The Howards And The Turners: A Harlan County Feud (Video Podcast)
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- čas přidán 7. 10. 2022
- In the 1880’s and early 1890’s Harlan County, Kentucky was the scene for one of the most notorious feuds aside from the one between the Hatfields and McCoys.
Two prominent families, the Howards and the Turners, and their allies, fought to avenge wrongs inflicted by the other side, for control of the county and for control of the local whiskey trade. Harlan itself was the scene of gun battles, murders and even threats to burn the town itself to the ground.
Today we tell the story of the Howard-Turner feud.
Thanks for watching and for sharing our stories with your friends… - Zábava
This is my family. My Grandmother was a Howard from Harlin. Sam and Chloe are my 5th or 6 great grandparents.
My maternal great-grandmother was America Howard from Harlan County. Her mother was Mathilda Howard. Interestingly, America married Robert B. Howard.
I'm a Turner and live up north my grandmother is still alive she is from there
Sam and Chloe are my grandparents as well ❤
My ancestor was a Howard that served in the Revolutionary War. I am sorry I was never allowed to meet my relatives in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Samuel and Chloe are my 5th great grands. I had no idea about the numerous characters of my lineage until COVID offered ample idle time and boredom. That's where I had to ask my father, "why didn't you ever tell me who we come from", dad said he was only aware of the old headstones in our family cemetery being "pretty old', 🤯. I suppose in his youth and rush to leave the hills and mountains for whatever else and opportunity with the military he'd left behind a wealth of history and people having a legacy truly legendary for me to discover. My grandparents had always been the only firm foundation for my vision of home and family seeing that my childhood was that of a military brat moving every 3 years with dad from fort to fort and overseas tours, sort of indoctrination into a self reliance attitude and learning to be satisfied as your own and only source of self everything for a kid, one learns to that people come and go and there's no need for attachments, you stand firmly and move on. But my grandparents were the foundation of me, whom I always knew were what I was made from and who I would always measure myself by. They were the standard and rule I'd look to whenever I'd felt lost in such a big world. Imagine my joy and happiness in discovering the amazing family I am from and just how big and far reaching my family actually is! My grandparents are now among the multitude of historic heroes that I do hope I make proud as any worthy representation of some of the toughest and honorable people that conquered a region and terrain so harsh and hard. They made it their home, they nurtured it, protected it from tyrannical rule and gifted it to future generations like myself. I hope to be something pleasing of what they may have envisioned as family. They were Howard's, Tipton's, Hensley's, Watts, Honeycutt's, Washington's, Wilson's, Briggs, Edwards, Shelton's and so many more, they were Cumberland people, mountain people from Virginia colonial into the formed and ever moving 😂 boundaries of Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina! Yessir! They are all my people, my heritage.
Side note:
I'll settle with Dad over the fact that my Mamaws house was literally nextdoor to Lost Cove and picking Ramps was the closest I ever got near the place.
My Grandmother owned Mt Pleasant it was her farm she sold and moved across the mountain because of feuding with the neighbors
My ancestors are Howard’s
Lol I cya baby
15:32 Spurlock family history shows Green S Spurlock (my great, great grandfather's brother) was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the killing of John Cawood.
Im a descendant of the turners we have a big family graveyard up on greasy Creek my cousin is Gene Harris who owns the church on goose Creek
Hagan is between jonesville and rosehill
My mother was a Turner Howard . from Harlem.. I was born in panzy Turner Howards one room log home on Johnson cemetery road..in middlesboro..
My grandma Sarah Jane married a Turner but no-one seems to remember his name. She passed in Middlesboro in 1958. I believe she was born an Ayers, then married Benjamin Smith . Not sure if he passed or they divorced but her headstone says Sarah Turner
I am a descendant of the Turners involved in the feud. I am also a descendant of the Eversoles of the French-Eversole Feud. My grandfather was a Turner and married my grandmother who was an Eversole.
Some of my relation was in this.
I live in evarts was born brought up in coldiron and have heard a version of this story my whole life but always chalked it up to gpas jack tales and things wld never dreamed wind messin my dish up wld have me bored on youtube runnin across a simialar story ive heard my whole life but guess the side doin the tellin paints their side in the brightest light lol but i do have an old case hawk bill pocket knife of paps he had pearl handles with bloody harlan on it and turner out n dig it deep on it and have had many old man say when he was young if you crossed the long legged quiet one ya might get cut everywhere but bottoms of the feet i never saw him as anything but a big ole gentel pap but dementia had him tell me shoot for under the belly button dont fowl your blade and keep circlin till ya smell shxt lol never read that in any psalms so cant help but
Wonder if old man he played with the kids with the bear dance his granny did with him mighta been a bit of a bear for real he was quick to tell a va surgeon he had stacked em up like cord wood in chosin valley korea so he wldnt allow being put to sleep for a bypass until they got another surgeon just in case tbis one might be a grandson and when told he was japanese fired bk with oh mater tomater to close to call and probably what they teach ya to say. Dont know what he went through be never said a word other than was so cold he prayed for q head thump to send him to hell so he cld feel his toes but wld say must.never had to.hunt cause cldnt shoot for piss but no doubt he came back forever broken and.you cld see him get cold in july thinking bout it
I lived very close to hubbard springs and hagan Virginia
Thanks for clearing that up. I know where Hubbard Springs is, so that helps a lot! Thanks for watching.
I am 6 cousin to devil Jim turner
we’re a dying breed us turners
I'm a descendent of devil Jim turner
I'm not a direct decendant of these Howards. My ancestors were their cousins (Samuel Howard is my direct ancestor). I guess we should meet on the street at high noon to defend our families' honor 🤣
Me to he is my grandfather a few generations back
Direct descendants of wils and wix Howard! Born and raised in Harlan Ky, Howard cemetery in cranks creek is we’re wils and wix daddy is buried, Henry Henderson Howard aka triple H..