"Secession is a Constitutional an(d) Inalienable Right.
We fought for that right."
Peter Turney (September 22, 1827 – October 19, 1903) was an American politician, soldier, and jurist, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1893 to 1897. He was also a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1870 to 1893, and served as the court's Chief Justice from 1886 to 1893. During the Civil War, Turney was colonel of the First Tennessee Regiment, one of the first Tennessee units to join the Confederate Army. As governor, Turney ended the state's controversial convict lease system and enacted other prison reform measures. His second term was marred by the 1894 gubernatorial election, which he won only after the state's Democratic-controlled legislature threw out thousands of votes for his opponent, Henry Clay Evans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Turney
Governor Turney is buried at the Winchester City Cemetery. As a Confederate Colonel, he has a Confederate tombstone as well. There is a confederate memorial in the background with the flags. The obelisk appears to be others in the Turney family.
A few years ago, an associate challenged me to find all of the Tennessee Governor's burial sites. This is #14 in my quest, so I am finally taking it seriously. My list: SWT) William Blount 1) John Sevier 3) Willie Blount 5) William Carroll 9) James K Polk 13) William Trousdale 14) William B. Campbell 15) Andrew Johnson 17) William G. Brownlow 22) Alvin Hawkins 23) William B Bate 25) John P. Buchanan 26) Peter Turney 35) Austin Peay 36) Henry Horton 44) Ray Blanton.
See all of them here.
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