Brief Life History of John
When John Tuberville was born in 1722, in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Turbyfill, was 26 and his mother, Francis Troublefield, was 26. He married Lucy Elizabeth Johns on 19 November 1749, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 23 July 1783, in Whiteville, Columbus, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 61.
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- Source Information Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- Turberville, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
- John Turberville, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Turberville . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
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