Henry G. Turner
Henry Gray Turner (March 20, 1839 – June 9, 1904) was an American politician, teacher, jurist and soldier. The Henry Gray Turner House in Quitman, Georgia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Biography Turner was born near Henderson, North Carolina, Henderson, North Carolina. He attended the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville in 1857 before moving to Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, in 1859 to teach school. During the American Civil War, Turner enlisted as a private in the Confederate States Army and eventually rose to the rank of captain. At the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 he was struck in the left shoulder by a rifle ball and taken prisoner. After the war, he studied law, gained admittance to the state bar in 1865 and began practicing law in Quitman, Georgia. In 1874, Turner was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in the Georgia General Assembly, State Assem ...
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