Person:Elizabeth Tilson (2)

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Elizabeth TILSON
b.8 Oct 1829 Yancey Co., NC
d.5 Sep 1927 Union Co., GA
  • HJesse TURNER1836 - 1863
  • WElizabeth TILSON1829 - 1927
m. 29 Apr 1861
  1. James TURNER1861 - 1941
  2. Mary J. TURNER1865 - 1952
Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth TILSON
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 8 Oct 1829 Yancey Co., NC
Marriage 29 Apr 1861 Fannin Co., GAto Jesse TURNER
Census[4][7] 1880 Dooly District, Union Co., GA
Census[8] 1900 Dooly District, Union Co., GA
Census[5][9] 1910 Dooly District, Union Co., GA
Census[10] 1920 Dooly District, Union Co., GA
Death[3][2] 5 Sep 1927 Union Co., GA

In 1860,Elizabeth Raper was listed in the Cherokee Co., NC census at # 344 listed as widow. She was enumerated as age 29, with Jackson, age 7; Martha, age 5; Thomas M, age 3; and Matilda TILSON, age 26. Next door living with Jesse Raper was Jesse Turner, age 24. The marriage record in Fannin County is for Jesse Turner and Elizabeth Raper. Elizabeth Turner is living next to Lavinia Patterson and 3 households from Bailis Turner in the 1870 Union County census with Martha M; Thomas; James; Mary J and Alonzo. James and Mary could be Jesse's children, but who is the father of Alonzo? There is an Alonzo Turner buried at Zion Hill about 1 mile from where Elizabeth is buried at Mt. Zion. On her death certificate, Jess Turner is listed as her husband and H. L. or H D Tilson as her father.

References
  1. Cemetery Headstone
    Mt Zion Cemetery.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Official Record
    Certificate # 12, Union County, GA.
  3. Cemetery Headstone
    "The Glade".
  4. Census Records
    Dooley, Union, Georgia; Roll: T9_169; Family History Film: 1254169; Page: 102.4000; Enumeration District: 177; Image: 0007.
  5. Census Records
    1910 Union Co., GA, page 13a.
  6.   US Census Images Online at (www.ancestry.com) (MyFamily.com)
    1860 Cherokee Co., NC census (Image 53 of 217).
  7. Elizabeth Turner Head, Age 41, widowed, born in TN
    James Turner son, age 18, born in NC
    Mary J. Turner, dau, age 15, born in GA
    Alonzo Turner, son, age 10, born in GA
  8. At Dwl 135 were Elisabeth Turner, head, born Oct 1829, 70 years, widowed, 6 children, 5 living; bonr in TN as were parents; James , son, born Dec 1862, single, born in GA.
  9. She was listed as Elizabeth Turner, mother in law, age 80 in home of Lorenzo P. Thomas.
  10. She was listed as Rachel E. Turner, mother in law, age 88, wd, born in TN as were both parents.