DEATH OF WILLIAM L. TURNER, 1813.
DIED,At Fayetteville, on Sunday last the Rev. Wm. L. Turner, Pastor and Principal of the Academy of that place, and formerly of this city. Mr. Turner had just paid us a visit, in perfect health. On his return, he was seized with a fever which carried him off.—Mr. T. was a Minister of respectable standing in the Presbyterian Church, an able and successful Teacher, a man of great plainness of manners and a highly respected citizen.
—Raleigh Register, Friday, October 22, 1813.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)