Return to Hardin Valley

I have located the place where Serelda Turpin reportedly died--thanks to an email from YouTube viewer Daron Long and a guided tour by property owner Mike Presley.

At some point in the latter quarter of the 1800's, Serelda Turpin and her children (Frank, Laura, and King) roamed homeless until they ended up in Hardin Valley (Knox County, Tennessee). We do not yet know exactly where Serelda and her children initially settled; however, contrary to my comments in the video, we do now know that it was not at the site identified here in this post and video.

A title search has uncovered the following information about the parcel of land shown in the video:

November 5, 1907 (Book 218, Page 270)
Grantee: Frank Turpin (King and Laura Turpin's brother)
Grantor: Robert Brashears
8 1/2 acres in district 9 (Hardin Valley area)
Purchase Price: $80
My Note: It appears that Frank Turpin is the first Turpin to own land in Knox County.

The home shown in the following video is the Hardin Valley home of Frank and Laura (siblings) Turpin--two of Serelda's children.

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A Visit to Fort Blackmore

March Video Tour - Part 8

Finally, here is the concluding clip from my March family history video tour.

After leaving Solway Church of God in Solway, Tennessee, I continued on to Virginia in search for Martin Turpin's point of origination on the Clinch River. (Martin settled in Knox County sometime between 1796 and 1805).

Originally I had thought that Fort Blackmore was a possibility; however, it does appear that the Clinch is navigable even further upstream. In fact, even present-day Richlands, Virginia (over 50 miles further upstream) may have been a more likely starting point.



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