West Virginia Pioneers
Hannah Parsons
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Name Hannah Parsons Born Abt 1801 Warth's Bottom, Jackson, West Virginia, USA
[1, 2] Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I6095 WVPioneers Last Modified 24 May 2005
Father William [Lowther?] Parsons, b. 24 Jul 1769, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George Co., MD
, d. 10 Oct 1839, Frozen Camp, Jackson Co., WV
(Age 70 years) Mother Susan Fink, b. Est 1770, d. 1808, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
(Age ~ 38 years) Married Between 1786 and 1790 Maryland or Virginia
Notes
"Jackson County in the Wars"
War of 1812
In the summer of 1813, a body of Mason County troops under Capt. William Lowther Parsons, who then lived on Scyamore Creek near present Ripley, crossed the Alleghenies and served for a time at Norfolk, VA, They were mustered out in 1814. Known men from present Jackson County who served with Capt. Parsons' Company in the 6th VA Regiment were:. . .
Cornelius Staats, who was either killed in action or died of other causes at this time
Sidney Casto
William Lowther "Captain Billy" Parsons, son of Charles Sr and Elizabeth (Chestnut) Parsons, was born in Quen Anne's County, Maryland, and died at Frozen Camp, Jackson County, (July 24, 1765-Oct 10, 1839). He married (1) Susan, daughter of Henry Fink, 1786, and they had 8 children, 7 of whom lived to maturity and an infant who died with his mother on Sycamore Creek, near Ripley in 1807, and was interred with her in the present old Ripley graveyard. "Captain Billy" married (2) Elizabeth Nancy Walker, and by this marriage there were 9 children, making a total of 17 in all. He is interred in the Frozen Camp Cemetery.
Family ID F895 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Turner, b. Abt 1801, d. Yes, date unknown Married 7 Mar 1822 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
[2, 3] Notes
Mason Co MR
John Turner
Hannah Parsons 7 May or 7 Mar 1822
1830 Mason Co
John Turner
1m 0-4
1m 20-29
1f 0-4
1f 5-9
1f 20-29
John House: Moved to New Orleans
Children were probably never in Jackson co
1850 Louisiana
26-26 Hannah Turner 49 F VA
Evan Turner 23 M Printer VA
Reason (Rezin) Turner 17M Apprentice VA
26-27 Susannah Miller 27F VA
Wm. H. Turner 15M VA
Martha J. Turner 10F LA
Ann E. Turner 6F LA
Henry C. Miller 3M LA
Almera C. Miller 10 Mo. F LA
1860 Louisiana l/w Susannah
R. Turner 27 M Pilot!!! b. VA
Was he son of Evan in 1840 JC?: JC Wills for Evan
Clark: they do not appear in the 1849 indenture.
Children 1. Susannah Turner, b. Abt 1823, Virginia, USA
, d. Yes, date unknown2. Evan Turner, b. Abt 1827, Virginia, USA
, d. Yes, date unknown3. Rezin Turner, b. 24 Mar 1831, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
, d. 24 Oct 1885, Carrollton, Louisiana
(Age 54 years)4. Jonathan Turner, d. Yes, date unknown 5. Ann Elizabeth Turner, b. Abt 1844, Louisiana
, d. Yes, date unknown6. William H Turner, b. Abt 1835, Virginia, USA
, d. Yes, date unknown7. Benjamin Turner, d. Yes, date unknown 8. Martha J Turner, b. Abt 1840, Louisiana
, d. Yes, date unknown9. John Turner, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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