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William A. Turner (Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, circuit court clerk, and county clerk)

b. 1834-11-05

Graves County, Kentucky, student, farmer, and circuit clerk. Wilson County, Tennessee, native. Son of Richard A. Turner and Martha A. Cleaves Turner. Married to Corrilla Williams Turner. Father of Clarence Turner. Attended school in Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Davidson County in 1850. Graduated from the University of Nashville in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1857. Farmer in Graves County, Kentucky, in 1860. Clerk of the Graves Circuit Court from 1862 to 1868.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 4, p. 204B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Davidson County, District 4, p. 508.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, p. 318.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Graves County, Mayfield, p. 218B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 546579.


Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Graves County, KY, June 1863, p. 73.

J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885), pp. 239-240.

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Turner, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214726 (November 12, 2026).

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