[3] He fought during the Second Seminole War, during which time he was injured in the neck.

[4] He was discharged from the military in August 1837 but returned to a militia role during the American Civil War, where he served as a Colonel for the Florida State Militia and commanded Fort Brooke in 1861.

[5] Prior to the Civil War Turner owned and ran Oak Hill,[6] the largest plantation in Alachua County, Florida.

Turner was a proponent of secession and had unsuccessfully run for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives.

[7] Turner died on October 28, 1881, and is buried alongside his wife Isabella at the Parrish Cemetery.