I agree wiith Barbara, The Name is James K. Polk Turner, Colored.
On the 1910 Logan Co census, Mag. Dist # 1, hh# 51/52
There is listed a J.K.P. Turner age 66, black
Ken Gilkey
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Heritage63 wrote...
Janice,
I just looked at this certificate. I don't believe the last word in
the
surname field is "Colins." Even though there appears to be
a dot
above the
name, maybe an ink spot since we didn't have ball point pens at
that
time, I
believe the name written on the certificate is:
James K. Polk Turner, Colord
Barbara O'Nan
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Subject: Re: [KYVITALS] Question on combined surname
>
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> You can find this certificate by using the basic search, all
counties,
> surname 'Turner Colins', no given name. No changes have
been made
to the
> file as
> yet.
>
> I've also checked several other certificates for that year and the
comma
> between Turner and Colins is not part of the printed form.
>
> Bear in mind that Sheryl has the final word on all decisions.
>
> Janice
> ******************************************
> Sheryl Slaughter writes:
>>>
> It was not uncommon during this time period for given names to
be quite
> lengthy. I have one entire family in rural Kentucky where the
male
and
> female
> children all had at least 5 names.
>
> I have not seen this certificate. If this certificate shows a
hyphenated
> name, we can certainly accommodate that. The surname fields are
set up to
> accept
> apostrophes, hyphens and spaces in addition to alphabetic
characters.
>
> That said, if the certificate does not show a hyphen, the surname
would
> simply show as Colins. I hesitate to try interpret circumstances
except in
> unusual cases because we just don't have much to go on. The
fact
that the
> father's
> surname is shown as Turner will help researchers find this person.
>
> I would enter into the given name field:
>
> james k polk turner
>
> and into the surname field:
>
> colins
>>>