles and was bound by Joseph Lillard and M. J. Williams. The record of this purchase does not agree with a more fanciful family tradition telling that William Turley acquired his first land in Gallatin from an Indian for a shotgun and a pony.
In the 1840 census for Gallatin County there were eight males under thirty listed in the William Turley household. One male thirty to forty was probably William listed incorrectly, as he was then forty-nine. Also listed were three females under twenty and one female forty to fifty. Six persons in the household were engaged in agriculture and one in trade.
William Turley’s will, dated 26 March 1841, was presented in the April-May session of the Gallatin County Court in 1845. The will stated that all perishables in the estate be sold immediately after his decease and that the monies be used to pay funeral expenses and depts. The farm and appurtenances were left to Elizabeth as long as she remained his widow for her support and that of the children. The estate was to be divided equally among the children after Elizbeth’s death. Will Turley appointed his sons Joseph Turley and Thomas Jefferson Turley to be his executors. Witnesses to the will were P. P. Hannah and M. J. Williams. On 7 June 1845 the executors presented an inventory to the Gallatin County Court. Included were seven horses, oxen, steers, cows, a hog, calves, sheep and a Jack, as well as household goods and farm equipment. A sale was held 18 June 1845. Final settlement was made 10 April 1848.
The 1850 census of Gallatin County, Kentucky, listed Elizabeth Turley, age fifty-five, as the head of a household, Her property was valued at $5,000.00. Living with her were John M. Turley and five younger children, two of whom had attended school during the year past. Nearby were living Elizabeth Turley's older children and their families.
Evidently Elizabeth Turley died soon after the 1850 census was taken. On 8 February 1851 Thomas J. Turley and Artemesia, his wife, entered into an indenture with Joseph Turley where for $386.00 they released their entire claim in a certain tract of land in Gallatin County. The tract was described as "The same tract of land conveyed to William Turley dec. in his lifetime by Thos. J. Lillard and containing 170 acres and 26 poles."
Another indenture was made 8 March 1851 between M. J. Williams and Martha Jane his wife, B. F. Turley and Mary Ann his wife, John M. Turley, James H. Turley, Mary Turley, William Turley and Nancy his wife, all of Gallatin County, and Joseph Turley wherein Joseph Turley purchased from the others their interest in the farm lately owned by William Turley, deceased. Joseph Turley paid $400.00 to each of his brothers and sisters. A graveyard which was to be ten feet wide and parallel to the garden fence to the Warsaw road was excepted in the deed. In 1853 Joseph Turley gave an inventory in court in Gallatin County as guardian of Peter Turley and Samuel Turley, minor sons of William Turley, deceased. Included for each was interest due on 1/11 of a tract of land near Napoleon, Kentucky, containing 170 acres. On 25 March 1856 Peter Turley sold to Joseph Turley his right to an interest in land he had inherited from William Turley for $420.00 and for $45.00 the share he had inherited from his sister, Lucy Ann, deceased.
The original property remains in the hands of descendants of Joseph Turley in 1978.
Children of William and Elizabeth (Ribelin) Turley
Sarah Turley b.1814, d. before 1820
Joseph Addison Turley b. 1815
Thomas Jefferson Turley b. 1816
William Turley b. 1817
John Milton Turley b. 1819
Martha Jane Turley b. 1821
Benjamin Franklin Turley b. 1822
Mary E. Turley b. 1827
James J. Turley b. 1828
Lucy Ann Turley b. 1830
Peter Turley b. 1833
Samuel Turley b. 1838
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