Turner C. CLANTON^[1]

1798 - 1864  (66 years)

• Name	Turner C. CLANTON
  Birth	1798	Mechlenburg Co, VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1850, 1860	Richmond Co, GA   [3]
  	The 1850 and 1860 censuses note Turner as a "Planter", a description that in the pre-Civil War South suggested ownership of 20 or more slaves and of extensive acreage.
  Death	12 Apr 1864	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [4, 5]
  	Turner died on 12 April 1864, "aged 66 years".
  Burial	Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   [6]
  	His remains were interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia.
  Person ID	I27318	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Holt CLANTON,   b. 5 May 1759, Sussex Co, Virginia Colony d. 17 Oct 1829, Columbia Co, GA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catherine NEWSOME
  Family ID	F1111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Margaret LUKE,   b. 9 Oct 1812, Columbia Co, GA d. 11 May 1884, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1829	Columbia County, GA   [2, 3]
  	The couple married in Columbia County, Georgia in 1829.
  Children	1. Anna E. CLANTON,   b. c.1831, Georgia d. 1905   2. Ella Gertrude CLANTON,   b. 4 Apr 1834, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA d. 11 May 1907, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA (Age 73 years)   3. Victoria Palatian CLANTON,   b. Aug 1838   d. 1 Jun 1842 (Age 3 years)   4. Mary Luke CLANTON,   b. Jan 1841, Georgia d. 1912 (Age 70 years)   5. James L. CLANTON,   b. c.1843, Georgia   6. infant CLANTON,   b. 27 Apr 1846   d. 28 May 1846 (Age 0 years)   7. Cora Lou CLANTON,   b. c.1846, Georgia d. 3 Mar 1920, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA   8. Nathaniel Holt CLANTON,   b. 10 Nov 1849, Augusta, Richmond Co, GA d. 12 Apr 1872, Paris, France (Age 22 years)   9. Catherine CLANTON,   b. Feb 1855, Georgia d. 28 Jul 1928, Richmond Co, GA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy CLAYTON   d. Before 1829
  Marriage	Bef 1829  [1]
  Family ID	F1162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: October 1850, Richmond County, GA Resided: August 1860, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. Clanton Family Chart. [S3770] 1850 US Census / Clanton, Turner. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Turner Clanton gravestone inscription, Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA; downloaded 20 April 2014. [S398] Virginia Ingraham Burr, editor, The Secret Eye, The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889, ((Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990)), ISBN 0-8078-4273-7. pp 222/224. Notes his death date. [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). Turner Clanton interment, Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA; downloaded 20 April 2014.