The Turner Family
Part 2
Around May or June 1800, most members of the Turner and Beltz families moved to Pennsylvania. We can precisely date this move because Turner family members appeared on the 1800 List of Tithables in Loudoun Co., Va. and the 1800 census records in Pennsylvania.
| Date | Persons Chargeable | Male Tithables 16+ | Blacks | Horses | Tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Michael Turner | Michael Turner | - | 2 | .24 |
| May 1 | Michael Turner, Jr. | Michael Turner | - | 1 | .12 |
| May 2 | Ludwick Turner | Ludwick Turner | - | 2 | .24 |
The above List of Tithables for Loudoun Co., Va. shows Michael, Sr., Michael, Jr. and Ludwick (Lewis) living there on May 1, 1800.
A short time later, Michael Turner, Sr., Lewis Turner and Andrew Beltz appeared in the census records for Greene Co. and Bedford Co., Penn. Michael Turner, Jr. and family appear to have moved to Pennsylvania after the birth of their son John in early 1802. Here are the 1800 census records for Michael Turner, Sr., Lewis Turner and Andrew Beltz.
| Name | M(-10) | M(10-16) | M(16-26) | M(26-45) | M(45+) | F(-10) | F(10-16) | F(16-26) | F(26-45) | F(45+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Turner | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Name | M(-10) | M(10-16) | M(16-26) | M(26-45) | M(45+) | F(-10) | F(10-16) | F(16-26) | F(26-45) | F(45+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Turner | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Name | M(-10) | M(10-16) | M(16-26) | M(26-45) | M(45+) | F(-10) | F(10-16) | F(16-26) | F(26-45) | F(45+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Beltz | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
In 1808, Michael Turner, Jr., Elizabeth (Beltz) Turner and their four children left Pennsylvania and headed to Ohio. In a history of Clermont Co. and Brown Co., Ohio, there is a biographical sketch of their son Daniel Turner which says the Turners "left Pennsylvania in the year of 1808 and came down the Ohio river in a flat boat to Columbia, then the most noted place for eastern emigrants to disembark." Another indication we have of Michael Turner, Jr. moving to Ohio is a reference in the Virginia Military Survey as follows:
Michael Turner bought 106 acres from Francis Peyton, on the East Fork of the Little Miami River in 1811. He sold this land to Shadrack Lane in 1823.
Another reference appears in the History of Clermont Co., Union Township, as follows:
In 1814, Michael Turner, of Pennsylvania, purchased a farm on the East Fork, which had been improved by Moses Frazier, a Baptist clergyman, on which he lived until his death in 1856 at the age of 74. He was the father of Daniel Turner of Miami Township. Other sons were Andrew Jackson, Isaac, William and daughters, who married Henry Leaf, Uriah Baldwin, William Dumford, Samuel Perry, and Henry Carpenter.
Michael Turner, Jr. and Elizabeth Beltz had the following children:
- Sarah (Sally) Turner, b. Feb. 25, 1800 in Loudoun Co., Va., m1. Uriah Baldwin ~1817, m2. Henry Leaf on Sept. 9, 1850 in Clermont Co., Ohio, d. Feb. 12, 1877.
- John Turner, b. March 16, 1802 in Loudoun Co., Va., m. Jane (Leaf) Hawthorne on March 27, 1827 in Clermont Co., Ohio (see marriage record), d. May 16, 1876 in Hamilton Co., Ohio.
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Turner, b. ~1804 in Greene Co., Pa., m. William Dumford ~1825, d. before 1857.
- Daniel Turner, b. March 25, 1806 in Greene Co., Pa., m. Susan Malott on Nov. 7, 1827 in Clermont Co., Ohio (see marriage record), d. Oct. 26, 1880.
- Mary (Polly) Turner, b. Jan. 20, 1808 in Greene Co., Pa., m. Henry Leaf on July 24, 1823 in Clermont Co., Ohio (see marriage record), d. June 3, 1850 in Hamilton Co., Ohio.
- Mary Anna Turner, b. ~1809 in Ohio, m. Samuel Perry on Sept. 6, 1827 in Clermont Co., Ohio (see marriage record), d. before 1857.
- Lewis Turner, b. ~1811, d. ~1819.
- Julia Ann Turner, b. Jan. 12, 1813, d. ~1830.
- Isaac Turner, b. ~1816 in Clermont Co., Ohio, m. Rachel ~1840, d. in Illinois
- Andrew Jackson Turner, b. March 28, 1818 in Hamilton Co., Ohio, m. Sarah Scammahorn on Feb. 18, 1839 in Highland Co., Ohio, d. June 10, 1897 in Clermont Co., Ohio.
- Lucinda Turner, b. ~1819 in Clermont Co., Ohio, m. Dennison Brunson on May 19, 1842 in Clermont Co., Ohio (see marriage record; they were divorced on Dec. 19, 1868), d. Jan. 8, 1891 in Clermont Co., Ohio.
- William H. Turner, b. Jan. 13, 1820 in Clermont Co., Ohio, m1. Elizabeth Scammahorn on Dec. 10, 1841 in Highland Co., Ohio, m2. Susan A. Snyder on Sept. 19, 1858, d. after 1880.
- Amanda Turner, b. ~1821 in Clermont Co., Ohio, m. David Harrison Carpenter on Nov. 26, 1840 in Clermont Co., Ohio (see marriage record), d. Sept. 29, 1895 in Brown Co., Ohio.
Elizabeth (Beltz) Turner died on Sept. 1, 1824 at the age of 43.