Person:Leander Turner (2)
Leander M. Turner
b.20 Nov 1838 Buncombe Co, NC
d.22 May 1911 Fannin Co., GA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Sep 1829
  1. Avaline TURNER1830 - Abt 1891
  2. William TURNER1834 - Bef 1862
  3. Jesse TURNER1836 - 1863
  4. Leander M. Turner1838 - 1911
  5. Jamey TURNER1840 -
  6. Sarah Jane Turner1842 - Bef 1900
  7. Bailis Murray Turner1844 - 1865
  8. Miles Clayton TURNER1846 - 1937
  9. Adaline TURNER1849 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1869
  1. Robert Louis TURNER1870 - 1942
  2. Lafayette TURNER1871 - 1882
  3. Bailis A. TURNER1873 - 1898
  4. John W. TURNER1875 - 1932
  5. Thomas Bunyon TURNER1876 - 1951
  6. Dock E. TURNER1878 - 1900
  7. Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzy" TURNER1883 - 1949
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Facts and Events
Name Leander M. Turner
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Nov 1838 Buncombe Co, NC
Military[3] From 14 May 1862 to 15 Mar 1863 Co C, Smith's Legion Infantry (CSA)
Military? From 15 Mar 1863 to 26 Nov 1863 Co B, 65th Infantry Reg't Georgia (CSA)
Military[4] From 1 Sep 1864 Co I, 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Marriage Abt 1869 to Sarah Ann WILLIAMS
Census[5][7] 1870 Union Co., GA
Census 1880 Morganton, Fannin Co., GAwith Sarah Ann WILLIAMS
Census[8] 1900 Morganton, Fannin Co., GA
Census[9] 1910
Death[2] 22 May 1911 Fannin Co., GA
Burial[6] New Hope (Flinthill) Cem., Fannin Co., GA

Leander joined the Confederate Army with his brother, Jesse on May 14, 1862; he transferred to Co. B, 65th Regiment, Ga Inf, Mar 1863. He was appointed a Second Corporal on April 1863. He was absent without leave Nov 26, 1863 and was reduced to Private on Jan 1, 1864 while absent.. After Leander left the Confederate Army, he joined with his brothers, Miles and Murray in the Union Army. He said he was given leave to visit home, but he did not return to the Union Army. He said he had cut his foot and could not get his shoe on. In 1891, Leander applied for a pension, but the application was denied, as he did not have an honorable discharge.

References
  1. ↑ (i)Pension Application(/i)
    Leander Turner record from the Record and Pension Office.

    Personal Desc. Born in Buncombe Co., NC, age 26 yrs, Occ. Farmer, Eyes Black; Hair Dark, Complexion Dark, 5 ft 9 inches tall.

  2. ↑ Cemetery Headstone
    Flintlhill.
  3. ↑ [1], in United States. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. (National Park Service)
    Record 160978 (copy in file).
  4. ↑ Abstracted by Joy Locke, compiler, (i)Robert B. Barker Civil War Index(/i) (Internet: http:/www.tngennet.org/monroe/rbarker.htm, 2003)
    Printout in file.

    File: MyDocuments\Barker CW File

  5. ↑ Census Records
    Transcribed, USGenweb, Union Co., GA.
  6. ↑ His headstone was broken and sunken into the ground as of Feb 15, 1998. There was some notation on the original as to Military service, but it is impossible to read.
  7. ↑ Living at HH # 559 (next door to Bailis) on the 1870 census were, Turner, Leander, age 31; Sarah, 31 and Lewis R. 7/12.
  8. ↑ He was listed as Leander Turner, age 61, widowed; Elizabeth, dau; age 17, born Apr 1883; Bunyon, son, born Jun 1875, age 24.
  9. ↑ He was listed in the household of Harvey Dilbeck in the 1910 Fannin Co. Census.
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