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I ran across this information while searching the film of Mrs. H. H. McCall's "Roster of Soldiers & Patriots of the American Revolution buried in Georgia" at the local Family History Center. I thought it might be helpful to someone else. Mary Ann
Page 172.
ZADOC TURNER born 1729 Worcester Co., Md; died 1820 Hancock Co., Ga. Served as private 2nd Reg. Md. Militia. Came to Ga. 1793 and settled at Mt. Zion, Hancock Co., Ga. Married (1) Sabra Hicks; (2) Eliza ____. Children: Philip, Henry, Joshua & Zadoc, Jr. Perhaps others.
ZADOC TURNER came with his family and household goods on a sailing vessel from Chesapeake Bay,after a stormy passage, the vessel was driven to the West Indian Islands, and finally landed at Savannah, Ga. One of the daughters died at sea and is buried in the Colonial Cemetery at Savannah. From Savannah the Turner family took boats on the Savannah river to Augusta, Ga. whence they crossed Georgia on horseback and in wagons and finally settled in Hancock Co., sseast of the Oconee River, just after the Indians had removed a little farther West. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Trenton, and Valley Forge.
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