| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 13_1768_01 |
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Virginia |
| Case Name Short |
Dixon v Turner |
| Case Name Long |
Edward Dixon and Harry Dixon and Turner Dixon v Thomas Turner by Thomas Jett, guardian, and Harry Turner by Anthony Thornton, guardian, Walker and Sally Turner Taliaferro, and Thomas Jett, John Skinker and Joseph Murdock |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [64] p.128–129 – 23 March 1768 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.6 (January 1768 – April 1769) p.110, 164, 208: PC 2/113/110, 164, 208 |
| APC Citation | v.5 [64] p.129 – 6 July 1770 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.7 (May 1769 – December 1770) p.299–308, 449–450: PC 2/114/299–308, 449–450 |
Colonial Courts |
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General Court – 10 April 1764 General Court – 10 October 1766 |
Participants |
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Betty, a slave Dixon, Edward, gentleman (widower of Sarah Turner Dixon and father of Harry Dixon and Turner Dixon) Dixon, Harry (grandson of Col. Thomas Turner, son of Edward and Sarah Turner Dixon, and brother of Turner Dixon) Dixon, Sarah Turner (deceased wife of Edward Dixon, daughter of Col. Thomas Turner, and mother of Harry Dixon and Turner Dixon) Dixon, Turner (grandson of Col. Thomas Turner, son of Edward and Sarah Turner Dixon, and brother of Harry Dixon) Jett, Thomas (guardian of Thomas Turner, the respondent, and executor of Thomas Turner) Mariah, a slave Murdock, Joseph (executor of Thomas Turner) Skinker, John (executor of Thomas Turner) Smith, Nicholas (father of Elizabeth Smith Turner) Smith, Nicholas (brother of Elizabeth Smith Turner) Taliaferro, Sally Turner (wife of Walker Taliaferro, daughter of Thomas Turner and granddaugther of Col. Thomas Turner) Taliaferro, Walker (husband of Sally Turner Taliaferro) Thornton, Anthony (guardian of Harry Turner) Turner, Elizabeth Smith (widow of Harry Turner, the son of Col. Thomas Turner, and mother of Thomas Turner, the respondent) Turner, Harry (deceased son of Col. Thomas Turner and husband of Elizabeth Smith Turner) Turner, Harry (son of Thomas Turner and grandson of Col. Thomas Turner) Turner, Col. Thomas of King George county (deceased father of Thomas Turner, Harry Turner, and Sarah Turner Dixon and grandfather of Harry Turner, Sally Turner Taliaferro, Thomas Turner, Harry Dixon, and Turner Dixon) Turner, Thomas (deceased son of Col. Thomas Turner and father of Harry Turner and Sally Turner Taliaferro) Turner, Thomas (son of Harry Turner and Elizabeth Smith Turner and grandson of Col. Thomas Turner) |
Description |
At issue the estate of Col. Thomas Turner |
Disposition |
Reversed in part with directions given for taking accounts |
Notes |
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Property includes slaves. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Report of committee re Dixon v Turner and others – Apr. 1770 – PC 1/60/7 | view_Document |
| Catalogued as | Catalogued by TNA: Report of committee on appeal of Dixon v Turner and others |