Diary, 1786-1799

[21] 6 5, Roger, born Sept. 12, 1781; married Hannah Fishback. 6, Catharine, born Feb.5, 1783; married 1st, Peter Fontaine; m.2nd, Capt. John Nelson. 7, Matilda, born Dec. 19, 1784; married May 30, 1799; Isaac Robertson and died at Lousville, Mch.5,1833. She was grandmother of the writer. Her history and her husband's in the genealogy, "Robertson-Taylor" mentioned previously. 8, Lucy, or Lucinda, born Dec.12,1786, married Phil. Barbour. 9. Elizabeth, born March 1788; died July 27, 1794, in Caroline Co.Va. 10. Sarah, born March 6, 1790; died young. JOHN TAYLOR, seventh son of Col.George Taylor, born January 27, 1751, was Commissioned August 13, 1777 Midshipman in Nacy [of Virginia]; promoted August 1778 to Lieutenantcy and served his brother, Commodore Rich ard. He was captured by the British-probably in the same action as the one in which the Commodore received his knee wound, Nov. 1781-and carried a prisoner to New York and died there on the old "Jersey" Prison-ship He never married. MAJOR WILLIAM TAYLOR, eighth son of Col. George Taylor, born January 23, 1753, was Commissioned January 29, 1776, 1st, Lieutenant 2nd, Virginia Regiment; promoted, Dec.28,1776, to Captaincy; commissioned Major of the 9th, Va. Reg't. Dec.7,1779; retired February 12, 1781. He received a bounty of 5,333 acres. Removed to Kentucky in 1786, or earlier, lived at Louisville and died Apr.14,1830. He married twice-1st, in 1786 to Lucy Hord, who died June 1, 1794; 2nd, on July 20, 1796 to Elizabeth Coats. Children: by first wife, 1. Elizabeth, married her first cousin, Francis Taylor, son of Jonathan. 2. John William. Children by 2nd, wife: 3. Coats, 4. Eleanor, married John T.Berry, 5. Caroline, married Dr. __________ Thornton 6. Louisa, married _________ Shallcross. 7.Richard. From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.

[22]7 DR. CHARLES TAYLOR, ninth son of Col.George Taylor, born January 3, 1755, served as Assistant Surgeon 2nd, Va.Regt., and on Oct.26, 1779 was commissioned Surgeon of the Virginia Convention Guards; retired 1781; was awarded 6,000 acres land in recognition of his services. He married Sarah Conway (b.Nov.27,1757) daughter of Capt.Francis Conway, and sister of Capt.Catlett Conway. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah[Talliaferre] Conway, became the 2nd, wife of Col.George Taylor, in 1767, and was the mother of George Conway Taylor. Dr. Taylor lived in Orange County on the place now [1900] owned by Fountain Kennedy. He died January 27, 1821. Children: 1. Sarah Frances, married William Milburn, 2. Elizabeth, married Thomas Jenkins, 3. Mary Conway, married Robert Taylor, son of Robert and grandson of Erasmus Taylor. 4. Harriett Thornton, married Catlett Conway, 5. Matilda R., married William Catlett Moore. 6. Evalina, married George Morton, 7. Martha("Patsy,") born May 21, 1788. 8. Charles, born June 18, 1790. 9. George Francis, 10. Eleanor ("Nellie,") Captain Reuben Taylor, tenth son of Col.George Taylor, born January 14, 1757, commissioned Apl.8, 1777; 1st, Lieutenant of Canadian Reg't.; promoted to Captaincy Feb.2,1778; retire d Jan'y. 1,1783. Rec'd from U.S., bounty of 4,000 acres; married Feb.11, 1782; Rebecca Moore, daughter of Maj.William Moore and his wife, Mary Throekmorton. Reuben Taylor lived on the opposite side of Quarles Mountain from "Midland," his father's home. He moved to Kentucky in 1799 and died there. Child ren: 1. William Moore, married Mary Osborne, 2. Francis, md.1st, Mildred Peay; 2nd, Mrs Sarah (Taylor) Ross. 3. Reuben, died young. 4. Warner, married Fannie Noel. 5. Lucy, married Benjamin Alsop. 6. Margaret married Dec.19,1788, Jeremiah Keys. 7. Nellie, 8. Benjamin, b. Feb.16, 1799, married Sarah Milburn. Note---I have some doubts as to Reuben Taylor's wife, Rebecca Moore, having been daughter of Maj'r. William Moore. She may have been his sister, and daughter of John Moore and Mrs. Rebecca (Catlett) Conway, his 2nd wife. Reuben Taylor married some 15 years before any of Major Moore's other children. From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.

[23]8 BENJAMIN TAYLOR, eleventh son of Col.George Taylor, born Nov.11,1759, never married. He served as Midshipman in Navy under his brother, Commodore Taylor, and received bounty of 2,666 acres; moved to Kentucky Oct.22,1794 and died there. He acquired vast tracts of land by taking them up and patenting them. GEORGE CONWAY TAYLOR, twelfth son of Col.George Taylor, and only child by his second wife (generally designated as "G.C.Taylor," or simply "G.C.T." in diaries), was born Jan. 13, 1769. He inherited a handsome estate from his mother and also received his share from his father's estate. He studied medicine under the tutorship of Dr. Thomas Walker of "Castle Hill" Albemarle County, Va.) (who died Nov.1794, aged 80-Castle Hill was afterwards the home of Wm.Cabell Rives, U.S.Minister to France 1829:1832; U.S.Senator 1833-1834 and 1836-1845. He was the author of "Life and Times of Madison."). George Conway Taylor married Elizabeth Dixon and died March 9, 1805, without issue. For a short time George Conway Taylor was Clerk of Orange Co., beginning Oct.22, 1798. COLONEL GEORGE TAYLOR'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS. FRANCES TAYLOR, sister of Col. George Taylor, born Aug.30, 1700; died Nov.25, 1761; married Aug.24, 1731, Ambrose Madison, of Orange County. Their eldest son, James, born March 27, 1723, died Feb.27,1801, married Eleanor Rose Conway, and had several children, the eldest of whom was Jamese Madison, who became 4th President of the United States, 1809-1817. Hewas born March 16, 1751 and died June 28, 1836. See also under the Madison Family. Martha Taylor, sister of Col.George Taylor, born January 17, 1702, married Thomas Chew, of Orange County. She had ten children, viz:Joseph, Larkin, Frances, Hannah, Samuel, Thomas, Colby-famous Indian fighter. Elizabeth, never married. Mildred, married Dec.19,1786, James Coleman, widower, died Feb.10,1788. Mention is frequently made in the diaries of members of this family, but the mother died previous to their writing. The Chew descendants are very numerous. From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.

[24] 9 JAMES TAYLOR 3rd, eldest brother of Col.George Taylor, born March 30, 1703; died March 1,1784: was a member of The House of Burgesses and was a man of strong character and wide influences; married three times,-1st, Mrs. Alice Thornton Catlett, daughter of Col Francis Thornton, of Caroline Co.; 2nd, to Mrs Elizabeth McGrath Lewis; and 3rd, to Mrs Gregory. His children, three in number, were all by his first wife. His descendants are scattered all over Kentucky and the West and South. James Taylor 3rd, lived at "Bloomsbury" in the house erected by his father, James Taylor 2nd, in 1720, and he and his wives are buried near by on the same place. ZACHARY TAYLOR, brother of Col.George Taylor, born Apr.17, 1707; died 1768; married 1st, Elizabeth Lee, of Westmoreland Co., daughter of Hancock and Sarah Allerton Lee, of [Fauqur?] Cc.Va., married 2nd, Mrs. Esther (Jones) Blackburn. He lived at "Meadow Farm," a part of the original 10,000 acre tract taken up by his father, and now [1900] occupied by Major Erasmus Taylor, a descendant of Erasmus Taylor [Brother of Col.George and Zachary, above]. Zachary Taylor had seven sons, among them; zachary 2nd, who married Alice Chew, his first cousin; Hancock, killed by Indians in Ky., in 1774, and Col. Richard Taylor, of Ky., the father of Gen'l. Zachary Taylor, 12th, Orange Co. He is very often mentioned in the diaries. TABITHA TAYLOR, sister of Col.George Taylor, born March 2nd, 1713; married Thomas Wild. We have no record of her descendants, and no mention of her is made in the diaries. JERASMUS TAYLOR, brother of Col.George Taylor, born Sept.5,1715; was of retiring disposition and never held office. In the diaries he is generally called "E.Taylor," or "Uncle Taylor," He married Jane Moore, daughter of John Moore and his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Catlett Conway, and sister of Major William Moore, who is very often mentioned in diaries. Rebecca Catlett Conway, by her first husband, was mother of Eleanor Rose Conway, who married James Madison Sr., and became mother of President Madison. Jane Moore and Major William Moore were therefore half-brother and sister of Eleanor Rose Conway, .Erasmus Taylor was great uncle of President Madison, and Mrs. Erasmus Taylor was his aunt (1/2), thus forming a double relationship between the Taylors and Madisons. Erasmus Taylor lived quite near the place called "Greenfield" where James Taylor 2nd, his father, lived in later life. The house was about 200 yards East of the brick house now standing at "Greenfield." Children: 1. Mildred, b.1751, married William Morton. 2. Frances, born 1753, married Captain Garland Burnley. 3. Elizabeth, born 1755, married Andrew Glassel. 4. Lucy, born 1758, married Rev. Alexander Balmain, of Winchester, Oct. 31, 1786., a Church of England Clergyman. 5. John, born 1759, married Ann Gilbert, Sept 5, 1786. 6. Robert, born 1763, married Frances Pendleton. 7. Jane, born 1766, married Charles P.Howard. From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.

[25] 10 Hannah Taylor, sister of Col.George Taylor, born March 15, 1718, married a Frenchman named Nicholas Battaile. She had two sons: Hay and Lawrence, both of them mentioned a number of times by diarist. They lived in Orange County. Hay Battaile married 1st, Mary Willis, she died Sept.5,1792 and he married again on Feb.12,1794, Ann Daingerfield. They moved to Kentucky and left descendants. Lawrence ("Law.") Battaile married Ann Hay Taliaferro, June 10, 1790. The Batailes and Taliaferros were closely related. There was also a "Hay" and a "Law" Taliaferro. MILDRED TAYLOR, sister of Col.George Taylor, and youngest of the family, born Dec.11,1724; married Aug.24, 1753, Richard Thomas, of Orange County. They lived adjoining "Greenfield," on a part of the original 10,000 acre tract taken up by her father, James Taylor 2nd, in 1720. She had three sons: John Rowland and Joseph. The first was a hard drinker, mentioned May 1, 1786 and Jan, 25, 1798. "Aunt Thomas" was frequently mentioned in diaries. OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF COL.GEORGE TAYLOR. ZACHARY TAYLOR JR., son of Zachary, and nephew of Col.George Taylor, married Alice Chew, daughter of Thomas Chew and Martha Taylor. Alice died Mch.6, 1796. They had three children: 1. Samuel, 2. Sarah, married Nov.8,1792, Richard Woolfolk, moved to Ky. 3. John married Parthenia Dawson. COLONEL RICHARD TAYLOR, son of Zachary (the elder) and nephew of Col.George Taylor, was born April 3, 1741-died Jan.19,1829. He married Sarah D[abney] Strother. Was Lieutenant Colonel of 2nd, Va.Regiment in Revolution: moved to Ky., and was prominent in public life at Lousville in its early history. Children: 1. Hancock, married 1st, Elizabeth Hord; 2nd, Anna Lewis. 2. Zachary, married Margaret Smith. This was the celebrated General during the Mexican War and 12th, President of the U.S. 3. George, 4. William Dabney Strother, 5. Richard. 6. JosephP[annill], married Evalina McLean-Quarter Master Gen. U.S.A. 7. Elizabeth Lee, married John Gibson Taylor, son of James and grandson of Col.George Taylor. 8. Sarah, married French Strother Gray, (Grey) 9. Emily, married John S. Allison. From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.