111Sarah Grant
Key Facts
Snapshot:farmer; widow; owned a slave
Parents:uncertain
Born:circa 1803
Georgia
Last known record:1880 census
militia district 615 (map), Butts County, Georgia
Buried:unknown

111Sarah Grant was born in Georgia1-3 circa 1803.1,2

Problem: Unresolved
Who is 111Sarah's father?

As of this writing, 111Sarah's FamilySearch profile indicates that her father was Joseph Grant, but it doesn't offer a clear proof statement to support this hypothesis.

In 1820 Joseph Grant lived very close to 111Sarah's future father-in-law, 220William Turner, in Hancock County, Georgia. Joseph's household did not include a white female of age 16-25, as one might expect. It did, however, include two females of age 10-15, so perhaps one of these two was 111Sarah.4

One might hope to prove the relationship using probate records, but unfortunately Hancock County's probate records index book shows no pertinent entries. (There is an inventory for the estate of a Joseph Grant, but it's dated 25 January 1815 and therefore must be for a different person altogether.5)

Joseph Grant was a veteran of the Revolutionary War6 and received a pension as such,7 but his pension application doesn't mention 111Sarah.6

As of this writing, the Daughters of the American Revolution's ancestor database entry for Joseph Grant shows that applications have been approved via Joseph's son James, but there is no mention of a daughter 111Sarah.8

Based on the above evidence, for now I prefer to consider the question unresolved, and thus 111Sarah's father's identity remains uncertain.

111Sarah married 110William Turner on 26 September 1826 in Hancock County, Georgia.9 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

By 1857 111Sarah was a widow.10 She still had a child to care for and probably felt overwhelmed, so perhaps that's why the 185710 and 185911 tax digests show that she owned one slave despite the family's generally poor financial state. The 1860 census shows that she had adult children living with her.2


1860: 111Sarah's household in Henry County, Georgia. Full page.2

By 1880 111Sarah had moved a short distance east and was living with her daughter Sarah.3


1880: 111Sarah living with her daughter in militia district 615 (map), Butts County, Georgia. Full page.3

The 1880 census is the last sure record I've found pertaining to 111Sarah. There are mentions of a Sarah F. Turner in the two references listed below, but she seems to be a different woman altogether because she left a minor daughter, Sallie (see vouchers book, voucher #2, page 284).

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Butts County annual returns & vouchers book for the years 1864-1888, pages 283-284, 470-478, 556, and 557
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Butts County sales & appraisements book B (1874-1918), pages 248, 250, 251, and 291

Butts County newspapers mention "Sarah F. Turner" in March 1885,12 and also "Miss Sarah Turner" whose "place" was "on the outskirts of Jefferson" in February 1887,13 and both make clear that the woman in question was still living, but I'm not sure that either refers to our 111Sarah.

111Sarah is not in:

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Butts County wills book A index
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Butts County annual returns & vouchers book for the years 1864-1888, index

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). District 42, Henry County, Georgia. Page 261B, dwelling 1057, family 1057, W. T. Turner household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 73. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QFS-RCR?i=147&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYR-93F>, accessed 12 November 2022.

2: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Henry County, Georgia. Page 86, dwelling 638, family 638, Sarah Turner. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 127. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBB-SPGP?i=85&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZM8-GB4>, accessed 12 November 2022.

3: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 615, Butts County, Georgia. Enumeration district 20, sheet 360D and page 44, dwelling 321, family 327, Sarah Rutledge household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 136. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-9N1B?cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8LD-Q6L>, accessed 23 November 2022.

4: 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Capt. Connel's district, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 88, Joseph Grant household. NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 7. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-WNT?cc=1803955>. Since the 1820 census often lacks column headers, you may find this template helpful.

5: Hancock County, Georgia, Wills & Estate Records Book H (1811-1815), page 316, an inventory of the estate of Joseph Grant dated 25 January 1815. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93L-RNPS?i=271&wc=9SYY-C68%3A267654601%2C267777601&cc=1999178>, accessed 22 November 2022.

6: National Archives microfilm series M804 (Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1906), reel 1109, folder for Joseph Grant. You can download a copy of the application.

7: The Pension Roll of 1835 (Clearfield Publishing, 1968), Volume III, page 514

8: Daughters of the American Revolution, Genealogical Research System (GRS), Ancestor Search, ancestor #A047072 (Joseph Grant)

9: Hancock County, Georgia. Marriage book for the years 1808-1879, page 46, line 29. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBZ6-2GX?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKXJ2-WLY>, accessed 12 November 2022.

10: Henry County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1857, McMullins' district, page 13, entry for Sarah Turner (wid). Ancestry.com ("Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892 / Henry / 1857 / images 25 and 26 of 150), accessed 2 December 2022.

11: Henry County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1859, Odell's district, page 20, entry for Sarah Turner (wid). Ancestry.com ("Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892 / Henry / 1859 / images 6 and 7 of 122), accessed 2 December 2022.

12: "Legal Notices," The Middle Georgia Argus (Indian Springs, Georgia), 10 March 1885, page 3. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053020/1885-03-10/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2022&andtext=&words=Sarah+Turner&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=0&proxdistance=2&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=sarah+turner&county=Butts&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=1>, accessed 23 November 2022.

13: The Middle Georgia Argus (Indian Springs, Georgia), 15 February 1887, page 1. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053020/1887-02-15/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F2022&andtext=&words=Sarah+Turner&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=1&proxdistance=2&sort=date_asc&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=sarah+turner&county=Butts&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&=&page=1>, accessed 23 November 2022.