Grave Marking Ceremony for Turner Bynum

Turner Bynum served as a Captain in the Greensville County, Virginia, Militia during the Revolutionary War. In that capacity, he was in a volunteer corps that formed the advance in the siege of Little York, which resulted in the surrender of British General Charles Cornwallis and his forces. He served many years in the Virginia legislature before moving to Northampton County, North Carolina. He made his way to Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where he died on September 12th, 1820.