Zadoc was born in 1729 in the county of Worcester County, Maryland. He served as a Private, 2nd Regiment of the Old Maryland Line in the Revolutionay War. He saw action in the campaign around New York, Philadelphia, Brandywine, Trenton and at Valley Forge. He was at Lord Cornwallis' surrender. After the war Zadoc went to Georgia with his family and household goods on a sailing vessel from the Chesapeake Bay. After a stormy passage, the vessel was driven to the West Indian Islands, and finally landed at Savannah Georgia. One of the daughters died at sea and is buried in the Colonial Cemetery at Savannah, Georgia. From Savannah, The Turner family took boats on the Savannah River to Augusta, Georgia. From Augusta they crossed Georgia on horseback and in wagons, and finally settled in Hancock County, east of the Oconee River.
Zadoc was born in 1729 in the county of Worcester County, Maryland. He served as a Private, 2nd Regiment of the Old Maryland Line in the Revolutionay War. He saw action in the campaign around New York, Philadelphia, Brandywine, Trenton and at Valley Forge. He was at Lord Cornwallis' surrender. After the war Zadoc went to Georgia with his family and household goods on a sailing vessel from the Chesapeake Bay. After a stormy passage, the vessel was driven to the West Indian Islands, and finally landed at Savannah Georgia. One of the daughters died at sea and is buried in the Colonial Cemetery at Savannah, Georgia. From Savannah, The Turner family took boats on the Savannah River to Augusta, Georgia. From Augusta they crossed Georgia on horseback and in wagons, and finally settled in Hancock County, east of the Oconee River.
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