The following is the beginning of a chronology for the life of a Solomon Turpin--possibly an ancestor of the East Tennessee Turpins.
- October 16, 1765: A payment was made to Solomon Turpin from the sale of the Robert Harrison estate. [Source: http:// freepages. genealogy. rootsweb. ancestry.com/ ~newman/ virginia.htm ]
- November 8, 1774: Solomon Turpin (along with Edward Carvin, Moses Higgenbotham, John Henley and Henry Smith) were ordered to view the several ways from Robert Caldwell's near Craigs Creek Mountain / Potts Creek Mountains to Sweet Springs. He, along with the others, were to report to the next court. [Source: Ann Bruxh Miller, Botetourt County Road Orders, 1770-1778, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2007]
