Swepson Taylor (1796 - 1854)

Born 1796 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Mitchell) Taylor — married 11 Feb 1818 in Hancock, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 1854 at about age 58 in Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Swepson was born in 1796. He passed away in 1854.

Timeline

1796 Oglethorpe County, GA - 1850 Census says Swepson Taylor was born in Georgia

1818 Hancock County, GA - Swepson Taylor married Sarah T. Mitchell

1820 Oglethorpe County, GA - Appears on the 1820 Census

1831 Jones County, GA - A letter was left at the Post Office by Swepson Taylor

1832 Jones County, GA - Swepson Taylor advertised that he wanted to remove from Clinton, Jones County, GA

1833 Jones County, GA - Sarah T. Mitchell died in Jones County, GA

1835 Harris County, GA - Swepson Taylor married Elizabeth Carter Marsh

1836 Harris County, GA - Tom Harper and Elizabeth Taylor met, named Auburn, Alabama

1837 Harris County, GA - Swepson Taylor advertised to sell land in Harris County, GA

1838 Harris County, GA - Swepson Taylor offered reward in Harris County, GA

1840 Itawamba County, MS - Swepson Taylor advertised Chickasaw Lands in Georgia newspaper, Southern Recorder, from Itawamba County, MS

1847 Itawamba County, MS - Elizabeth Carter Marsh died and was buried in the Old Taylor Cemetery, Itawamba County, MS

1848 Itawamba County, MS - Swepson Taylor married Ann Beal

1850 Itawamba County, MS - Swepson Taylor appeared on 1850 Census

1854 Itawamba County, MS - Swepson Taylor Probate Records in Chancery Court, File 068

He is buried in the Old Taylor Graveyard/Hussey Family Cemetery near his old home. 1901-1902 Daily Journal Article by Colonel Clayton who was an author and lawyer, says that the grave was unmarked. It was a mound covered by bricks behind his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Carter Marsh. It had a wrought iron fence around it. It was in the back left corner of the Hussey Cemetery.

Sources

• Barbour County, Alabama, Estate case files ca. 1820-1915 box 34 folder 4-40 [1]

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LZ-JSH : 12 April 2016), Swepson Taylor, Itawamba county, part of, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States; citing family 630, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Y-MX5F : 15 March 2016), Swepson Taylor, 1854; Burial, , Itawamba, Mississippi, United States of America, Hussey Cemetery; citing record ID 152784462, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.