Isaac Taylor (1710 - abt. 1781)

Born 8 Oct 1710 in County Antrim or Armagh, Ulster North Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Wilson) Taylor — married 1730 in Bunmahon, Waterford, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 6 Feb 1781 at about age 70 in Cripple Creek, Montgomery, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Isaac Taylor was born on 8 Oct 1710 in County Armagh, Ireland to Nathaniel Taylor and Janet Paul. He married Isabella Wilson about 1730 in Ireland. Children: Elizabeth Lettice, George. They arrived in Virginia in the late 1730s, possibly on Isabella’s brother Col. John Wilson’s ship captained by Yoist Hite, or with friend James Patton aboard the “Walpole” which sailed into Chesapeake Bay and up the Rappahannock River to Hobb’s Hole (now Tappahannock) Virginia, where it docked on August 26, 1738. Land grants of Isaac begin in the early 1840’s on Buffalo Creek, a tributary of the James River. He purchased a 600 acre tract in 1846 from Benjamin Borden on the Great Indian Trail, at Kennedy’s Mill Creek, a few miles north of present-day Lexington. His children were educated at the Timber Ridge school, forerunner of Washington and Lee university. He died before 6 Feb 1781 (date of probate of will) at his daughter Lettice’s home in Cripple Creek, Montgomery, Virginia. ^[1]

From http://erwinandgeupel.com/taylor.htm - Randall Scott Erwin - greenegg at lipan.net "It isn't known where they lived, but it is assumed to be in and around the early Virginia Colonies or settlements, in that, Isaac's death in 1781 is listed at Montgomery County, Virginia. Isabella passed away on the 8th of October 1780. The two had immigrated to the 'New World' as husband and wife to raise their family to the news of a Declaration of Independence in the year 1777, and see America gain her independence from the British in the year 1778. We don't know how many children Isaac and Isabella had. However, we do know that they had a son. Special thanks to David and Nadene Allen of Oklahoma for their contribution of the Taylor lineage."

Isaac served as Captain of the Virginia Militia from 1744 to 1781. He served in James Buchanan's 9th Company during the Revolutionary War for which he received 4,000 acres as bonus for services in the George Rogers Clark Expedition to "Illinois" (Northwest Territory). He served as Captain to put down the Tory Insurrection on New River on 12 Jul 1780.

Land Records

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

• Early Survey in Orange County, VA: 8 March 1745. - Isaac Taylor, 325 acres on Branch of Bubolo (prob. Buffalo) Creek. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 10, pg. 54].

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's (Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.):

• Page 211.--19th March, 1746. Benj. Borden to Isaac Taylor, Sr. (sold in testator's lifetime); 600 acres, £18 current money Virginia, part of 92,100, in Mill Creek, by a scollopy hill. Witnessed and acknowledged as above.
• Page 116.--Same date (28th November, 1751). Same (From James Patton) to Isaac Taylor, 200 acres patented 3d November, 1750. On Roanoke.
  
• Page 357.--19th January, 1767. Daniel Brown, of Orange County, North Carolina, to Isaac Taylor, £30, 103 acres on Little River, a branch of New River, mouth of Old Field Creek. Teste: William Ingles, Samuel Adams, Henry Brown. Delivered: John Reaburn by your order, October, 1768.

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 440.--87th May, 1762. Isaac ( ) Taylor and Isabel ( ) to George Taylor, £5, 200 acres in Borden's tract, on Mill Creek; cor. said Isaac Taylor. Delivered: Samuel Lyle, June, 1783. (Note: George Taylor was Isaac Taylor's son). (George Taylor sold this land or a portion of it in 1778 and seems to have left the county. Deed BK A pg 5 and 6)
  
• Page 490.--18th August, 1762. Isaac Taylor and Esabella to Isaac Taylor, Jr., £50, 181 acres on the waters of James River. Acknowledgement and privy examination, 18th August, 1762. Delivered: Francis Smith, May Court, 1767. (Isaac Taylor Jr and wife Jane sold this land and the land on Purgatory Creek in 1771 to John Maxwell and presumably moved to his Roanoke Creek land.)
  
• Page 780.--5th March, 1765. Isaac ( ) Taylor to Andrew Taylor, £40, 250 acres; corner George Taylor, oak on Mill Creek; corner Wm. Taylor. Teste: Wm. Taylor. Delivered: Andrew Taylor, 10th March, 1772. (Note: Andrew Taylor was Isaac Taylor's eldest son).Andrew Taylor sold this land in 1778 and moved to Washington County, TN. Deed BK A pg 20 and 21)
  
• Page 782.--20th March, 1765. Isaac Taylor, Sr., to Isaac Taylor, Jr., £10, 70 acres on Purgatory Creek of James River. Teste: David Fulton. Delivered: Francis Smith, May Court, 1767. (Isaac Taylor Jr and wife Jane sold this land in 1771 to John Maxwell.)
  
• Page 783.--5th March, 1765. Isaac Taylor, Sr., and Isabell ( ) to William Taylor, £5, 150 acres in Borden's tract; corner Andrew Taylor, on Mill Creek. Teste: Wm. Lusk, Samuel Lyle, Andrew Taylor. Delivered: Samuel Lyle, June, 1783. (Note: William Taylor, Isaac's son, bequeated this land on Mill Creek to his son Isaac and the adjacnet land on Warm Run he bought in 1762 to his son William. Isaac sold his portion or a part of it in 1778 and seems to have left the county. Deed BK A pg 17 and 18. In 1810, William Jr sold his portion, including the 200 acres his father William Taylor bought from Benjamin Borden in 1762 that lay in between Isaac Taylor's land, Daniel Lyle's land, and Benjamin Gray's land.Book G P 62. William then moved to Rockcastle Co, KY.).

Will^[2]

In the name of God amen I Isaac Taylor of Montgomery County and State of Virginia being sick and in low condition yet perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body I recommend unto the earth to be buryed in a deasent and Christian Burial at the discreation of my Executors nothing d___ing but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
And as touching such worldly Estate as it has please God to bless me with in this life I give and demise and dispose of the same in manner and form following Imprimise I order that all my just and lawful Debts be punctually paid.
I give unto my well beloved Daughter Lettie Campbell my still to be at her disposal with my Negro Jack to be hers her lifetime and then to be my well beloved grand Daughter Elizabeth Campbell to be hers and her heirs for ever Also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Campbell my negro boy Ben with one cow to be hers and her heirs for ever I give unto my beloved grand Daughter Sarah Taylor Daughter of my son George Taylor Five pounds I order that all the money due to me be collected by my Executors and be given to my Daughter Lettice Campbell I give unto my sons George, Isaac and Andrew Taylor five shillings each.
I constitute and appoint my Daughter Lettice Campbell to be my hole and sole Executrix I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke all and every other Testament Will and Executors & Executrix by me in any will before named Ratifying this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 8the Day of October 1780.
his Isaac ( ) Taylor mark
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of:
William Campbell, Isabella Campbell
At a Court held for Montgomery County February 6th 1781 This last will of Isaac Taylor deceased was proven by the Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded James McCorkle

Sources

1. ↑ *The Taylors, The Scots-Irish and the Settling of America, pp 29-43, by Judge Andrew T. Taylor, Jr., CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2nd edition.
2. ↑ https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Isaac_Taylor_%2836%29

• [https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/20861833?h=2276fa Annals of Southwest Virginia, Montgomery County, Briefs of Wills: "Isaac Taylor. His estate to his daughter, Lettice Campbell, and to his grand-daughter Sarah Taylor. Witnesses: William Campbell, Isabella Campbell. Probated 6 Feb 1781."

• Family History

• https://www.amazon.com/Taylors-Scots-Irish-Settling-America/dp/1532791836/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+taylors%2C+the+scots+irish+and+the+settling+of+america&qid=1627697518&sr=8-1
• JL Davis genealogy

• Taylor Families of Old Augusta Co, VA by Richard McMurtry.

• http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/Community_Development_of_Botetourt_County_1770-1783_-_Part_5.pdf

• LarryHamilton-Larry Hamilton has a exact match at Y111 on ftdna to a Rev. Robert Burton Taylor who also descends from Isaac Taylor b. 1710 - and Preston Taylor-Preston Taylor (abt.1810-bef.1872) b. 1810 in Virginia.