Person:Esther Turk (1)

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Page 277.--23d September, 1780. John Mitchell's will--To Ann Russell. £150; to Mary Russell, £150; to Andrew Russell's children; to Esther Turk; to Andrew Russell, but he is to give Ann, Mary, and Mathew their quantity of the legacy and the rest of the childrens, that is to say, William, Betty, Andrew, John, Jean, and James their mentioned parts of the legacy when they are of age; Thomas Turk, father of Esther, is to control her legacy until she is of age; to Mathew Russell; to William Russell; to Ann Russell; to Mary Russell; to Jean Russell. Teste: John Reaugh, Margaret Kirk, Mary Turk. Proved, 15th April, 1783, by the witnesses.

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   Esther Turk Johnston
   BIRTH 1770
   Virginia, USA
   DEATH 1845 (aged 74–75)
   USA
   
   Esther Turk was the daughter of Thomas Turk (Mar 1718 to 28 Jun 1809) and Mary Gleaves (12 Jun 1746 to 23 Feb 1835; married 1 Apr 1766 in Augusta Co., VA). Esther married James Robertson Johnston on 19 Dec 1786 in Augusta Co., VA.
   
   They had 10 known Johnston children:
   
   Thomas, abt 1790 to 19 Dec 1865
   Anna Turk, 16 Apr 1792 (Zachariah Smith Gibson)
   Mary Turk, abt 1794
   Zachariah, 11 May 1796 to 17 Oct 1883 (mar Sarah Walker 23 Dec 1823)
   James Robertson, 1798 to 1872 (mar Cynthianna Black, 11 Oct 1822)
   Elizabeth, 1800 (mar Wilson Mille or Mills, 22 Jul 1818)
   Margaret, 1803 (William Scott, mar 23 Jul 1827)
   Jane, 1805 (Jas Renfro, Lee Co., VA)
   Rebecca, ~1803 - 1 Jun 1890 in WV (mar Cornelius D Maupin, 1827)
   William, 1807 ("D aft 1865 in Montgomery Co., MO)
   
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