Lieut. Col. George Turnbull (1729 - 1810)

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George Turnbull was a loyalist Lieutenant Colonel in the American Revolutionary War.

Turnbull raised and commanded the New York Volunteers in January 1776; this regiment was renumbered in May 1779 as the 3rd American Regiment. He was based at Rocky Mount, North Carolina and commanded at the Battle of Rocky Mount, Lancaster County, South Carolina on August 1, 1780.

George Turnbull was born at Blackadder Mains in the county of Berwickshire (close to the Scottish/English border) in 1729. He served as a soldier mostly in North America for some 60 years, initially for some 10 years in Colonel Majoribanks' Regiment of Scots. His will is dated 16 February 1809. He died in New York in 1810.

Captain Christian Huck of Huck’s Defeat (July 12, 1780) served under Turnbull's command.

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Transcribed: Goldsmith's An. NatureOliver GoldsmithVolume 18/24/17898/28/1789Self
Transcribed: Goldsmith's An'd. NatureOliver GoldsmithVolume 38/28/17899/4/1789Self
Transcribed: Goldsmith's Animated NatureOliver GoldsmithVolume 49/4/17899/9/1789Self
Transcribed: Goldsmith's An NatureOliver GoldsmithVolume 69/9/17899/14/1789
Transcribed: ConoisseurGeorge ColmanVolume 19/11/17899/16/1789Self
Transcribed: "Oliver GoldsmithVolume 79/11/17899/16/1789Self
Transcribed: Interesting memoirsElizabeth KeirVolume 19/21/17899/25/1789
Transcribed: Fitzosborne's LettersWilliam Melmoth9/23/178910/5/1789
Transcribed: Towers Fredrick 3dJoseph TowersVolume 110/5/178910/12/1789
Transcribed: Towers FredrickJoseph TowersVolume 210/12/178910/16/1789
Transcribed: Baron TottFrançois TottVolume 110/16/178910/21/1789
Transcribed: Catesby's LettersMarie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières Riccoboni; Frances Moore Brooke10/23/178910/25/1789
Transcribed: CarolinaDavid RamsayVolume 110/26/178910/26/1789
Transcribed: Gregory's WorksJohn GregoryVolume 110/26/178910/28/1789
Transcribed: Gregory's WorksJohn GregoryVolume 210/28/178911/2/1789
Transcribed: Rousseau's EmiliusJean-Jacques RousseauVolume 111/13/178911/16/1789
Transcribed: Raynal's Indies - Ret'd. Guillaume-Thomas-François RaynalVolume 211/16/1789
Transcribed: Chesterfield's Miscell.Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of ChesterfieldVolume 111/16/178911/25/1789
Transcribed: Chesterfield's Misc. WorksPhilip Dormer Stanhope Earl of ChesterfieldVolume 211/25/178912/7/1789Self
Transcribed: "Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of ChesterfieldVolume 312/7/178912/14/1789"
Transcribed: "Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of ChesterfieldVolume 412/14/178912/18/1789"
Transcribed: Temple's WorksWilliam TempleVolume 112/18/178912/30/1789"
Transcribed: Mirabeau's CincinnatusHonoré-Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau1/8/17901/11/1790"
Transcribed: Riesbek's travelsJohann Kaspar RiesbeckVolume 21/11/17901/18/1790"
Transcribed: Knox's TourJohn Knox1/18/17901/22/1790"
Transcribed: Barrow WorksIsaac BarrowVolume 11/22/17901/27/1790"
Transcribed: "Isaac BarrowVolume 31/27/17902/1/1790"
Transcribed: "Isaac BarrowVolume 21/27/17902/1/1790"
Transcribed: MacAllister's LettersOliver MacAllesterVolume 12/1/17902/3/1790
Transcribed: "Oliver MacAllesterVolume 22/3/17902/5/1790
Transcribed: Bruce MemoirsPeter Henry Bruce2/5/17902/8/1790
Transcribed: Beauties of MagazinesVolume 12/8/17902/12/1790
Transcribed: "Volume 22/12/17902/15/1790
Transcribed: Wilson's Pelew IslandsGeorge Keate2/15/17902/22/1790
Transcribed: Johnson's AnecdotesHester Lynch Piozzi2/22/17902/26/1790
Transcribed: Piozzi's JourneyHester Lynch Piozzi2/26/17903/15/1790
Transcribed: Coxe's TravelsWilliam CoxeVolume 13/15/17903/24/1790
Transcribed: "William CoxeVolume 23/24/17903/29/1790
Transcribed: "William CoxeVolume 33/29/17904/6/1790
Transcribed: Cato an essay on old ageJohn Trenchard4/6/17904/7/1790
Transcribed: Cicero's LifeConyers Middleton4/7/17904/9/1790
Transcribed: Paris in MiniatureLouis-Sébastien Mercier4/9/17904/12/1790
Transcribed: Romance Real LifeCharlotte Turner SmithVolume 14/12/17904/14/1790
Transcribed: "Charlotte Turner SmithVolume 24/14/17904/21/1790
Transcribed: Seneca's MoralsRoger L'Estrange4/21/17904/30/1790
Transcribed: Carver's TravelsJonathan Carver4/30/17905/17/1790
Transcribed: SpyPeter Markoe5/17/17905/18/1790
Transcribed: World UnmaskedMarie Huber5/18/17905/19/1790
Transcribed: Tour BritainDaniel DefoeVolume 15/19/17905/27/1790
Transcribed: Fletcher's WorksAndrew Fletcher5/27/17905/31/1790
Transcribed: Stewart's Hist. ScotlandGilbert StuartVolume 15/31/17906/2/1790
Transcribed: "Gilbert StuartVolume 26/2/17906/5/1790
Transcribed: Smith's TourJohn StuartVolume 16/5/17906/7/1790
Transcribed: LeBlanc's LettersJean-Bernard Le BlancVolume 16/7/17906/12/1790
Transcribed: "Jean-Bernard Le BlancVolume 26/12/17906/16/1790
Transcribed: Alex. Hist. WomenWilliam AlexanderVolume 16/16/17906/21/1790
Transcribed: Boswell's JournalJames Boswell6/21/17906/25/1790
Transcribed: Caterby's LettersMarie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières Riccoboni; Frances Moore Brooke6/25/17906/26/1790
Transcribed: Savary's GreeceClaude-Étienne Savary6/26/17907/1/1790
Transcribed: Essay Old MaidsWilliam HayleyVolume 17/1/17907/9/1790
Transcribed: "William HayleyVolume 27/9/17907/12/1790
Transcribed: "William HayleyVolume 37/12/17907/15/1790
Transcribed: Cit. WorldOliver GoldsmithVolume 17/15/17907/19/1790
Transcribed: Ad. & TheodoreStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 17/19/17907/28/1790
Transcribed: Alex. Hist. WomenWilliam AlexanderVolume 27/28/17907/28/1790
Transcribed: Ad. & TheodoreStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 17/28/17907/31/1790
Transcribed: "Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 27/31/17908/6/1790
Transcribed: Alex. Hist. WomenWilliam AlexanderVolume 28/7/17908/14/1790
Transcribed: Ad. & TheodoreStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 38/14/17908/23/1790
Transcribed: Jewish SpyJean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'ArgensVolume 18/23/17908/29/1790
Transcribed: Lewis 15Barthélemy François Joseph Mouffle d'AngervilleVolume 18/29/17908/30/1790
Transcribed: Robert BoylWilliam Rufus Chetwood8/30/17909/6/1790
Transcribed: Grand TourThomas NugentVolume 19/6/17909/13/1790
Transcribed: Lady LuxboroughBaroness Henrietta Knight Luxborough9/13/17909/27/1790
Transcribed: IdlerSamuel JohnsonVolume 19/27/179010/7/1790
Transcribed: Letters from a LadyMrs. Vigor10/7/179010/14/1790
Transcribed: Newton on PropheciesThomas NewtonVolume 110/14/179010/19/1790
Transcribed: Bruce's TravelsJames BruceVolume 110/20/179010/23/1790
Transcribed: Bourgoanne's SpainJean Francois BourgoingVolume 110/23/179010/30/1790
Transcribed: Bruce's TravelsJames BruceVolume 511/1/179011/9/1790
Transcribed: Chapones LetterMrs. (Hester) ChaponeVolume 111/9/179011/15/1790
Transcribed: IndependentAndrew M'Donald11/15/179011/23/1790
Transcribed: LoungerHenry MackenzieVolume 111/23/179012/15/17908p
Transcribed: Pupil of PleasureSamuel Jackson PrattVolume 112/15/179012/22/1790
Transcribed: "Samuel Jackson PrattVolume 212/22/179012/29/1790
Transcribed: Lives Illustrious Persons12/29/17901/12/1791
Transcribed: Hobby TriposThomas Hobbes1/12/17911/15/1791
Transcribed: Harrison1/15/17912/10/1791
Transcribed: Characters in EuropeJohn Andrews2/10/17912/26/1791
Transcribed: Honoria SomervilleJane PurbeckVolume 12/26/17913/5/1791
Transcribed: "Jane PurbeckVolume 23/5/17913/7/1791
Transcribed: "Jane PurbeckVolume 33/7/17913/12/1791
Transcribed: "Jane PurbeckVolume 43/12/17913/14/1791
Transcribed: ZeliaMarguerite DaubentonVolume 13/14/17913/15/1791
Transcribed: Juv. IndiscretionsAnna Maria BennettVolume 13/15/17913/16/1791
Transcribed: Young WidowWilliam Hayley3/16/17913/19/1791
Transcribed: GamestersAnna Maria MacKenzieVolume 13/19/17913/21/1791
Transcribed: "Anna Maria MacKenzieVolume 23/21/17913/28/1791
Transcribed: EthelindaCharlotte Turner SmithVolume 14/4/17914/11/1791
Transcribed: "Charlotte Turner SmithVolume 24/11/17914/14/1791
Transcribed: "Charlotte Turner SmithVolume 34/13/17914/19/1791
Transcribed: Attending SummonsFrancis Atterbury4/19/17914/21/1791
Transcribed: ConventAnne FullerVolume 14/21/17914/30/1791
Transcribed: "Anne FullerVolume 24/30/17915/7/1791
Transcribed: House Orange5/7/17915/10/1791
Transcribed: Paul & MaryJacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre5/10/17915/11/1791
Transcribed: GuardianVolume 15/11/17915/20/1791
Transcribed: ExcursionFrances Moore BrookeVolume 15/20/17915/25/1791
Transcribed: "Frances Moore BrookeVolume 25/26/17915/30/1791
Transcribed: NegroVolume 15/30/17915/31/1791
Transcribed: Johnson's table talkSamuel Johnson5/31/17916/1/1791
Transcribed: NegroVolume 26/1/17916/2/1791
Transcribed: "Volume 36/2/17916/6/1791
Transcribed: Cit. WorldOliver GoldsmithVolume 16/6/17916/10/1791
Transcribed: "Oliver GoldsmithVolume 26/10/17916/15/1791
Transcribed: Millar's Geo.George Henry Millar6/15/17916/16/1791
Transcribed: Fair SyrianRobert BageVolume 16/16/17916/17/1791
Transcribed: Night CapLouis-Sébastien MercierVolume 16/17/17916/20/1791
Transcribed: "Louis-Sébastien MercierVolume 26/20/17916/23/1791
Transcribed: BenyowskyMaurice Auguste BenyowskyVolume 16/23/17916/24/1791
Transcribed: Monk's LifeThomas Skinner6/24/17916/25/1791
Transcribed: Fair Hibernian6/25/17916/29/1791
Transcribed: Letters from ScotlandEdward Burt6/29/17916/29/1791
Transcribed: Franklin's worksBenjamin Franklin7/1/17917/2/1791
Transcribed: Burton WoodAnna Maria MacKenzieVolume 17/2/17917/5/1791
Transcribed: Man of HonourVolume 19/16/17919/20/1791
Transcribed: Hartley-HousePhoebe Gibbes9/20/179110/4/1791
Transcribed: Tales Imagination10/4/179110/9/1791
Transcribed: BeeJames Anderson10/7/179110/10/1791
Transcribed: Irish BardJoseph Cooper Walker10/10/179110/17/1791
Transcribed: TatlerTatlerVolume 110/17/179110/21/1791
Transcribed: Goldsmith'sOliver Goldsmith10/21/179110/26/1791
Transcribed: De Non's TravelsVivant Denon10/26/179110/31/1791
Transcribed: Court of AugustusThomas Blackwell10/31/179111/12/1791
Transcribed: Life HerbertEdward Herbert, Baron Herbert of Cherbury11/12/179111/14/1791
Transcribed: Robt. ScotlandWilliam RobertsonVolume 111/14/179111/19/17916p
Transcribed: "William RobertsonVolume 211/19/179111/21/1791
Transcribed: Court of AugustusThomas BlackwellVolume 211/21/179112/6/1791
Transcribed: "Thomas BlackwellVolume 312/6/179112/24/1791
Transcribed: Collier's EssaysJeremy Collier12/24/179112/29/1791
Transcribed: Harrison's ClassicsVolume 412/29/17911/13/1792
Transcribed: His EnglandOliver Goldsmith1/13/17921/23/1792
Transcribed: Young's 6 Weeks TourArthur Young1/23/17922/3/1792
Transcribed: Dalrymple's MemoirsJohn DalrympleVolume 12/3/17922/20/1792
Transcribed: Am. QuixoteVolume 12/20/17922/21/1792
Transcribed: Dalrymple's MemoirsJohn DalrympleVolume 22/23/17923/1/1792
Transcribed: Am. QuixoteVolume 23/1/17923/13/1792
Transcribed: Devil 2 Sticks Eng.William Combe; Alain René Le SageVolume 13/13/17923/23/1792
Transcribed: "William Combe; Alain René Le SageVolume 23/23/17923/31/1792
Transcribed: "William Combe; Alain René Le SageVolume 33/31/17924/4/1792
Transcribed: Raynal's IndiesGuillaume-Thomas-François RaynalVolume 14/5/17924/5/1792
Transcribed: Tour in HollandElkanah Watson4/6/17924/6/1792
Transcribed: Le CaffeVoltaire4/7/17924/22/1792
Transcribed: Grose's VoyageJohn Henry GroseVolume 24/23/17924/29/1792
Transcribed: Dupaty's TravelsCharles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty4/29/17925/7/1792
Transcribed: TelemachusFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon1/21/18001/23/1800
Transcribed: Newtons MiltonJohn MiltonVolume 11/23/18002/5/1800
Transcribed: Dialogues on Ed.David FordyceVolume 12/5/18002/17/1800
Transcribed: Tales CastleStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 12/27/18003/13/1800
Transcribed: "Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 23/13/18003/27/1800
Transcribed: "Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 43/27/18004/4/1800
Transcribed: Percivals TalesThomas Percival4/4/18004/4/1800
Transcribed: New An RegVolume 17991/25/18022/24/18022/6
Transcribed: " 1799Volume 17992/24/18023/13/1802
Transcribed: Two P. QualityWilliam St. Pierre3/13/18023/13/1802
Transcribed: Catharine IIJ. Castéra; William TookeVolume 13/13/18024/1/1802
Transcribed: "J. Castéra; William TookeVolume 24/1/18024/17/1802
Transcribed: "J. Castéra; William TookeVolume 34/17/18025/6/1802
Transcribed: Children's Miscel7/26/18028/9/1802
Transcribed: Arabian NightsVolume 18/9/18028/13/1802
Transcribed: Tales CastleStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 18/13/18028/26/1802
Transcribed: Natural DaughterMary RobinsonVolume 28/26/18029/9/1802
Transcribed: Natural DaughterMary RobinsonVolume 18/26/18029/9/1802
Transcribed: Tales CastleStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 29/9/18029/21/1802
Transcribed: Beauties HistoryL. M. StretchVolume 14/19/18034/28/1803
Transcribed: Moral TalesJoseph MoserVolume 14/28/18035/3/1803
Transcribed: Moral TalesJoseph MoserVolume 24/28/18035/3/1803
Transcribed: La BruyereJean de. La Bruyère5/3/18035/12/1803
Transcribed: Genlis on Teach.Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis5/12/18035/27/1803
Transcribed: Marmontel TalesJean-François Marmontel5/27/18036/18/1803
Transcribed: "Jean-François Marmontel6/18/18036/1/1803
Transcribed: Agnes di CourciAnna Maria BennettVolume 27/9/18037/9/1803
Transcribed: Agnes di CourciAnna Maria BennettVolume 37/9/18037/9/1803
Transcribed: Agnes di CourciAnna Maria BennettVolume 47/9/18037/9/1803
Transcribed: Agnes di CourciAnna Maria BennettVolume 17/9/18037/9/1803
Transcribed: AlbertVolume 27/9/18037/19/1803
Transcribed: AlbertVolume 17/9/18037/19/1803
Transcribed: Frederica ResbergVolume 27/19/18037/26/1803
Transcribed: Frederica ResbergVolume 17/19/18037/26/1803
Transcribed: Athlyn & DunbaynAnne Radcliffe7/26/18037/29/1803
Transcribed: Maid HamletRegina Maria Roche7/29/18038/5/1803
Transcribed: Myserious FriendshipVolume 27/29/18037/29/1803
Transcribed: Myserious FriendshipVolume 17/29/18037/29/1803
Transcribed: Monthly VisitorVolume 146/13/18046/14/1804
Transcribed: Monthly MagVolume 126/14/18046/21/1804
Transcribed: Mysterious Friendship6/21/18046/21/1804
Transcribed: Series NovelsStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 16/21/18046/25/1804
Transcribed: GeorginaMrs. Ann HowellVolume 26/25/18047/2/1804
Transcribed: GeorginaMrs. Ann HowellVolume 16/25/18047/2/1804
Transcribed: Roger de ClarindonClara ReeveVolume 27/2/18047/3/1804
Transcribed: Roger de ClarindonClara ReeveVolume 17/2/18047/3/1804
Transcribed: Odd enough to be sureA. H. J. La FontaineVolume 27/3/18047/7/1804
Transcribed: Odd enough to be sureA. H. J. La FontaineVolume 17/3/18047/7/1804
Transcribed: Europ MagVolume 57/7/18047/10/1804
Transcribed: Gentle MagVolume 207/10/18047/11/1804
Transcribed: "Volume 317/11/18047/17/1804
Transcribed: "Volume 58.27/17/18047/20/1804
Transcribed: Union MagVolume 17/20/18048/9/1804
Transcribed: Peasant ArdenneEliza ParsonsVolume 18/9/18048/17/1804
Transcribed: Peasant ArdenneEliza ParsonsVolume 28/9/18048/17/1804
Transcribed: Peasant ArdenneEliza ParsonsVolume 38/9/18048/17/1804
Transcribed: Peasant ArdenneEliza ParsonsVolume 48/9/18048/17/1804
Transcribed: Castle RockA. KendallVolume 28/17/18048/24/1804
Transcribed: Castle RockA. KendallVolume 18/17/18048/24/1804
Transcribed: AstonishmentFrancis LathomVolume 28/24/18048/29/1804
Transcribed: AstonishmentFrancis LathomVolume 18/24/18048/29/1804
Transcribed: Men & MannersAnthony Ashley-Cooper, Earl Of ShaftsburyVolume 18/29/18049/12/1804
Transcribed: Men & MannersAnthony Ashley-Cooper, Earl Of ShaftsburyVolume 28/29/18049/12/1804
Transcribed: CorreliaSarah SheriffeVolume 29/12/18049/21/1804
Transcribed: CorreliaSarah SheriffeVolume 39/12/18049/21/1804
Transcribed: CorreliaSarah SheriffeVolume 49/12/18049/21/1804
Transcribed: CorreliaSarah SheriffeVolume 19/12/18049/21/1804
Transcribed: Elements MoralityChristian Gotthilf Salzmann9/21/180410/5/1804
Transcribed: "Christian Gotthilf Salzmann10/5/180410/19/1804
Transcribed: Langh. PlutJohn Langhorne; William Langhorne; PlutarchVolume 312/28/18041/11/1805
Transcribed: Marmontels IncasJean-François MarmontelVolume 11/11/18051/25/1805
Transcribed: Marmontels IncasJean-François MarmontelVolume 21/11/18051/25/1805
Transcribed: Tales CastleStéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 11/25/18052/9/1805
Transcribed: "Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de GenlisVolume 22/9/18053/1/1805
Transcribed: Holaday at homeCharlotte Sanders3/9/18053/23/1805
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