Jacob Jr. Turknett
1788-1862
Born: Richmond, Georgia, United States
Died: Peril Ranch, Gillespie, Texas, United States
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1788-1862
Born: Richmond, Georgia, United States
Died: Peril Ranch, Gillespie, Texas, United States
<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>-Sebird Henderson (John Andrew HENDERSON's father) was hung by Confederate Colonel James M. Duff during Civil War in late 1862. Colonel James Duff ordered Sebird, Hiram Nelson, Gus Tegener, and Frank Scott to be hung because they would not renounce the United States. Their bodies were thrown into Spring Creek in western Gillespie County Texas and their wives and children were taken away to prison. It is reported that the Colonel allowed the wives (Lucy) to take their husbands bodies out of the creek and bury them before taking women away to prison. [Article in The Fredricksburg Standard, TX, 04 Apr 2001.<br><br>-Sometime during the last three months of 1862, Colonel James M. Duff and his men encountered Jacob TURKNETT Jr. and his grandson James S.C.Turknett. Jocob Turknett, Jr. did not possess a signed and approved Oath of Allegiance to the Confederacy, so Duff's men hung him and threw his body into a shallow grave. <br>The grandson, John Turknett, was questioned concerning the whereabouts of his father, Philip Brandon Turknett, and other Unionist. John Turknett, (he was about 17) perhaps from lack of knowledge, refused to give the desired information. John S.C. Turknett was whipped with bull whips until he bled to death; his body was thrown into the grave with his grand father Jacob. Their common grave is unmarked but is located on the old James A. Peril Ranch about ten miles southeast of the town of Harper in Gilleppie Co., TX. The grave is located about five miles northeast of Interstate Highway 10, Mile Marker 499. (per Centennial Committee "Here's Harper 1862-1963') <br>Note: This would be about the same time and area where Sebyrd HENDERSON and his three friends were also killed.</span></p>
Excerpted from: <br>Historic cattle drives and ranching in pioneer Peril family's blood<br>-- 1/31/2008<br>EDITOR'S NOTE This is the 103rd of a series of articles marking Kerr County's sesquicentennial.<br><br>By Irene Van Winkle<br>Family cemeteries always have interesting histories. The Peril cemetery contains graves for about two dozen family members, and the oldest one (1874) is for James A. Peril. However, there are several Turknetts (Henderson kin) buried on private land. There are graves on the old Edward Peril place for Jacob Turknett, Jr. (1788-1862) and John S.C. Turknett (1845-1862), who were beaten to death by men under the command of Col. James M. Duff, who rounded up men refusing to swear allegiance to the Confederacy. Duff also led the regiment responsible for the deaths of Sebird Henderson, Hiram Nelson, Gus Tegener and Frank Scott that same year at Spring Creek; they had been hanged and thrown into the creek. (See Henderson family story, West Kerr Current, Feb. 16, 2006). A fenced plot at Spring Creek Cemetery contains their graves.<br><br>The grave on the old William Peril property was for Philip Brandon Turknett (1822-1862), who was also killed by Duff's men. One boy got away and made his way home. He and his mother returned and buried Philip at landmark Pillar Rock. Philip's daughter, Narcissa, married Sebird's nephew, Howard Henderson. Ed Peril had married a Turknett girl.<br><br>Both Waynne and Wanda Henderson said that Philip's gravestone washed away in the 1978 flood. It was retrieved, and Wanda's brother-in-law, Welton, took it to the Henderson Cemetery.<br><br>---<br>link to full story<br>http://wkcurrent.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=71&sdetail=1395