Company C and D, 7th Kentucky Infantry

Son of John C. and Mary Jane (Pennington) Turner.

Born on August 29, 1840, in Perry County, Kentucky.

1850 Owsley County, Kentucky Federal Census
Date: August 19, 1850
Line Number 1, Dwelling 101, Family Number 101
John C. Turner			30
Mary Turner			27
	Minetree Turner		9
	Rachal Turner		8
	Nancy Turner		6
	William Turner		4
	Able Turner		2

Married to Sarah Adeline Robbins (1842 – 1882) in Jackson County, Kentucky.  Daughter of John A. and Matilda L. (Goldsmith) Robbins.

1860 Jackson County, Kentucky Federal Census
Date: June 5, 1860, Post Office: McKee
Line 16, Dwelling Number: 46, Family Number: 46
Minatree Turner			19
Sarah Turner			17

Military Service
Company C, 7th Kentucky Infantry
Mustered In: 1861, August 19 at London in Laurel County, Kentucky, for three years.
Age: 21
Present for Duty: 1861, August 19 to February 1863
Absent: in the hospital at Young’s Point, Louisiana, for March and April 1863
Prisoner of War: captured on May 25, 1863, at Raymond, Mississippi
Held in prison at Richmond, Virginia
Released on Parole: 1863, June 6 at City Point, Virginia
Sent to Camp Parole on June 15, 1863, and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio
Assigned to Company K, 1st Regiment, Paroled Forces on July 15, 1863
Present at Camp Chase, Ohio from July 15, 1863 to August 31, 1963
Paid: 1863, August 31
Present for Duty: 1863, March to February 1864
Reenlisted on February 27, 1864, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a “Veteran Infantryman” for three years
Mustered In: 1864, March 18
Paid: $400 in reenlistment bounty
Present for Duty: 1864, May to December
Highest Rank: Private

Additional Military Service
Company D, 7th Kentucky Infantry
Transferred to Company D, 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteer Infantry by consolidation on December 24, 1864
Description:
     Age: 24
     Height: 5 feet, 8 inches
     Complexion: Dark
     Eyes: Dark
     Hair: Dark
     Where Born: Perry County, Kentucky
     Occupation: Farmer
On "permanent guard at General Bayley's Headquarters"
Present for Duty: 1865, January to February 1866
Last Paid: 1865, June 30
Mustered Out: 1866, March 11 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Highest Rank: Private

1870 Jackson County, Kentucky Federal Census
Date: August 9, 1870, Post Office: McKee
Line 9, Dwelling Number 3, Family Number 3
Minatree Turner			29
Sarah Turner			27
	Mary Turner		10
	Martha Turner		9
	John C. Turner		3
	Nancy J. Turner		1

1880 Jackson County, Kentucky Federal Census
Supervisor’s District Number 3, Enumeration District Number 50
Date: June 16 and 17, 1880
Line 11, Dwelling Number 304, Family Number 313
Minatree Turner			39
Sarah Turner			38
	Nancy J. Turner		11
	William A. Turner	9
	Robert Turner		5
	Abel Turner		11 months
	William Roach		21	Son-in-law
	Mary Roach		19

Death of Wife: Sarah (Robbins) Turner died on February 23, 1882, at Annville in Jackson County, Kentucky.  She was buried in the Greenhill Cemetery at Annville in Jackson County, Kentucky.

Federal Invalid Pension
Date of Application: November 14, 1885
Application Number: 554682
Certificate Number: 794376

Married to Deborah “Debby” McQueen on September 7, 1888, in Powell County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Hamilton and Nancy McQueen.

1900 Jackson County, Kentucky Federal Census
Supervisor’s District Number 11, Enumeration District Number 56
Magisterial District 1, Date: June 13, 1900
Line 21, Dwelling Number 170, Family Number 173
Minatree Turner			59 - August 1840
Debie Turner			37 - September 1862
	Robert Turner		25 - July 1874
	Able Turner		20 - June 1879
	Rachael Turner		18 - March 1882
	Woodford Turner		9 - June 1890
 	Matilda Watson		18 - February 1882
	William Coffee		26 - March 1874
	Levy Turner		4 - April 1896

1910 Jackson County, Kentucky Federal Census
Supervisor’s District Number 11, Enumeration District Number 55
Magisterial District 3, Pond Creek Precinct Number 2
Date: April 16, 1910, Pond Creek Road
Line 30, Dwelling Number 27, Family Number 28
Min Turner			67
Debie Turner			44
        Levi Turner		14

Died of “heart dropsy” on March 8, 1918, at Bond in Jackson County, Kentucky.

Buried on March 9, 1918, in the Greenhill Cemetery at Bond in Jackson County, Kentucky.

Widow’s Federal Pension
Application Date: April 10, 1918
Application Number: 114265
Certificate Number: 853756

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