Lavina (Cherry) Taylor (1794 - 1853)

Born 18 Aug 1794 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Allen Taylor — married 5 Feb 1811 in Warren County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1853 at age 59 in Warren County, Kentucky

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

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Burial

Burial:

Place: Old Taylor Family Cemetery Near Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky

User ID

User ID: 8EC048256B124B28B68A0266D7ECFBA4B54B

Note

Note: #NI767

Sources

• WikiTree profile Cherry-228 created through the import of RamageRice102011.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by Molly Rice. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Molly and others.

• Young, John E., Cherry, John H., et al. “The Cherry Families of early Norfolk Co Virginia and Northeast North Carolina”. Latest update : 20 Nov. 2012. Transmitted to Profile Manager by Ed Crackel, Jr. 1 Oct. 2019. Biography link : https://sites.rootsweb.com/~eazier1/Cherry/CHERRY-05.htm

Notes

Note NI767from “Family history of the Joseph Taylor, Jr. & Sarah Best Family” by Shari H Franke

LaVina Cherry was born 18 August 1794, at Edgecombe County, North Carolina, the daughter of William Cherry, Jr. and Lottie Hopkins. When LaVina was ten years old, her father William gave her a Negro slave named Dinah as a Deed of Gift, according to the Land records of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. (11-375, 2 December 1804.) It must have been a hard thing for LaVina to lose her mother at such a young age; however, we have every reason to believe that she came to love her new stepmother, Frances Taylor Cherry.

When LaVina came to Warren County, Kentucky, she was about 14 years of age. As she grew up and matured, she fell in love with Allen Taylor, brother of her stepmother Frances. After the two young people married, they continued to live on the same land for the rest of their lives. They raised a large and noble family of eight sons and four daughters, who proudly carried on their names.

LaVina died 15 December 1853. (Some other records said she died 17 November 1878, but the Family Bible of son William Cherry Taylor said she died 15 December 1853.) Her tombstone is very hard to read, but indicates she was born 18 of Aug. 17--, and that she died Dec - ------. LaVina was buried in the old Taylor Family Cemetery near Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky.

Allen Taylor and LaVina Cherry's children were: William Cherry, Aaron, Henry H., Tabitha, Alfred, Frances, Sarah Jane, Samuel Dawson, John Allen, Robert Benjamin Franklin, Joseph and Etna Ann.