Individual Details

William TAYLOR

(Abt 1770 - Bef 1830)


Events

Alt. BirthAbt 1753, Stokes, North Carolina
BirthAbt 1770Virginia
Alt. Birth19 October 1770North Carolina
Marriage17 August 1796, Henry, Virginia - Sarah WORRELL
Residence1810moved from Stokes Co., NC to Anderson Co., KY - , Anderson, Kentucky
Census1810, Shelby, Kentucky
Census1820, Shelby, Kentucky
Alt. DeathBef 1830Of Shelby, Kentucky
DeathBef 1830Of Shelby, Kentucky
DeathBef September 1846, Shelby, Kentucky
DeathBef 1847Kentucky
Note1847Names on estate sale
Will-shared1847(Sarah WORRELL) Will of Sarah Tailor - , Shelby, Kentucky
Burial

Families

SpouseSarah WORRELL (1780 - 1847)
ChildWilliam TAYLOR ( - )
ChildJohn TAYLOR (1799 - 1834)
ChildElizabeth TAYLOR (1800 - 1880)
ChildEudocia TAYLOR (1802 - 1880)
ChildSarah TAYLOR (1806 - 1878)
ChildCreed TAYLOR (1807 - 1880)
ChildMartha TAYLOR (1808 - 1849)
ChildParthena TAYLOR (1812 - 1860)
ChildNancy TAYLOR (1815 - 1880)
ChildLucinda F. TAYLOR (1816 - 1860)
ChildElinder TAYLOR (1819 - 1860)
ChildMadison TAYLOR (1823 - 1900)
FatherWilliam TAYLOR Jr. (1737 - 1803)
MotherSarah SCRUGGS (1740 - 1803)
SiblingMolly TAYLOR (1760 - 1846)
SiblingJohn TAYLOR (1762 - )
SiblingJoseph TAYLOR (1764 - )
SiblingJames TAYLOR (1766 - )
SiblingRobert TAYLOR (1768 - )
SiblingSarah TAYLOR (1777 - )
SiblingIsaac TAYLOR (1784 - 1839)

Notes

Alt. Birth

possibly born in Stokes Co., NC

Birth

son Madison indicates father's birthplace as Virginia on 1880 census

Marriage

p. 16
17 Aug 1796, William Taylor, Sarah Worrell, (no parent or guardian listed), Tunstall Cox - security and witnesses

Residence

[Note -- Anderson Co. KY did not exist until 1823. Perhaps it shoud read to Jefferson Co., KY]

Census

p. 242 John Taylor

Males:
2 under 10
1 16 - 26
1 26 - 45
1 45 and over

Females:
1 under 10
2 10 - 16
1 16 - 26
1 26 - 45

Census

p. 110
Wm. Taylor

Males:
2 - age 10 to 16
1 - age 16 to 26
1 - age 45 and up

Females:
5 - age up to 10
2 - age 10 to 16
3 - age 16 to 26
1 - age 26 to 45

(no slaves)

Alt. Death

Ancestral File lists
Death: 1829 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY
Burial: Springfield Cem., Louisville, Jefferson, KY

Death

1830 Census lists Sarah Taylor as head of household

Death

Estate appraisement of William Taylor, dec'd. on motion of Sarah Taylor admin.

Death

Will of Sarah Tailor is in 1847.

Note

Names on estate appraisal and sale include:
Sally Taylor (wife)
William Taylor (presume son)
Presley Hammond (married dau. Dotia Taylor)
John Briscoe (son-in-law; and of interest because son John Taylor md. Elizabeth Briscoe)

Will-shared

Will of Sarah Tailor, Shelby Co, KY, 1847: (1849 administered)
Lists of beneficiaries, all named as children:
Elizabeth Tailor, my eldest daughter
John Tailor, my oldest son
Madison Tailor, my youngest son
Dotia Tailor Hammond
William Tailor, my son
Sarah Hammond
Parthenia Watts
Creed Tailor
Patcy Watts
Nancy Briscoe
Lucinda Searcy
Elinder Watts

Burial

Buried in old Virginia graveyard near Mt. Vernon Church which was near a town known as Gee, Kentucky. There was a tombstone.

Endnotes

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3. Ann K. Blomquist, Taylors and Tates of the South (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, circa 1993).

4. , birthplace North Carolina indicated by daughter Nancy and daughter Dotia.

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6. Taylor family records by Othna Ann Hammond, in possession of Juett Stucky, interview April 29, 2017, juettdstucker@gmail.com..

7. compiled by Virginia State Library, Henry Co., Virginia, Register of Marriages, 1778-1849, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHL-3JQ.

8. McDonald, Douglas, Henry Co., VA, Marriage Bonds, 1778-1799.

9. Taylor family records by Othna Ann Hammond, in possession of Juett Stucky, interview April 29, 2017, juettdstucker@gmail.com..

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16. Shelby County Court, Kentucky copy sent to me from Iris Searcy (descendant of Lucinda Taylor and Seth Searcy).

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18. Shelby County Court, Kentucky copy sent to me from Iris Searcy (descendant of Lucinda Taylor and Seth Searcy).