Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJohn Turner 
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John Tuner Sr. Inheritance Lawsuit2258
SARAH TUNER POWERS died in 1859 in Houston Co., GA and Ex-husband John G. Powers died in 1867 in Darlington Dist., SC.
Apparently the Estate of John G. Powers caused the children of second wife to sue the children of the first family. Many years after John and Patience Turner had died, a suit was filed in Darlington Co., SC that apparently brings up the race issue again and in a very ugly way.
General Statement by Marty Grant SC Turner family researcher:
Children by the second wife, Sarah (Conner) Powers did not think that the children of the first wife SARAH TURNER POWERS were entitled to any inheritance. A suite was file and the suit became quite ugly forcing the 1st wives children and siblings to go to court and show that they lived and was treated and had all the rights as white people. It was said to have gotten very ugly and racially charged. It was said in the case that John Turner SR. was the son of a former slave woman and a white plantation owner, and that John’s wife Patience (the said daughter of a white woman and part black man) purchased her husband freedom from his father. This case listed JOHN and PATIENCE TURNERS children: JOHN, REUBEN, WILLIAM, PENELOPE “OPE”, COTY (CATHERINE) AND MILLY AND SARAH TURNER.
Case can be found in (Columbia SC Archives) Reference: Darlington Dist. Court of Equity, Bills and Petitions, Year 1877, Package YY#1, on page # 607 or on roll #DA54 for Darlington, SC Equity Records
SARAH TUNER POWERS died in 1859 in Houston Co., GA and Ex-husband John G. Powers died in 1867 in Darlington Dist., SC.
Apparently the Estate of John G. Powers caused the children of second wife to sue the children of the first family. Many years after John and Patience Turner had died, a suit was filed in Darlington Co., SC that apparently brings up the race issue again and in a very ugly way.
General Statement by Marty Grant SC Turner family researcher:
Children by the second wife, Sarah (Conner) Powers did not think that the children of the first wife SARAH TURNER POWERS were entitled to any inheritance. A suite was file and the suit became quite ugly forcing the 1st wives children and siblings to go to court and show that they lived and was treated and had all the rights as white people. It was said to have gotten very ugly and racially charged. It was said in the case that John Turner SR. was the son of a former slave woman and a white plantation owner, and that John’s wife Patience (the said daughter of a white woman and part black man) purchased her husband freedom from his father. This case listed JOHN and PATIENCE TURNERS children: JOHN, REUBEN, WILLIAM, PENELOPE “OPE”, COTY (CATHERINE) AND MILLY AND SARAH TURNER.
Case can be found in (Columbia SC Archives) Reference: Darlington Dist. Court of Equity, Bills and Petitions, Year 1877, Package YY#1, on page # 607 or on roll #DA54 for Darlington, SC Equity Records