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- WILLIAM TURLEY was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, near Mt. Sterling, 22 October 1817 and died 24 April 1899 in Gallatin County, Kentucky. He and his wife and several children are buried in Ten Mile Church Cemetery in Napoleon. He was married 5 October 1843 in Gallatin County to Nancy Jo Vickers of Bracken County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of John B. and Susan Vickers. Nancy Jo Vickers was born in 1825 and died 19 September 1876.
The first record of William Turley purchasing land was when he bought 108 acres on Flat Creek from James Ford and wife. In 1851 he was listed among the heirs of William Turley, his father, who sold their shares to Joseph Turley. In 1858 he bought 124 acres on South Fork Creek from Joseph Lillard and wife. in i860 William Turley and his wife sold the 108 acres on Flat Creek to James H. Turley and purchased 116 acres on Sugar Creek and Paint Lick Creek from Edward M. Spencer. They then sold 124 3/4 acres on South Fork Creek to Thomas M. Pinkston in 1861. Tracts on Sugar Creek were purchased in 1867 from George Blanchard and wife and Newton Payne. in 1868 William Turley bought 110 acres from Thomas Jefferson Turley, executor of David Lillard's estate, and sold him three tracts on Paint Lick Creek.
In 1870, the year he was listed in the census as owning real estate valued at $7,000 and personal property of $2,000. William Turlev sold five acres on Little Sugar Creek to Oliver Elmore and wife. He next sale was in 1873 - one acre on Little Sugar Creek to Henry Sisson.
William Turley and William L. Richards were appointed trustees for Thomas Jefferson Turley in 1880. in 1883 he was administrator of his brother, Samuel Turley's estate.
William Turley wrote his will 1 August 1892. He stated that his three married daughters, Susie Marshall, Alice Marshall and Lucie Anderson had been given equal amounts of money and property and were to receive no landed property. His daughters, Mattie L., America and Nancy G. Turley were to inherit the home farm of about 300 acres and were to share equally in the home and household goods, except for the piano, which had been previously given to Nancy G. Turley. His son, David S. Turley, inherited the Ringo tract of forty acres on the waters of Sugar Creek in Gallatin County. The will provided that if David S. Turley should die without issue, the tract was to be divided between his six sisters. The executors of the will were his son-in-law, Wallen Marshall, and D. S. Turley. Before the will was filed for probate 24 July 1899, however, several changes had taken place.
A codicil added to the will 22 August 1893 stated that the land had been given to his daughters. Mattie L. received 104 acres on Little Sugar Creek, Nannie G. received 111 acres, and America Turley received ninety-eight acres. In 1898 D. S. Turley received forty acres.
Children of William and Nancy Jo (Vickers) Turley:
Elizabeth Ann (Lizzie) Turley b. 1844
Susan Turley b. c. 1847
Mary Alice Turley b. c.1850
America Turley b. 11 CTctober 1851
Demarius Turley b. 11 October 1851, d. 6 August 1867879
Sallie F. Turley b. 20 September 1854, d. 15 June 1873880
Willie Ann Turley b. 21 February 1857, d. 27 April 1877881
David Samuel Turley b. 1859
Artie Turley b. 1863, d. 1 July 1892882
Lucy E. (Lula) Turley b. January, 1865 (twin)
Mattie L. Turley b. January, 1865 (twini
Nancy Gladys Turley b. 12 February 1869
Turley Family Record, page 387-388. [1]
- note on Find a Grave:
Kentucky: A History of the State
Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887
Gallatin Co.
WILLIAM TURLEY, a farmer and stock grower of Gallatin County, Ky., was born in Montgomery County, Ky., near Mount Sterling, October 22, 1817. His father, William Turley, a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky at an early day, settled in Montgomery County, but later moved to Gallatin County, where he died, near Napoleon. He was constable for many years, and was a member of the Baptist Church. He married Elizabeth Ribelin, who bore him eight sons and three daughters, the subject of this sketch being the third child. James Turley, the paternal grandfather of our subject, a native of Fairfax County, Va., was one of the early settlers of Kentucky,
served in the war for independence, and died in Sangamon County, Ill. William Turley was educated in Gallatin and Montgomery Counties, has followed farming all his life, and now owns 350 acres of well cultivated and well stocked land. In 1843 he married Nancy J. Vickers, of Bracken County, Ky., daughter of John B. and Susan Vickers. One son and eleven
daughters were born to their union, viz: David S., Lizzie, Susie, Alice, America, Demarius, Willie, Sallie, Artie, Mattie, Lula and Nannie. Mrs. Turley died September 13, 1876, a member of the Baptist Church. William Turley is a Democrat, and served as constable for three years. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Baptist Church.
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