History of Benjamin Turman, Jr., 1762-1818, and Sarah Harbour Turman, 1765-1814, Indiana pioneer settlers/ Robert E. Turman

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Microfilm of scrapbooks (news clippings, 4 v.) loaned by Bob Turman, Los Angeles, California, 1966.

"The historical sketches ... appeared in a weekly newspaper column in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, beginning Sept. 3, 1953" [to May 19, 1955, and] "in a weekly column in the Cynthiana Argus at Cynthiana (Posey County), Ind., at various times between 1956 and 1964.".

Benjamin Turman (1762-1818) was born in Virginia, the son of Benjamin and Francis Turman. He married Sarah Harbour, daughter of Joel and Prudence Pusey Harbour of Henry County, Virginia, in 1780. They had seven sons and a daughter. The family migrated to Kentucky in 1796, to Ohio, and finally to what is now Turman Township, Sullivan County, Indiana. Descendants lived in Indiana, Missouri, and elsewhere.

Includes the White, Bryant, and other connected families.

"The Cynthiana Argus series contains the history of the author's material ancestors, the Emerson-Emmerson families of Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. In addition to the Em(m)ersons, allied families included in this series are Broyles, Crockett, Logan, Marvel, Mauck, Montgomery, Mounts, Pruitt, Roberts, Smith, Wilhoit, Wilkinson, Yeager, and others, all of whom were Indiana pioneers prior to its 1816 statehood.".

Contents: Book I of Turman history, Sept. 3, 1953 to April 8, 1954 -- Book II of Turman history, June 10, 1954 to Dec. 23, 1954 -- Book III of Turman history, Jan. 5 1955 to May 19, 1955 -- Book IV of Turman and allied family histories [from the Cynthiana Argus].

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