Elizabeth (Grice) Taylor (1830 - 1888)

Descendants

The Pinewoods Plantation, Wakulla County, Florida Black Creek Plantation, Leon County, Florida

Biography

Elizabeth was born in North Carolina in 1830 to the Grice family.

William N. Taylor and Elizabeth L. Grice were married July 24, 1850, in North Carolina. They left North Carolina on the 30th of September for a honeymoon trip to New York and arrived in Florida on the 6th of October. They were enumerated on the 1850 US Census (conducted in Dec 1850) living in Leon County, Florida.^[1]

By 1860, the couple and their children were living in Wakulla County, Florida.^[2] The household included:

• William N Taylor Male 35 North Carolina
• Elisabeth Taylor Female 29 North Carolina
• Sarah S B Taylor Female 7 Florida
• Elisabeth R Taylor Female 5 Florida
• Charles T Taylor Male 3 Florida
• Catherin B Taylor Female 1 Florida
• Virginia Mosely Female 21 North Carolina
• Mary A Mosely Female 16 North Carolina
• John G Mosely Male 48 North Carolina (Physician)
• Elisabeth Mosely Female 18 North Carolina

By 1870, the family had moved back to Leon County, Florida.^[3] The household then included:

• William N Taylor Male 45 North Carolina
• Elizabeth Taylor Female 39 North Carolina
• Sallie B Taylor Female 18 Florida
• Roberta E Taylor Female 16 Florida
• Charles Theo Taylor Male 14 Florida
• William N Taylor Male 10 Florida
• Lesley A Taylor Male 4 Florida

When Elizabeth passed away, she was buried in the Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Her grave is inscribed: wife of Wm N Taylor I.^[4][5]

Slaves

Elizabeth owned slaves prior to her marriage to William Taylor. She kept a journal of their movements from one plantation to another, as well as births and deaths of their slaves.^[6] See the free space page for Slaves of William Newton Taylor I. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFHD-1QN : accessed 11 June 2015), Elizabeth Taylor in household of William M Taylor, Leon county, Leon, Florida, United States; citing family 333, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C3-32F : accessed 11 June 2015), Elisabeth Taylor in household of William N Taylor, Between Sopshapey & St Marks Rivers, Wakulla, Florida, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 28, household ID 196, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,109.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZF-CHX : accessed 11 June 2015), Elizabeth Taylor in household of William N Taylor, Florida, United States; citing p. 202, family 1848, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,630.
4. ↑ Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/10141944/elizabeth-l.-taylor : accessed 19 June 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth L. Grice Taylor (25 Aug 1830–6 Jul 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #10141944, citing Old City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Stan Willis (contributor 47695616) .
6. ↑ The Taylor Family Papers: Using Plantation Records for Researching Enslaved People (http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/332812)
7. ↑ Slaves of William Newton Taylor I (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Slaves_of_William_Newton_Taylor_I)

See also:

• "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP81-QP5 : accessed 11 June 2015), Elizabeth Grice in entry for Elizabeth Roberta Watts, 28 Oct 1919; citing Madison, Madison, Florida, reference 10210; FHL microfilm 2,116,813.