Roderick Taliaferro Esq. (1777 - 1820)

Born 16 May 1777 in Amherst County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Price) Taliaferro — married 6 May 1801 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1820 at age 43 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Roderick Taliaferro, Esq. was the 3rd Mayor of the Town of Lynchburg, VA, years 1807-1808. At that time, mayors served one year.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFK4096.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext

302 SKETCHES AND RECOLLECTIONS of Lynchburg MRS. TALIAFERRO. This venerable lady resides in Lynchburg, continuing to occupy the same house in which she lived nearly half a century since. Her maiden name was Price, and she was a sister of Mrs. Meredith Lambeth, of the vicinity of Lynchburg. For some years, Mrs. Taliaferro was the wife of Roderick Taliaferro, Esq., an excellent man, who, dying about the year 1819, left her a widow, with the sole charge of a young and helpless family. Conscientiously discharging these arduous duties, she has had the comfort and gratification, in her old age, of seeing her children rise and prosper around her; proving that the good seed, by her sown, had fallen into honest hearts, which, in due season, have brought forth their fruits. She was the mother of the late Judge Norborne Taliaferro, who was reared in Lynchburg, and who studied for the bar under the auspices of the late Christopher Anthony, of that place. Judge Taliaferro was an eminent lawyer, and, when a young man, he married Miss Lucy Jones, an interesting young lady of Lynchburg. Surviving OF LYNCHBURG. 803 for some years his beloved wife, he was appointed Judge of the Henry and Patrick District. Discharging with great ability these duties, and whilst in the midst of his vigor and usefulness, Judge Taliaferro died a few years since, leaving his aged mother to mourn the loss of her excellent son.

Name

Name: Roderick /Taliaferro/ ^[1]

Birth

16 MAY 1777

Amherst County, Virginia^[2][3]

Death

7 Dec 1820

Lynchburg, Virginia ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ivey, p. 14A
2. ↑ Bible, p. 4
3. ↑ Ivey, p. 14A
4. ↑ Bible, p. 5

• Ivey, Willie Catherine. Ancestry of John Taliaferro.... Tennille, GA: manuscript, 1936.

• Taliaferro Family Bible Record, 1735-1878. N.p., 1736. Library of Virginia, call number 37479, accessed 31 May 2020. Link to Bible [1]

• 2020-10-22 Roderick Taliaferro - Judge William Norborne Taliaferro - Lynchburg VA.jpg

• Cabell, Margaret Couch, Sketches and recollections of Lynchburg, (Richmond, C. H. Wynne : 1858), pages 302, 303. NOT IN COPYRIGHT. *https://archive.org/details/sketchesrecollec00cabel/page/302/mode/2up
• 2021-03-21 Chataignes - Amherst Co 1888-1890 - Joel H Campbell - William Govan Loving - R M Taliaferro - W N Seay - S G Poindexter - William C Jordan - W H Jordan.jpg
• Amherst County Virginia Heritage 1761-1999, [Walsworth Publishers, Shirley Grose & Associates, S. E. Grose, Summersville, WV, 1999]. Volume II, page 3.
• Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory 1888 - 1889 (for Amherst Co. Virginia).
• https://www.newrivernotes.com/topical_business_1888_chataigne_gazetteer.htm

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Taliaferro-161 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.