Joseph Taylor (abt. 1751 - 1818)

Born about 4 Mar 1751 in Edgecombe, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (Best) Taylor — married 27 Aug 1770 in Cumberland, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1818 at about age 67 in Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

In the Taylor graveyard in Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky stands a monument to Joseph Taylor and Sarah Best Taylor, "Parents of twelve children, Kentucky pioneers and settled there in 1808. The multitude of their descendants 'rise up to call them blessed.'"^[1]

Joseph, Jr. was a Revolutionary War soldier, a Private, who served with Capt. Blount's 5th N.C. Regiment. He was a gunsmith in the N.C.militia after discharge, and was wounded in the head at the Battle of Guilford's Courthouse, on Mar. 15, 1781. He left Edgecombe County, N.C. in 1808 and came to Warren County, Kentucky in the fall of 1808. In North Carolina, Joseph Jr.was a planter, and later on in Kentucky, he was a farmer.

Name

Name: Joseph /Taylor/

Given Name: Joseph

Surname: Taylor^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 4 Mar 1760 ^[3][4]

Place: Edgecombe Co, North Carolina^[5][6][7]

Christening

Christening:

Date: 1761

Place: Orange County, Virginia

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Taylor

Wife: Sarah Elizabeth Best

Child: Frances Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Amy Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Deliliah Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Warren Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Allen Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Seraphy Temprence Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Nancy Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah Best Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1780^[8]

Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States^{[9] [10]}

Source: #S-877412760

Page: Source number: 12.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BLR.

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=99396&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Parents and Siblings

Father: Joseph Taylor

Mother: Nancy Walker (Note: There is some disagreement about Nancy's surname.)

Sibling: David Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Sibling: Temperance Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Sibling: Joseph Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Sibling: Thomas Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Sibling: John Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Sibling: Amy Taylor

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1810

Place: Warren, Kentucky, United States

Source: #S-2083959621

Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: , Warren, Kentucky; Roll: 8; Page: 250; Family History Number: 0181353; Image: 00247.

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=721080&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Note:

Data:

Text: Residence date: 1810

Residence place: Warren, Kentucky, United States^[11]

APID: 7613::721080

Residence:

Date: 1800

Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina

Source: #S-2083944463

Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: , Edgecombe, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=316624&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Note:

Data:

Text: Residence date: 1800

Residence place: Edgecombe, North Carolina

APID: 7590::316624

Residence:

Date: 1790

Place: Martin, North Carolina, United States

Source: #S-2084838370

Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: , Martin, North Carolina; Roll: ; Image:

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1790usfedcen&h=179484&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Note:

Data:

Text: Residence date: 1790

Residence place: Martin, North Carolina, United States

APID: 5058::179484

Residence:

Date: 1800

Place: Warren County, KY

Source: #S-879144201

Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=kycen&h=9087355&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Note:

Data:

Text: Residence date: 1800

Residence place: Warren County, KY

APID: 3549::9087355

Death

Death:

Date: 22 Mar 1818

Place: Nr Richardsville, Warren County, KY^[12]

^[13]

Will

Joseph Taylor's will names his wife Sarah, his sons Joseph Taylor, William Taylor, Allen Taylor, and his daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Tempy Smart. Daughters not named in the will may have received their portions at the time of their marriages.

Joseph's will includes a bequest of "one Negro man named Jack" to his wife Sarah.^[14]

Burial

Burial:

Date: Mar 1818

Place: Taylor Family Cem., Warren County, KY

Slave

1. Jack (Joseph's will includes a bequest of "one Negro man named Jack" to his wife Sarah)

Sources

Source S-198397445

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Gen

Note:

APID: 3599::0

Source S-2069562529

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: Kentucky Land Grants

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997.Original data - Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925.Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants.

Note:

APID: 2073::0

Source S-2083944463

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: 1800 United States Federal Census

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Grou

Note:

APID: 7590::0

Source S-2083959621

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: 1810 United States Federal Census

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Nationa

Note:

APID: 7613::0

Source S-2084838370

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: 1790 United States Federal Census

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gro

Note:

APID: 5058::0

Source S-869848842

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records

Author: Edmund West, comp.

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

Note:

APID: 4725::0

Source S-877412760

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Author: Yates Publishing

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv

Note:

APID: 7836::0

Source S-879144201

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: Kentucky Census, 1810-90

Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Or

Note:

APID: 3549::0

Source S-899753593

Repository: #R-899753595

Title: Ancestry Family Trees

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

• Source: S5 Abbreviation: World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1 Title: World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: November 29, 1995 Note: ABBR World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1 CONT Customer pedigree. CONT CONT Source Media Type: Family Archive CD

• Source: GROUP SHEETS SENT BY MRS SHARI FRANKE RESEARCHING TAYLORS OF WARREN COUNTY, KY.

• Source: Extensive research done on this family by Gilberta Knickerbocker Evans of Walnut Creek, CA (desc. of Joseph Best Taylor), and Jesse L. Warner, Murray, UT (desc. of William). Much research also done by Shari Humpherys Franke, Ogden, UT., as well as many other family members.

• Source: "History of the Taylor Family", given at Joseph Taylor, Jr. Reunion,1909.

• Source: "Taylor Family Record: by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.

• Source: HISTORY OF KY, ILLUSTRATED 1886 BY BATTLE, PERRIN AND KNIFFIN PGS 936-937 STATES "JOSEPH TAYLOR WAS RELATED TO LORD WELLINGTON AND REV. CHARLES WESLEY. HE REMOVED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO KY IN 1800, AND LOCATED IN WARREN CO, KY., WHERE HE ENGAGED IN FARMING AND DIED IN 1814."

1. ↑ Find A Grave Index, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12626727 :accessed 27 May 2017), memorial 12626727, Joseph Taylor (1751-1818), Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by: Joyce Katsma; gravestone photograph by Judy Harris Deel.
2. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Tree #4407 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
3. ↑ Asher Leon Young of Nashville, Tenn, (now deceased--1993) said his family had the birthdate of 4 Mar 1760, born in No. Carolina in his family records.
4. ↑ An alternate birthdate of Joseph, Jr. comes from a Family Bible record of grandson Nicolas Wren Taylor, son of Joseph Best Taylor, of Kansas. The Family Bible destroyed in a fire. Those who saw it, said the Bible said that "Joseph Taylor, Jr. was born in 1751." Some accounts say the birthplace was "Orange Co., Va."
5. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Tree #4407 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
6. ↑ Source: #S-2069562529
7. ↑ Source: #S-877412760
8. ↑ Marriage date estimated by the birth of oldest daughter Frances. Info from several L.D.S. Archive F.G.Sheets.
9. ↑ Residence info from State Census of NC, Martin County, Jun Ct. 1787, which lists Joseph Taylor, Jr, wife, 3 daughters, and l Black. (Son William Taylor not listed.) He was enumerated next door to Richard Taylor on one side, Charles Council on the other side, Joseph Taylor, Sr, next to Charles.
10. ↑ Residence info from several land records in Edgecombe Co, NC.
11. ↑ Info from 1810 Census, Warren Co, KY, which lists him and his family.
12. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Tree #4407 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
13. ↑ Death date from monument erected to him and Sarah at the Taylor Cemetery, near Richardsville, Warren, KY. He also made a will dtd 1 Dec. 1815,in Warren Co. records. It appears from court records that he died March 1819, instead of 1818. 1819, Warren Co, KY Court Records. The last Will & Testament of Joseph Taylor, deceased, was produced in Court and proved by the oath of James Hudnall, one of the subscribing witnesses. Also at this time, Warren Co. Court ordered Elijah Upton, William White, James Young, Jno Young and James Hudnall to appraise slaves and personal estate of Joseph Taylor.
14. ↑ Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Kentucky County, District and Probate Courts.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.

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