| 1. Mary TURNER (RIN: 005), b. abt. 1741 | See Charles R. MOREHEAD & Mary TURNER |
| 2. Elizabeth TURNER (RIN: 154), b. 1736 | See Joseph MOREHEAD & Elizabeth TURNER |
| 3. James TURNER (RIN: 165), b. December 20, 1766 | See James TURNER & [--?--] WYATT OR James TURNER & Sarah IRBY |
| 4. Sarah TURNER (RIN: 166), b. 1724 | See James SMITH & Sarah TURNER |
| 5. Susannah Kerenhappuch TURNER (RIN: 167), b. abt. 1737 |
Notes for Kerenhappuch NORMAN:
Kerenhappuch Norman was born in about 1717 to Isaac Norman, Jr. and his
wife Frances (nee Courtney) in what is now Culpeper Co., VA. She was
married in about 1733 to James Turner. She bore him 5 children, the
youngest of which was her only son James Turner, Jr. The two James
prospered as tobacco farmers. After her husband died she moved with her
son to Halifax Co., VA where she was living at the time of the
Revolutionary War. During the war, her son joined the Virginia Militia
where he was a Captain. A skilled rider, Kerenhappuch would on occasion
carry dispatches for the army, occasionally even through the lines of the
unsuspecting British. During the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781
her son received very serious wounds, and when word of this reached his
mother she rode to the scene of the fighting where she successfully
nursed his wounds and those of others for many weeks.
After the war she and her son moved to Richmond Co., NC where in 1805 she
died of a broken neck suffered from falling off a horse while hunting.
What is believed to be the first statue ever erected to an American
heroine was dedicated in her honor on 4 Jul 1902 in the Guilford
Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, NC.
(The foregoing is documented in the files of the U.S. Daughters of the
Revolution and the Guilford Courthouse NMP.)
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