Whitner Richard Taylor (abt. 1820 - abt. 1869)

Born about 1820 in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

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Died about 16 Apr 1869 at about age 49 in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Whitner Richard Taylor was born in Cold Water, S.C. to Samuel,Jr. and Mary E. Power and lived his life in that community. Cold Water, S.C was the community that developed on William Taylor, Sr.'s land grant in Craven (Laurens), S.C. The Words bought the estate from Jannet Taylor's estate and over the years it became Cold Water, S.C. There used to be a large brick building back in the woods that was a store and post office. Whitner Richard was the 1st Scotch-Irish in this Laurens line to marry a German, Mary Ann Brunner. Their children:

S. Othella - 19 DEC 1844 Samuel H. - 5 JAN 1847 William - 1847 Clark Berry II - 2 DEC 1848 Luda (Ludie) S. - 10 MAR 1851 Mary Ellen - 1854 Nancy Emma - 1857 Robert Whitner - 9 JUL 1859

Family tradition says that Whitner Richard was a tall, redheaded man. The War of Northern Aggression must have taken a toll on the Taylors because Whitner Richard's father, Samuel, Taylor, Jr. died in 1868 and Whitner died the next year, 1869. Whitner Richard and Mary are buried beside his father and mother under the magnolia tree to the left in fieldstone marked graves in Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

Web: South Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2012 about Whitner Richard Taylor Name: Whitner Richard Taylor Birth Date: 1820 Age at Death: 49 Death Date: 1869 Burial Place: Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

• South Carolina. South Carolina death records. Columbia, SC, USA: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Seán Sloane Johnson.

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