Mary Cocke (Carter) Taylor (1799 - 1840)

Born 5 May 1799 in Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Patton Taylor — married 22 Aug 1816 in Carter, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1840 at age 41 in Carter, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Mary Cocke Carter was born in 1799. daughter of Landon Carter and Elizabeth Maclin. She married James Taylor on 22 August 1816. Together they had the following childen:

1. Evaline Taylor b. 1815 d. 05 May 1887
2. Alfred Moore Carter Taylor b. Abt 1818
3. Reverend Nathaniel Greene Taylor b. 29 Dec 1819 d. 1 Apr 1887
4. Kennedy Taylor b. Abt 1821
5. Mary C.P. Taylor b. 1826 d. 07 August 1842

Mary passed away in 1840. There is a discrepancy in her death date however. One source below gives 19 Dec 1853 and Find A Grave gives 04 July 1840. Still researching for death certificate, but for now will go with the photographed death date of 1840 until a better source can be found.

Sources

• http://desloges.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I25508&tree=deloach

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 November 2019), memorial page for Mary Cocke Carter Taylor (5 May 1799–4 Jul 1840), Find A Grave Memorial no. 109546825, citing Old Taylor Cemetery, Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by civilwarbuff (contributor 47049540) .

• Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

• Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 referencing Mary Cocke Carter. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2204&h=1018004&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1169)