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- History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 4
By Thomas McAdory Owen
MOORELAND, TURNER, planter, was born November 24, 1784, in Dinwiddie County, Va., and died at his home on Old Federal Road, in Russell County, on October 29, 1857. He came to Hancock County, Ga., in the fourteenth year of his age and resided there until the late ?20s, when he removed to Russell County. He was an extensive planter, a man of considerable manes, financially, and a large holder of slaves. He was a Whig in late life, though formerly of the Jeffersonian Democratic faith; a Methodist; and a Mason. Married, October 16, 1806, in Dinwiddie County, Va., to Rebecca W., daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Chappell) Sledge, jr.; granddaughter of of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Scott) Chappell. Children: 1. Elizabeth m. Hartwell Bass, six children: 2. Jefferson: 3. Turner, three children: 4. Joseph, three children: 5 Augustine: 6. Asbur Fletcher, three children. Last residence: Russell County.
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