William F Taylor (abt. 1821 - 1890)

Born about 1821 in Ohio, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Pate) Taylor — married 27 Aug 1846 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1890 at about age 69 in Ohio, Kentucky, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Carole Taylor [send private message]

Biography

Free Space DISPUTE Taylor Family Brick Walls

Pvt. William Taylor served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: Captured July 26, 1863 Salineville, Ohio
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co E 2nd Regiment Duke's Cavalry Kentucky

This profile is part of the Taylor Name Study.

Pvt. William Taylor was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.

Family Life

William appears to be listed on both the 1820/1830 censuses,

1820 Shelby County, Kentucky

HEAD OF HOUSE: John P. Taylor

Free White males: age: -10=1

Free White males: age: 16-26=1

Free White males: age: 45-up =1

Free White females: age: 16=4

Free White females: age: 26=3

Free White females: age: 45-up=1

Slaves: 2 black males age:26/1 black female age:14

CHILDREN would be: -10=John P. JR. age:6 /16-26=Benjamin age:18

1 white male age: 45-up=Father, John Peyton born 1768 (52)

white females, 10-16=4- Lucy age:9/Jane age:9/Ada, age:11/Sarah, age:16

white females, age: 26=3-Elizabeth age:20/Matilda age:23/ Mary age:22

White females, age: 45up=1 Mother, Mary C.

(just 3 farms away is

HEAD OF HOUSE: Thomas Taylor age:16-26 and

1-free white female age:26, the female would be Wife, Cassander VanCleave, (ages are correct)

1830 Record Hartford County, Kentucky

HEAD OF HOUSE: John P. Taylor

White males: age: 5-10=1

White males: age: 15-20=1

White males: age: 70-80=1

White females: age: 15-20=1

White females: age: 50-60=1

With the data we have gathered, records state they moved from Shelby County, it leads to this census, ... tells me that the head of the house

John Peyton Taylor born: 1768-and in 1830 Grampa John would have been 62--

SO, either the census taker made a mistake on COLUMNS AGE and should have checked 60-70. OR he lied...OR there are more than 1 John P. Taylor in Ohio County, Kentucky...

CHILDREN would be: age: 5-10=William F. age:9/age: 15-20=John P. JR. age:16

white females,1= age:15-20=Jane age: 19

White females, 1=age:40-60=1 Mother, Mary C.

(and next door to them is

HEAD OF HOUSE Joseph Midkiff/

next to them another Joseph Midkiff. (His daughter, and her husband) ^[1]

MORE PROOF AS TO HIS FATHER:

1830 Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky

Name Thomas Taylor

Page 246 --Citing this Record:

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD: Thomas Taylor

White Males: -5=1

White Males: 5-10=1

White Males: 30-40=1

White Females: -5=1

White Females: 20-30=1 ^[2]

SO this is perfect for

HEAD: Thomas Littlegrove Taylor born: 1795 age:35

Wife: Sallie McCrocklin born: 1807 age:23

His son from first wife, Cassander, Jonathan born:1821 age:9

Their first son Samuel Littlegrove born:1827 age:3

Their daughter, Cassander born:1829 age:1

NOTE: Only one son UNDER 5 years old... SO William F. born:1821 IS not Thomas's son but baby brother.....Even if he was born 1828, IS NOT there either...

Family Marriages

And to look at our theory here is another bit of evidence:

Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979

NAME: Thomas L. TAYLOR

SPOUSE: Sally McCrocklin

DATE: 12 October 1826

PLACE: Ohio County, Kentucky

And Thomas's first wife Cassandra is known to have had only 2 sons, one died in infancy. And the other was a preacher like his father.

Kentucky marriages, 1785-1979

"Ohio County, This is to certify that the rites of

matrimony were solomnized between William F. Taylor

and Miss Elizabeth Jane Pate by me on the 27th

day of August 1846 Given under my hand"

Joseph P. Ellis __. H. B. C.

The Marriage certificate of William F. Taylor and Elizabeth Jane Pate and another document "marriage contract" is 'signed by her father William Pate. but not this register record. ^[3]

11-28-1844 --Ohio Co., KY Deed Book # 1, page 389

It is also known that soon after he came of age, John Peyton Taylor deeded to William F. Taylor 82 1/2 acres of land for the sum of $1.00 on 28 Nov. 1844;

5-31-1850 --Ohio Co. KY Circuit Court (Suit # 1077

"William F. Taylor gave testimony on 31 May 1850 in Ohio County Kentucky Circuit Court involving the sale of the slaves of the late John Peyton Taylor. He said, "That he is now 28 or 29 years of age, that he was raised by John P. Taylor and always resided in his family until about two years before his death, and during that time he lived within about a mile of his house." ^[4]

1850 Dist.#2 OHIO County, Kentucky

Asst. Marshal H.D. Taylor is the official who took the census Sept. 9, 1850

HOUSE #460

HEAD: William F. age:29 KY

Elizabeth J. age:22 KY

John P: age:2 KY (1848)

Squire L age:1 KY (1849) ^[5]

HOUSE #459

HEAD: John P. Taylor age:36 Farmer Virginia

Susanna " age:32 Ky.

George W. age:16 Ky.

Benjamin B. age:13 Indiana

Nancy A. age:11 Illinois

Presley D. age:9 Illnois

Lucinda P age:3 Ky.

Christopher age:1 Ky

(right next door, house #459, to them was, John P.TAYLOR age:36 VA (1814) /Susanna and 6 kids.)

THIS John Peyton TAYLOR was in fact the (2nd) youngest son of John Peyton Taylor SR. or the John Peyton that William F. lived most of his life. I wondered why he would live with a grandfather instead of a father... Well, Thomas Littlegrove was a Preacher. And he had an older son from his first wife, Cassandra. Maybe Wm. F did not get along with them?

NEW THEORY: John Peyton was William F.'s father not his grandfather. So that would make the John Peyton that was living next door his brother not his uncle. ^[6]

1860 "Minor Civil Division: Ellis District, Ohio County, Kentucky--

HEAD: William F. TAYLOR age:39 KY farmer

Elizabeth age:30 KY

John P age 12 KY

Squire L age 10 KY

William H age 8 KY (this IS my g-g-g)

James age:6 KY

Samuel age:2 KY

AND unbelievable on one side of their farm is:

Samuel GREER/Mary +4 kids,

next to them is John C Greer/ Martha +3 kids + a boarder, JAMES GREER.

and on the other side of the farm is Widow Minerva Cooper-GREER and 3 teenagers...

SURE wonder what a coincidence GOSH!

Wonder IF one of the Greer boys went to Missouri with William Henry Taylor? ^[7] image attached

Military

Location: 'Kentucky

Surname: Taylor

enlisted = 1861 in Ohio County, Kentucky

mustered =

side = CSA

regiment flag =

regiment name = Co E 2nd Regiment Duke's Cavalry Kentucky

source: FOLD3 Muster Cards

Captured July 26, 1863 Salineville, Ohio

Our first Confederate g-g-grampa also was our first POW. So glad you made it home to finish raising your kids.

POW card for William T(F).- Confederate-Co.E 2nd Regiment -.Duke's Cavalry Kentucky.

Battle Buffington Island- [[4]]

Camp Douglas became known as "Andersonville of the North" it had a 17-23% death rate. ^[8]

So Grandfather William did make it home from being a POW-first at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois. "Hell Hole" and then transferred to Pt. Lookout Maryland, Feb. 13, 1865.

First captured July 26, 1863 at Salineville, Ohio-

So for 1 yr/7 months prisoner there and then to be Exchanged at Pt. Lookout.

1870 Bartlett Dist. Ohio County, P.O. Buford, Kentucky

HEAD: Wm. age:49 farmer KY

wife: Elizabeth age:42 keep house KY

Son: James M. age:14 works farm KY

Son: Sam F. age:13 works farm KY

Dau.: Sallie M. age:10 KY

Dau.: Margaret P age:7 KY

Son: Jesse age:3 -M- KY (B:1867- D:20 Feb 1953-Clear Run, Ohio Cnty,KY)

Son: Lee age: 1/12 -M ^[9]

(I believe the Lee & the Joseph on the 1880 census are one/same born same year)

1880 Bartlett Dist. Ohio Co., P.O. Buford, Kentucky

HEAD: William F. age:60 B:1820 -- farmer --KY parents: KY/VA

wife: Elizabeth J. age:50 B:1830 --keep house-- KY-- parents:KY/KY

SON: Jesse C. age:13 B: 1867 farm hand KY

SON: Joseph T. age:10 B1870 farm hand KY

Children

William F & Eliza Jane's

1. John Peyton Taylor (1847 - 1872)
2. Squire Littlegrove Taylor (1849 - 1907)
3. William Henry Taylor (1852 - 1915)
4. James M Taylor (1855 - 1908)
5. Samuel Franklin Taylor (1861 - 1938)
6. Sallie Mary Taylor (1860-
7. Margaret Priscilla (1863-
8. Jesse Calep Taylor (1868 - 1953)
9. Joseph Thomas Taylor (1871 - 1963)

Children's Data

Kentucky Births & Christenings, 1839-1960

NAME: William H. Taylor

Birth: 20 JAN. 1852 Ohio County, Kentucky

FATHER: William T.

MOTHER: Elizabeth J Pate"

(THIS would be the father to Clarence Lee Taylor, my grandfather-- who married Visey Lee)

Siblings

1. Ann Davis Taylor Midkiff (1793 - 1866) #142648636 Mar.: Joseph Robinson Midkiff
2. Thomas Littlegrove Taylor (1795 - 1875) #44880068 -- Mar.: #1 Cassander Van Cleave on December 21, 1818 Mar.: #2 Sarah L. "Sally" McCrocklin
3. Matilda B.- b:1/15/1797 VA #14399566 MAR.: Benj.S VanCleave --Benjamin Van Cleave --Spouse's Name Matilda Taylor--Event Date:11 Aug 1818-- Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky.^[10]
4. Mary B Taylor B:7/3/1798 VA-- D:6/29/1876 Vigo, Ind. Mar : John Benj. VanCleave--Spouse's Name Mary B. Taylor --Event Date: 20 Sep 1821 -- Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky Citing this Record: "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979,"
5. Elizabeth D. B:5/7/1800 VA #81666322 MAR.:James G. Midkiff
6. Benjamin Benton B:2/15/1802 VA.#142751089 MAR.:Margaret VanCleave

VanCleave's Family

1860 census MO. [5]

Name: John Benjamin (Jackson) VANCLEAVE

Birth: 12 AUG 1796 in Shelby Co., KY. --

Death: 28 MAR 1831 in Brown Twp., Montgomery Co., Indiana --

Father: Aaron VANCLEAVE b: 15 DEC 1768 in Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co., N.C.  :Mother: Elizabeth VANCLEAVE b: 1773 in Yadkin Valley, Rowan Co., N.C

Mary B. VanCleave's Children

1. Henry Smith VANCLEAVE b: 22 JUN 1822 in Shelby Co., Kentucky
2. Betsy VANCLEAVE b: ABT 1826 in Montgomery Co., Indiana
3. Matilda Ann VANCLEAVE b: 4 JAN 1826 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Kentucky
4. Sarah Jane VANCLEAVE b: 24 OCT 1827 in Montgomery Co., Indiana
5. Elizabeth VANCLEAVE b: 1829 in Montgomery Co., Indiana
6. John Samuel VANCLEAVE b: 22 DEC 1831 in Browns Valley, Montgomery Co., Indiana

• Lucinda B:2/23/1807 Va. # MAR.:James H. Johnson
• Sally P. B:10/1/1804 VA. #124872911 MAR.:Jobish Lewellen
• Ada Priscilla B:4/30/1808 VA.#124872911 MAR.:Samuel Jackson
• John Peyton B:7/25/1813 VA.#142752105 MAR.:Susanna E. Davis
• Jane S. Taylor Ellis (1811 - 1889) #44032839 Mar.: Rev. Joseph Ellis

Research Notes

The Reasons for our decisions.

John Peyton Taylor Sr & Mary C. Davis

1870 William F.'s son John Peyton Taylor is living in the farm BETWEEN

On either side of his farm is:

Squire Littlegrove Taylor born to Thomas L. Taylor 1821

And the other side is:

George Warren Taylor born to Thomas L. Taylor 1840

WE, Linda Baird and I have decided, after review of all the data: the 1820/1830/1850/60/70 census records, the "Suit" DATED May 31, 1850- Wm. F. says, "he was raised by John Peyton Taylor and always resided in his house until about 2 years before his death." And further stated, "he was 28 or 29 years old." May 1850 -29 years-1821... AND, 27 August 1846 William F. married Eliza Jane Pate, in Ohio County. Then in 1847 John Peyton died.

All the data says his year of birth would be 1821.

So this tells us that his father was John Peyton Taylor and not Thomas Littlegrove and that his mother was Mary C. Davis. Mary would have been 49 years old when he was born. (UNLESS of course- THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN in John Peyton's life)

Our family tree line comes originally from the rootsweb.com tree of JOE TAYLOR- Joe gives William a birth year of 1828 Ohio Co. KY.

But all the names MY William F Taylor/Elizabeth Pate-Taylor named their kids are too coincidental....

The reasons I believe this is the correct father to my g-grandfather are:

several family trees list a son

William H. and dob: Jan 1852 KY---my William H is dob: 1854 KY, this from a census.

It also says "Head of family- parents born KY" --and my William H has 2 daughters named Mary (Mollie) and one Sallie which are the names of the sisters on the William H, son of William F/Elizabeth Pate.

Also they named their sons John Peyton-Squire L-Samuel ---just like his brothers. There are too many coincidences...(I know don't see this???)

Except the date of birth is either 1821 OR 1828 depends on what family tree you are reading, hard to tell but I believe I have made a strong case to prove MY William H. as the son of William F. TAYLOR.

newly updated data Aug. 10, 2014 because of f-a-g creator 47003700

Thank you, the death date I had was May 21, 1890 and was informed this is not right!  :::Note: his father, mother, brother, and son are buried in New Bells Run

Disambiguation

Mr. Durham is saying that all the data Linda & I have found and added here is NOT my ancestor but his................William F and Elizabeth Pate-Taylor

28 February 2020 5:22 AM

GARY (familysearch.org messages)

I'm old but relatively new to genealogy only a couple years (retired).

William F,Squire, Elizabeth Pate are all buried within a 10-15 mile radius of me.

The Owensboro genealogy is a pretty big place and has there own department. I was confused when I saw your info about him being in Oklahoma with Visa when none of it matched up with my work?

So I went to the Ohio County Genealogy and looked at there records and books.

I was then sent to the Owensboro genealogy department where they assured me of my findings and the Taylor in Oklahoma and another in West Virginia were not accurate. :Family Search, Roots Web, Ancestry Ive used those three. I have also spent time in the Court Houses in the record department in 4 county's. Joe Taylor that did the Roots Web was from here but was actually in California. He was handicapped and stayed home most of the time. The local Historian Helen Mckeown did most of his work for him and lives 3-4 miles from me and we talked often. I haven't done much research in awhile. I just wanted to find out more about Greats and GGreats. My middle name is Taylor my moms maiden name. I grew up with many that was only a 5 minute walk from my house. Im sorry if I have caused confusion. I have actually turned over all my work to my daughter and moved on. I have 2 historians in my intimidate family and thats enough.

November 2020 I emailed a request to the Owensboro genealogy department telling them of the note received and if they could let me know what I need to do to get the same copies of the information. Without copies of the SOURCES our DATA is better than what he was informed about.

TO DATE,,, no response..........

Taylor-25258 22:49, 6 February 2023 (UTC) Still response after several calls to the library

Sources

1. ↑ [1830 Event Place Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky]
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-Z49
3. ↑ Kentucky Marriage Register familysearch.org
4. ↑ [1] From Tina's Family on rootsweb.com
5. ↑ Source: 1850 Dist.#2 OHIO County, Kentucky'
6. ↑ census records 1850/60/[2] 70] /[3]80
7. ↑ census Ohio County, Kentucky
8. ↑ POW CARD [fold3]
9. ↑ 1870 Ohio, Kentucky
10. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ST-CVL : accessed 17 August 2015), Benjamin Van Cleave and Matilda Taylor, 11 Aug 1818; citing Shelby, Kentucky, reference 180; FHL microfilm 259,282.

1. Marriage certificate of William F. Taylor and Elizabeth Jane Pate and another document "marriage contract" is signed by her father William Pate.
2. familysearch.org family tree that gives a "family records"
3. the "Suit" DATED May 31, 1850- Wm.F. Taylor
4. Find A Grave: Memorial #120952956 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120952956/william-ferdinand-taylor: accessed 06 February 2023), memorial page for Pvt William Ferdinand Taylor (1821–1 ??? 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 120952956, citing Bell's Run Cemetery, Bells Run, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by carole l taylor (contributor 47890355).
5. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WD-2YJ : accessed 17 August 2015), John B. Van Cleave and Mary B. Taylor, 20 Sep 1821; citing , Shelby, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 0259273 V. 1-3.

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.Taylor-26659 was created by Carole L. Taylor through the import of Taylor line 3 gene.ged on May 23, 2015.