George Hylton Turman and the 54th Virginia Infantry
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Captain George Hylton Turman's company mustered in service on September 16, 1861, primarily from 
Carroll County residents, for one year.  This company has two extant muster rolls, one for the period from 
enlistment to January 1, 1862, at Paintsville, KY; the second for the period from July 9, 1863, to December 
31, 1863, near Dalton, Georgia.  A clothing roster for April 1864 filled in the strength for that month.  This 
company's postwar roster is probably the least informative of all the postwar rosters, therefore it is probable 
that this company's record is the least complete for the regiment.  George Hylton Turman organized this 
company from that portion of Carroll County which borders Floyd County and had many connections in 
Floyd County.  Turman convinced 78 other men to enlist in the Southern cause at Dug Spur on September 
16, 1861.  He served until he resigned on February 16, 1862 because of ill health.  The captaincy remained 
vacant until the regimental reorganization of May 1862, when Jeremiah Spence was elected to the post, 
which he held until he resigned on November 23, 1863.  The roster of the 54th Virginia Infantry included: 
Burwell Spence, Isaiah Spence, Jeremiah Spence, John H. Spence, Johnson M. Spence, Joshua C. Spence, 
Silas Spence.  All were in Co. G except Isaiah who was in Co. B.

George Hylton Turman was Laruah Spence Freeman's maternal grandfather.