Nathan Turner 
James Turner
Richard Turner, 1730-1769, married Nancy Johns. Children were: Mary Turner 
married Augustine Leftwich, Jr. Lockey married Col. David Saunders. Sally Leftwich 
married Rev. William Leftwich. Peyton Leftwich married 1st Mildred Fuqua, married 2nd 
Grace Bradfute. James Leftwich (Red Head) married Mildred Turner. Children were 
James Thomas Leftwih, Lockey Leftwich married 1st Henry T. Franklin, 2nd Alvin Claytor, 
Juliet, Hairston married Elizabeth Hubbard, Walter married Frances Turner, Sally married 
Gearge Hubbard, Catherine married Benjamin Wright, Etchison married Mary Ann Foster 
and Mary married Robert Skinnell.
Other families have lived on this James Turner farm. The entrance to the private road is 
on Route 122, a little north of Goose Creek bridge. There were no bridges then and this 
was a stagecoach route which followed the creek a little closer than the road does today. 
From the entrance going north to the house is about a mile.
Capt. James Wilson built the present house before 1859. The bricks were made on the 
property. The house was most unusual. It was built like a small fort, much larger that it 
looks. The first floor is partly below ground, so the windows are small and originally had 
bars across that were I 1/2 inches thick. To the south of the house was a recessed area like 
a basement open with a small porch over it.
TURNER / WILSON / LIPSCOMB
This area was within sight of the stagecoach road and facing the recessed area and the 
road were holes in the wall of the house. These were used for the guns to sight the enemy 
during the Civil War. It appears that someone stood watch outside in the recessed area, 
ran inside and readied the guns when they heard the sound of horses. It is not known 
whether or not the guns were used but we do know that Gen. Hunter's men were in the 
area pillaging.
Capt. Wilson bought Davis Mill in 1859, but sold it and resigned his commission in 1861. 
The family said he became ill.
Capt. James Wilson was born June 22, 1813, in Loudon County, VA, and married Eliza 
Lazenby on December 18, 1839. He died August 11, 1883. Capt. Wilson descends from:
Ebenezer Wilson, born 1737, married Hannah Wilson. Died 1807.
John H. Wilson, born 1781, married Mary Hambleton 1809. Died 1855. 
Mary Pricilla Wilson married John William Hubbard, son of Cecil G. Hubbard. 
Bessie Hubbard married Donnie M. (D. M.) Lipscomb.
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