Jasper COUNTY GA Bible Records Turner Family File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sforte3@cs.com Suzanne Forte http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/jasper/bible/turner.txt TURNER FAMILY BIBLES (2) SURNAMES: TURNER, PORTER, PITTS, GAY, WHEATLEY, EPPS, EVANS, PERKINS, LEVINE, EUBANKS, SMITH, WILSON, WADE, CONGER, MCLEAN, AINSLEE, KIMBROUGH, JARBEE, BABINGTON, WILLIAMS, MITCHELL, ADAMS, TURNER, GARRETT, LUMSFORD, THOMPSON, SASNETT, KEELIN, SCHMACH, TERRY, ALEXANDER J. T. B. TURNER BIBLE RECORD Cuthbert, Georgia This bible now ownd by Miss Mellie Pitts, Newborn, Georgia, Newton County. It was presented to J.T.B. Turner in 1859. BIRTHS: Dr. John Lee Porter 10-10-1817 Helen Jane Turner 8-18-1828 Mary Lucinda Porter 12-9-1850 dau. J.L. & H.J. Porter William Turner Porter 12-2-1852 Joel Calhoun Porter 12-3-1854 son " " " Franklin Robert Porter 6-13-1857 " " " John Lee Porter 6-3-1859 Olin Pitts 10-7-1845 John Olin Pitts 2-27-1871 son of Olin & M.L. Pitts Charlie Thomas Esq (Buck) 11-27-1872 " " Helen Josephine Pitts 11-29-1874 (sister honey) " Robert Lee Pitts 6-29-1877 Son of Olin & M.L. Pitts Alice Flora 12-28-1879 Dau " " " Clarence Calhoun Pitts 1-28-1881 Mellie Green 6-11-1884 Dau of Olin & M.L. Pitts Minnie Louise Pitts 12-16-1886 " " Olin Robert Gay 5-28-1908 Son Alice & J.F. Gay Sara Leigh Pitts 5-22-1910 dau. Clarence & Pearl Pitts, Ft Smith, Ark. John (Jack) Albert Gay Jr 11-23-1914 Son of Alice & John Gay William Robert Porter 6-23-1890 Son of Martha Tallulah Epps & Franklin Robert Porter Married July 12 1917, Bertha Naoma Wheatley b. 10-15-1890 in Marshall Co, Tenn Children: Wm. Robert Porter Jr 2-20-1920 d. 9-29-1921 Mary Helen Porter 10-9-1922 Newton Co, Ga (See "Desdendants of James Epps 1783-1869, Sussex Co, Virginia, and wife Jane Larkin Evans 1795-1867, Morgan Co, Ga" by Mrs. William R. Porter (1968) for further information on this family. Gerald Meredith Perkins 3-21-1914 Son of Willie E. Pitts MARRIAGES: Jeanette Levine & Robert L. Pitts 12-12-1907 Robert Ainslee Eubanks of Atlana and Minny Louisa Pitts, Newborn, Ga 12-23-1908 J. Lee Porter and Birda Smith 4-29-1909 Minnie B. Wilson and Garret Porter 6-22-1912 Eppie Gay and Hampton Atlas Wade 6-15-1922 Bertha Naoma Wheatley & William Robert Porter 7-12-1917 (Their Daughter, Mary Helen Porter of Newton Co, Ga and Joe Ben Conger, Greene Co, Ga 4-8-1947 Lillian McLean and Olin Robert Gay 3-1-1920 Mrs. Sadie Ainslee and Chas. F. Pitts 12-10-1911 Berta Kimbrough and J. N. Pitts, Bghm, Ala 8-29-1913 Joe Nester Pitts and Janie Ree Jarbee 9-30-1915 Florence Babington and Robert L. Pitts of Ardmore, Oklahoma 8-12-1911 Double Wedding - Maggie Pitts and Fred Williams 4-9-1916 Mary Mitchell and Hugh Adams 4-9-1916 Dr. John L. Porter and Helen J. Turner, dau. of J.T.B. Turner, Hancock Co, Ga 5-1-1848 Olin Pitts, Newton Co, & Mellie L. Porter of Stewart County, Georgia 12-23-1869 Franklin R. Porter and Lula Epps 2-23-1881 John L. Porter and Evie L. Garrett, Social Circle 6-28-1883 C. T. Pitts and Maude Lumsford, Starrsville Ga 7-29-1894 J. L. Porter and Mary Thompson, Gainesville, Ga 12-19-1895 Dr. J. T. Pitts and Mary Gay 11-24-1897 John E. Gay, Atlanta, & Alice Pitts, Newborn, Ga 12-20-1899 J.R. Sasnett, Hapeville, Ga & Helen Pitts, Newborn Ga 7-14-1904 Pearl Keelin, Ft Smith, Ark and Clarence Pitts 8-19-1905 Porter Evans Pittts and Ruth Schmach 12-20-1922 (two dates given; no way to tell which is right) Mary Alice Pitts and Alexander S. Terry 3-19-1921 MORE BIRTHS: John Lee, son Mary & J.L. Porter 11-17-1896 Porter Evans Pitts, son Maude & C.T. Pitts 4-4-1897 Robert Olin Pitts " " 6-26-1902 Mary Alice Pitts, dau " " 6-4-1900 James N. Gay, son of Alice & John Gay 12-20-1900 Eppie Gay, dau of " " 12-30-1902 Mamie Gay " " " 7-17-1906 Marjorie Robbie Pitts dau. Maude & C.T. Pitts at Abbeville, Ga 5-21-1904 Frances Louise Pitts " " 5-27-1908 Eloise Gay, dau of Alice and J.E. Gay 3-28-1908 Harrett Porter, son of J.L. and Evie Porter 11-17-1884 Joe Calhoun Porter, Jr " " 4-21-1887 Joel Lee Porter, son F.R. & Lula Porter 1-7-1882 Mary Helen Porter, dau " " 9 ? 1883 Julian Noel Pitts, son of Olin & Mellie Pitts 1-16-1890 Joe Nester Pitts " " 5-11-1893 Billie Porter, Jr son of Bertha & BillPorter 2-20-1920 Maggie May Porter, dau. J.L. Porter 3-2-1890 Maggie Irlene Pitts 1-2-1896 Annie Maude, dau of C.T. and Maude Pitts 9-11-1895 DEATHS: William Turner Porter 5-8-1850 Dr. John L. Porter 10-23-1860 John Olin Pitts 9-10-1874 3 yrs 6 mos 13 days Helen J. Porter died suddenly 2-21-1875 age 46 yrs 6 mos 3 da Evie Lou Porter 5-26-1843 Social Circle Ga Annie Maude Pitts, Newborn 9-20-1891 age 9 days J.E. Pitts 2-3-1900 James Nutting Gay 6-18-1901 Atlanta, Ga Helen Porter 11-25-1905 age 22 yrs 2 mos Robert Olin Pitts 7-22-1903 age 1 year Mamie Gay 8-5-1900 Maude Alice Pitts 8-9-1910 age 35 years Mrs. Joanette Pitts 8-2-1910 Uncle (Sank) J.E. Pitts 11-24-1913 John Elbert Gay Jr 4-8-1915 (age 4 l/2 months- 206 Park Ave, Atlanta) Billie Porter Jr, Newborn 9-29-1921 age 1 yr 1 mo 9 days Pearl, wife of Clarence Pitts 8-9-1919 Dr. J.C. Porter 12-28-1921 Chasie C. Porter(Duck) 12-31-1918 Newborn, Ga Mellie Porter Pitts 11-24-1921 "Grandma" Olin Pitts 1-28-1926 Mrs. Lula Porter 2-23-1926 Frank R. Porter 5-31-1928 TURNER BIBLE Bible owned by Miss Susie Alexander, Hillsboro, Ga DEATHS: S. W. Turner Sr 3-21-1901 Mrs. S. W. Turner 6-26-1912 S. W. Turner Jr 1-26-1926 Huband of Adie Alexander Transcribed by Suzanne Forte (Sforte3@cs.com) from the book "Jasper County Georgia Cemetery and Bible Records" by Jewel Moats Lancaster, Shady Dale, Georgia 31085 (1969) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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