Jefferson County TN Archives Military Records.....Turnley, George 
Revwar - Pension 
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GEORGE TURNLEY



    George Turnley applied for revolutionary pension while living in Jefferson

County, Tenn. He was born in Bedford County. Va., Aug. 30, 1762. He moved with

his father to Botetourt County, Va. and lived there until he was 16 years of

age, when he moved to Henry County, Va. He enlisted while a resident of Henry

County under Capt. John Fountain in June 1780. Col. Patrick Henry was

instrumental in getting up the organization and in giving council and advice but

he did not command. Other officers were Capt. John Clark, Col. Williams and Maj.

John McNeal. George Turnley was discharged at Old Stone on Smith River in

September, 1780. In November he moved to Watauga where an expedition was about

to march against the Cherokees and he enlisted under Capt. David McNabb and Col.

John Sevier. The place of rendezvous was Grassy Cove on Nollichuckey River in

Washington County. Major John McNabb, Capt. Davis and Lieut. Bond were killed on

this expedition. He volunteered again in 1782 on an expedition against the

Cherokees on the Tennessee River, the chief of which was the Chuckamoguh. 300

men were in the expedition. He was discharged in Jonesboro in November 1782. He

served two campaigns against the Cherokee Indians under Col. Parmenas Taylor

after the Revolution. He also served in the War of 1812 against the Creek

Indians in 1813 in Capt. Zacheus Copeland's 2nd Tennessee Militia. Other

officers in this War were Col. William Lillard and General John Cocke. He died

Sept. 3, 1848 in Jefferson County.



    NOTE: He married Charlotte Cunnyngham, daughter of James and Arabella Goode

Cunnyngham. Their children were: John, Mary, Elizabeth Jane. James Alexander,

Polly, William Henderson. Rachel, Hugh Lorenzo, Mathew Jacob, who married Miriam

Isbell, George Washington, Greenbury Madison, Andrew Jackson, and Julia Ann.



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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. I



by Zella Armstrong



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