Presentation at June 2015 of Cravens and Turrentine Families from Lockesburg, Arkansas by Joyce Hodges

1. Turrentine Cravens Reunion
2015

2. Family Crest – Cindy Keyton
Four parts of the shield
• Book for education
& religion
(Many Turrentines are
preacher and teachers.
Several church are named
for Turrentines.)

3. Family Crest – Cindy Keyton
Four parts of the shield
• 2 mattocks which were buried in the dirt
floor of cabin abandon during French &
Indian War.

4. Family Crest – Cindy Keyton
Four parts of the shield
• Handbell which was used
by the Turrentines in
Bedford Co, Tennessee,
the Sevier Co, Arkansas to
call everyone to meals. It
would have been heard by
Gilbert (Jr) from the time he
was born until at least
1859.

5. Family Crest – Cindy Keyton
Four parts of the shield
• Ship
This ship is the
type that brought
The 2 Turrentine
brothers from Ireland
in 1745.

6. Family Crest – Cindy Keyton
Colors
• Red and gold is for Italy, our proposed
deep roots

7. Family Crest – Cindy Keyton
Motto: Never forget Lockesburg, AR integrated National
Turrentine Reunion 1950

8. First Documents
• Indentures – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 26 &
29, 1745
• Alexander’s signature

9. Movement – about land
• Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
• Little River, Orange County, North
Carolina
• West to Tennessee
• South to South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama
• Arkansas

10. After 100 years
Census 1850
• Turrentine/Turentine - 178 whites
– Only 16 Families owned 165 slaves
• Morgan T., North Carolina – 31, ages 80 to 1 month
• Absalom T. North Carolina – 11, ages 35 to 1/2
• Ann T., North Carolina – 14, ages 70 to 4
• Daniel T, North Carolina – 15, ages 62 to 1
• Elizabeth T, North Carolina. – 2, age 30 and unknown
• James C. T – North Carolina – 4, ages 27 to 14
• H. Turentine – North Carolina – 11, ages 54 to 1
Total 88
• H. T, Georgia – 5, ages 45 to 20
• James T., Georgia – 17, ages 50 to 1
• William T, Georgia – 3, ages 54, 19 and 6
Total 25
• Allen T., Mississippi – 14, ages 65 to ½
• Archelaus T., Arkansas – 2, ages 40, 26
• James T., Arkansas – 19, ages 50 to 1 (3 family groups)
• George S. T, Arkansas – 3, ages 21, 18, 2 ½
Total 24
• William Turentine, Tennessee – 7, ages 55 to 9
• Felix Turentine, Tennessee – 7, ages 20 to 1/2
• Total 14
• Turntine
– 9 white, 2 families, no slave owners

11. Slave Shedules
• 1850 – James, owner of Gilbert “Old Gib”,
was largest owner of slaves, 19
& 3 other Turrentine slave owners
• 1860 – James is not shown as slave owner
Next door is James’ son William
listed with a single slave, Gilbert
(Jr). “old Gib is living but I did not
find on any schedule slave or free,
also not found Lively Murphy

12. Majority of Turrentine slaves,
23, in Arkansas in 1860 are
shown as owned by C P
Turrentine – this is a puzzle
as if this was Charles Payne
Turrentine, he was prohibited
as a Methodist minister from
owning slaves. Are these
really slaves of James T.?

13. Civil War divides Turrentines
1860 1 family lived in North
48 families lived in South
of these only 16 owned a total of 165 slaves
Soldiers – Union 10 including
2 - in Union 1st
Regiment Alabama Cavalry
(both died in service)
2 - blacks (George Turntine 63rd
and Albert
Turrentine, Co. G, 57th
US Colored Infantry)
1 - Turntine in 2nd
Arkansas Infantry
Confederate - 47

14. 1870 Census
First census listing former slaves by first and last name.
830 persons in Sevier County, Arkansas are listed as black or mixed
race
15 in 4 households are Turrentines, all in Blue Bayou Township
Gilbert Turrentine, Sr born abt 1801 in NC (4)
Gilbert Turrentine, Jr born abt 1828 in TN (9)
Silva Turrentine born abt 1800 in Alabama, in home of Lafayette
Scroggins
Josiah (Joe) Turrentine born 1859 in household of Jacob Grave(s)
Nationally index shows 92 Turntines/Turrentines of black or mixed race
were counted in the census

15. Turn of the Century – 1900
Census
• Turrentines 515 – 364 white, 151 black
• Turntine 154 – 82 black, 72 white

16. 200 Years - 1955
• Turrentine Cemetery found in Orange
County, North Carolina
• Combined Black & White Turrentine
Reunion held 1950 in Locksburg,
Arkansas

17. 270 Years of Progress
• Turrentines white and black arrived in America in
bondage
• From two brothers and the slaves who took the
Turrentine name upon gaining their freedom, there are
now over 1,700 Turrentines and 200 Turntines, plus
thousands of descendants who bear other surnames.
• Today, we work in many respected professions:
preachers, teachers, firefighters, policemen, nurses,
doctors, dentists, military, architects, engineers, and
entrepreneurs owning companies in diverse fields:
needlepoint, winery, trash collection, construction,
computer software, fashion, dance, music, film,and
more.