George emigrated to Van Diemen's Land with his parents and three siblings arriving January 1823 on the Princess Charlotte.[2]
He had lost an arm in a family battle with bush rangers in 1824, and was murdered in 1826.
From the Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1825 - 1827), Friday 17 November 1826, page 3
DREADFUL MURDERS,
BY THE BLACK NATIVES.
ANOTHER MURDER.
Since writing the above, and just as our paper was going to press, we were informed by a Gentleman, in whose statement we can place the utmost veracity, that another cruel and barbarous murder has been perpetrated by the Natives. The unfortunate victim is Mr. George Taylor (son of Mr. Robert Taylor), who, it will be recollected, was wounded in an attack made by some bushrangers upon his father's house, but who were beaten off, and two either killed or wounded. Mr. Taylor, thus unfortunately cut off in the prime of life, it appears, was speared and beaten with waddies about the head, in a most shocking manner. We shall perhaps be enabled to give further particulars in our next.[3]
From the Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1833), Saturday 18 November 1826, page 2
THE BLACK NATIVES.
The arrival of the post on Thursday brought the mournful intelligence of a new series of murders, committed by this savage and vindictive race, among whose victims, we lament to state, is Mr. George Taylor, jun. youngest son of Mr. George Taylor, of the Macquarie River. He is the same young gentleman who distinguished himself two years ago, with such valour and in-trepidity in warding off an attack of the gang of robbers conducted by Brady. He had left his father's stock hut, on the Lake River, after breakfast on Saturday last, but not returning that night as he had intended, his brother became anxious for his safety, a search was made for him next day, and in the evening his dead body was found at two miles distance from the hut, transfixed with many spears, and his head dreadfully shattered from blows, inflicted either with stones or waddies.[4]
George was mentioned on a memorial in Kirklands Presbyterian Cemetery, Campbell Town, Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia with a death date of 11 November 1826.[5]
Sources
↑Baptism:
"Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013 Ancestry Record 60143 #1640278 (accessed 11 January 2023)
George Taylor baptism on 20 Jul 1800, son of George Taylor, in Abernethy, Perth, Scotland.
↑ Hudson, Helen Lesley Cherry stones : adventures in genealogy of Taylor, Hutcheson, Hawkins of Scotland, Plaisted, Green, Hughes of England and Wales ... who immigrated to Australia between 1822 and 1850. H.L. Hudson, [Berwick] Vic, 1985.
↑ DREADFUL MURDERS. (1826, November 17). Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1825 - 1827), p. 3. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2448903
↑ THE BLACK NATIVES, (1826, November 18). The Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1833), p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790357
↑Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #225856857 (accessed 11 January 2023)
Memorial page for George Taylor (1800-11 Nov 1826), citing Kirklands Presbyterian Cemetery, Campbell Town, Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by Julie Henderson & Lacey Milier (contributor 49446508).
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