Individual Details

Mary Hardin was surely the mother of all the children. He married (2) Lydia Howard in Baldwin Co, GA, 1814.

Ancestry and posterity of Dr. John Taliaferro and Mary (Hardin) Taliaferro : with notes on Berryman, Newton, Beheathland, Franklin, Lingo, and other Southern Families, by Willie Catherine Ivey; Tennille, GA, 1926. Digitized on Ancestry.com

Will dated 3 Apr 1817. Wilkinson Co, GA. He mentions his wife but does not name her - they had drawn up a contract at their marriage. The whole of his property to be left together until her death, then to be divide. Son Richard's three daughters, Jean, Mary and Judy to receive $100 each. Daughter Rose, a young mar and $10. Daughter Elizabeth, a horse and $10. Daughter Anne, $10. Sons Charles and Benjamin, each $10.
The remainder of his children: Judith, Mary, Behethland, and Lucy, land and slaves.
Executors to be friends Gen. John Scott, John Jones and Elijah Lingo.
Signed: John Taliaferro
Wit: James Rabb, Robert Hatcher, Thos. Boazman, Pierce Clay
Probate in July 1821 Term of Ordinary's Court, Wilkinson Co. GA

The ten children were born between 1756 - 1780, the older ones probably in Caroline Co, then several in Pittsylvania Co, VA. Lucy, the youngest, born in Surry, NC
Richard, b. 1756, killed at Guilford Court House, 15 Mar 1781. Married Dorcas Perkins.
Rose, married Joseph Porter
Elizabeth, married Levi Pruitt
Anna, married Johnathan McCrary
Charles, married (1) Sallie Burroughs, (2) Dicie Tucker
Benjamin, married Ada Snow.
Judith, married Shadrack Franklin
Mary, married a Mercer
Bethland, no information
Lucy, b. Surry Co, NC, 29 May 1780, d. 28 Feb 1842. Married John Lawrence Jones in 1797.

Spouse	Mary Hardin (1737 - 1796)
Child	Judith Taliaferro (1762 - 1850)