There is no photo of this artist known to exist ... and I don't give a rat's ass about his complexion!   Lemuel Turner date and location of birth unknown date and location of death unknown discography   " ... in the 2013 edition of 'Southern Cultures,' Tony Russell reported that Turner was white, hailing from McComb, Mississippi. He served in the 81st Infantry Division during WWI, was gassed in France, and spent six years in a government hospital in San Francisco. While there, he started playing guitar and developed the method of using a bottleneck to fret instead of a steel bar or knife. The information came from an article on Turner in the Hattiesburg American from 1927" (April 14, p. 9, to be even more precise)   (Cary Ginell @ facebook)

#	year of release	title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	5/1928	Lemuel Turner - Way Down Yonder Blues (41863-2)   @ youtube - Tramp Waltz (41864-1)   @ youtube rec. February 7, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Lemuel Turner, slide (bottleneck) g solo Victor 21292 (US 5/1928)
2	4/1929	Lemmuel [sic] Turner - Beautiful Eyes Of Virginia (41870-2) - Jake Bottle Blues (41869-2)   @ youtube rec. February 9, 1928 in Memphis, TN; Lemuel Turner, slide (bottleneck) g solo "Beautiful Eyes Of Virginia" obviously has never been re-released on LP nor CD Daniel Bachman went to Joe Bussard's home to listen to the original 78 rpm record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHWD1wHwFY @ youtube Victor V-40052 (US 4/1929)
LP / CD compilations
3	1971	Hula Blues Sol Hoopii - Hula Blues Sol Hoopii - Farewell Blues Sol Hoopii - Hawaiian March Frank Ferera - Melani Anu Ka Makani Jim And Bob The Genial Hawaiians - Song Of The Range Jim And Bob The Genial Hawaiians - Chimes Biltmore Orchestra - Kaui Kahio Lemuel Turner - Jake Bottle Blues Pat Patterson and his Champion Rep Riders - The Cat's Whiskers Sol Hoopii - Train Song Andy Sanella - Blues Of The Guitar Hawaiian Serenaders - Honolulu Stomp Sol Hoopii with O.T Coffin - Twelfth Street Rag Roy Smeck - Hilo March Roy Smeck - Kalima Waltz Roy Smeck - Twilight Echoes prod. by Robert F. Gear Rounder 1012 (US 1971) = Rounder CD 1012 (US 2000) Rounder Records discography
4	1973	Steel Guitar Classics Jimmy Tarlton - Slow Wicked Blues - Sweet Sarah Blues - Country Girl Valley Sol Hoopii's Trio - Farewell Blues Lemuel Turner - 'Way Down Yonder Blues Jenks "Tex" Carman - Hillbilly Hula Cliff Carlisle - You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Pan American Man Jimmie Davis - Sewing Machine Blues - Red Nightgown Blues - Down At The Old Country Church Roy Acuff - Steel Guitar Chimes - Steel Guitar Blues notes by Chris Strachwitz Old Timey OT-113
5	1977	Jake Walk Blues Stash ST-110 track sequence: - Jake Walk Blues - Allen Brothers - Jake Leg Wobble - Ray Brothers - Jake Legs Blues - Byrd Moore - Jake Leg Blues - Willie Lofton - Limber Neck Rag - Narmour & Smith - Jake Walk Papa - Asa Martin - Beer Drinkin Woman - Blace Ace - Bear Cat Papa Blues - Gene Autry - Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey - Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner - Got The Jake Leg Too - Ray Brothers - Jake Leg Blues - Mississippi Sheiks - Jake Leg Blues - Maynard Britton - Jake Leg Rag - Narmour & Smith - Jake Walk Blues - Maynard Britton prod. by Bernard Brightman cover art and layout by Barbara Gottlieb Jass J-CD-642 track sequence: The Allen Brothers - Jake Walk Blues (2:32) Asa Martin - Jake Walk Papa (3:10) Lemuel Turner - Jake Bottle Blues (3:09) David McCarn & Howard Long - Ray Rum Blues (3:11) Willie Lofton - Jake Leg Blues (3:04) Gene Autry - Bear Cat Papa Blues (2:20) Namour And Smith - Limber Neck Rag (3:16) Mississippi Sheiks - The Jake Leg Blues (3:08) Namour And Smith - Jake Leg Rag (3:15) Maynard Britton - Jake Legs Blues (3:34) Ray Brothers - Jake Leg Wobble (2:56) Maynard Britton - Jake Walk Blues (1:28) Black Ace - Beer Drinkin' Woman (3:26) Byrd Moore - Jake Legs Blues (3:08) Tommy Johnson - Alcohol And Jake Blues (3:19) Ishman Bracey - Jake Liquor Blues (3:30) In 1930 thousands of cases of muscle pain, weakness of upper and lower extremities, and minimal sensory impairment occured in the United States. The illness was caused by the consumption of an adulterated Jamaica ginger extract ("Jake"), an illicit beverage then popularly used in the southern and midwestern United States to circumvent prohibition statutes...victims with resultant gait impairment, sometimes permanent, were said to have "Jake Leg" or "Jake Walk". notes by John P. Morgan Stash ST-110 (=) Jass J-CD-642 Stash/Jass Records discography
6	2013	Imaginational Anthem   Vol. 6 Origins of American Primitive Guitar Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Rag Sam McGee - Buck Dancer's Choice Riley Puckett - Darkey's Wail Davy Miller - Cannon Ball Rag Lemuel Turner - Way Down Yonder Blues Frank Hutchison - Hutchison's Rag Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues Riley Puckett - Fuzzy Rag Sam McGee - Knoxville Blues Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Blues Davy Miller - Jailhouse Rag Lemuel Turner - Tramp Waltz Sam McGee - Franklin Blues Bayless Rose - Jamestown Exhibition Tompkins Square TSQ 2868
7	2013	Frank Fairfield's PAWN RECORDS presents Turn Me Loose Outsiders of "Old Time" Music Bob Skiles Four Old Timers - Wagoner Willard Hodgin - Don't Get One Woman On Your Mind Blind Joe Mangrum & Fred Shriver - Bacon And Cabbage Mustard And Gravy - The Whale Did, I Know He Did Tweedy Brothers - Chicken Reel The Happy Hayseeds - Ladies' Quadrille Lemuel Turner - Way Down Yonder Blues John Batzell - Money Musk Medley Homer Davenport - Down In Tennessee Blues Lewis Brothers - Caliope Ernest Rogers - Mythological Blues McLaughlin's Old Time Melody Makers - Dill Pickles Rag Alphus McFadyen - Arkansas Traveler / Turkey In The Straw South Georgia Highballers - Mister Johnson Turn Me Aloose Tompkins Square TSQ 2905
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Tony Russell: Country Music Records - A Discography, 1921-1942.- Oxford (Oxford University Press), 2004), p. 917 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Cary Ginell for additional info