Patriot Graves and Biographies Report

Patriot Graves and Biographies Report
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Patriot Information
Name:
Patriot Number:
Turner Lee Wilkerson
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
14 Apr
14
Apr1758
1758
Date of Death:
19 May
19
May1838
1838
P-320142
Henrico County
Place of Death:
Bluff Creek, Smith County
State:
VA
State:
TN
Service Information
State of Service:
Pension Number:
Virginia
S3601
Service Details:
Private, 1st Virginia Regiment. Commanding Officer: Colonel Patrick Henry. Fought in Battle of Great Bridge.
Private, Virginia Militia. Fought in Battle of Yorktown.
CAPTS JOHN FLEMING,ANTHONY & WATKINS
Service Reference:
DAR Ancestor# A125491
Burial Information
Cemetery Name:
Cemetery City:
GPS Latitude:
Cemetery Address:
Wilkerson Family Cemetery
State:
Brush Creek
Zip Code:
TN
GPS Longitude:
36.20682
47 Tisdale Hallow Road
38547-0000
-85.98398
Cemetery Notes:
Marker & Tombstone
Is there a tombstone / headstone at the site:
YES
NO
If there is, it a Revolutionary War Service Marker and please indicate the type:
✔
SAR
DAR
✔
VA
Unknown
Other Information:
SAR "PATRIOT" in-ground marker placed on 7 May 2016.
Are you attaching or sending a picture of the tombstone / headstone?
YES
NO
Other _______________________________
None
Spouse Information
1st Spouse Name:
1st Spouse Pension Number:
Unknown
2nd Spouse Name:
2nd Spouse Pension Number:
Agnes Brooks
3rd Spouse Name:
3rd Spouse Pension Number:
Submitter’s Information
Submitter’s Name:
National Number (If SAR Member):
James Ervin McKinney
191659
Submitter’s Address:
2705 Mountain View Drive SE
City:
State:
Cleveland
TN
Email Address:
[email protected]
Zip Code:
37323-7544
Submission Date:
8 May 2016
Patriot Biography
Submit a Biography of 200 – 500 words:
Turner Lee Wilkerson, enlisted in the First Virginia Regiment in 1775 from Henrico County, Virginia. He served in the
company that was led by Captain John Fleming of Goochland County, in the regiment that was commanded by Colonel
Patrick Henry. In December 1775 he was marched from Williamsburg to what is known today as Great Bridge, Virginia a
short distance from Norfolk. His pension application documents his service in the Battle at the “Long Bridge” known today
as The Battle of Great Bridge. He also participated in a number of skirmishes against Lord Dunmore’s British Forces in and
around Norfolk before returning to Williamsburg, and receiving a discharge in 1776, after his yearlong enlistment.
During the next five years, Turner lived, first in Henrico County and then in Buckingham County. He married a young lady
whose identity is unknown to his present-day descendants and began his family. When the British initiated their Southern
Campaign in South Carolina and began their northward march up through North Carolina and into southeastern Virginia in
1781, his militia unit was called to arms on at least three occasions—the first, was during The Battle of Guilford Courthouse,
the second, occurred during the spring or summer of 1781 when his unit was marched to Hampton. His next call to service
was in the late summer of 1781 when his unit joined the forces led by General Washington besieging Lord Cornwallis’s
British Army during The Battle of Yorktown. After the surrender of Cornwallis, he served two additional tours as a
militiaman before the war ended.
After the war, Turner resumed the raising of his family and farming in Buckingham County. From 1780 through 1801,
Turner’s wife bore him nine children—Turner Lee, Susannah, Polly, William, Thomas, Walter, Daniel, Elizabeth and his last
child, attributable to his first wife, Nancy was born on 13 March 1801. All five of their sons served in the Virginia Militia
during the War of 1812. It is believed that Turner's first wife died shortly afterwards – perhaps even during Nancy’s
childbirth – there is no clear record. Turner married Agnes Brooks on 10 August 1802 in Prince Edward County and began
a second family of seven children before migrating from Prince Edward County, Virginia to Smith County, Tennessee in
1816. Their names were Brooks, Patsy, Fanny, Sally Lee, Joel, Liza and the last child, James Monroe, was born on 17
January 1820.
On 19 May 1838, Turner passed away. He was eighty years old. He was buried in the family cemetery on his son
Turner's, farm.
The family cabin exists to this day and until recently remained in family hands in an area that has come to be known as
Wilkerson Hollow.
Biographies may be submitted electronically using Microsoft Word or a text format.
Mail to:
Patriot Graves & Biography Project
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
809 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202 – 2619
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