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[LETTERS OF FRANCIS TAYLOR, Originals in Possession of P.F Taylor, 1913]

Orange 2d, April 1797.

Dear Dicky I have never had a line from my friends in Jefferson since the fall- Capt A.Fontaine informed me you left the water a day or two befor Christmas, & with some others, intended to travel through the woods to get back to Kentucky- I have not heard since from you, but hope you got safely down. I am very solicitous to hear from you, and other friends; and hope you have already wrote as you promised.

I have heard that your cousin Edmund is married to one of Col. Trruston's daughters- He got here eight or nine days after you- and talked of trying to overtake you; and has never wrote me.

I had a letter from F.S. Taylor lately, he says they go on with store as well as he could expect- that the French had taken their goods- £1,600.- coming from England, for which he seems much displeased with them- the goods fortunately were insured- He writes that Maj'r Lindsay has been very ill and still very low- and altho' he left the Naval Office, was obliged to do most of the business still; Frank does not expect to marry this year, but I expect he is engaged, as you heard when you was at Port Royal. I wish to hear whether your uncle Ben, you, Colby, Mr. Woolfolk and your cousin Wm. Taylor, have all got to work on your place as intended.

I will write nothing about your old acquaintances, as your uncle Reuben and cousin James can give you a full account. I wish I was able to be out with you, but my health has been pooere of late than for some years before.

I intend to write more fully in my next, request you and your brothers will write what's going onward. I hope your father will excuse my not writing to him, as I had nothing particular now; I hope he and all his family have health- Present my love to him, your mother, and all your brothers and sisters, and wishing that you may all enjoy much happiness, I am Dear Dicky Your affect'e uncle Fra. Taylor. Tell your brothers I had so many letters to write I could not answer theirs, but hope they will continue to write and let me know what they are doing, and the news, crops &c &c

To Mr. Richard Taylor Jr. Beargrass Creek, Jefferson county, Kentucky Favored by Maj'r J.Taylor.

NOTES. Richard Taylor Jr, nephew of the diarist; was son of Commodore Richard Taylor. He married, his cousin, Mary Taylor, daughter of Edmund Taylor, brother of Commodore Richard. Richard Taylor Jr. "Black Dick," was Surveyor of the Lands set apart in Western Kentucky, for the Officers and soldiers of the Revolution. Edmund Taylor was son of Edmund and Sarah (Stubbs) Taylor and was brother of Mary, who married Richard Taylor Jr., He married Eloise Thruston, daughter of Rev. and Col. Charles Mynn Thruston. "F.S."-Francis Stubbs Taylor, was son of Edmund and Sarah (Stubbs) Taylor, and married Oct. 25, 1797, Sarah (or Ann) Lindsay, daughter of Maj'r William Lindsay, U.S.A. "Colby" Taylor was fifth son of Commodore Richard. "Cousin William Taylor," was son of Jonathan and Ann (Berry) Taylor. He married Susan H.Gibson, and was called "Big Foot Billy." "Maj'r J. Taylor Jr," was James F. Taylor, son of James, the Clerk, and Ann (Pendleton) Taylor, He married Dec. 27,1795, Frances C. Moore. "Uncle Reuben," was Capt. Reuben Taylor, brother of Col. Francis and Com. Richard.

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Will of Col. Francis Taylor.

I, FRANCIS TAYLOR, of the County of Orange in Virginia Knowing the uncertainty of life do now make and appoint this my last will.

I desire that all just demands against me shall be paid.

I give my nephew Francis Stubbs Taylor one Thousand acres of land on the Ohio River in the state of Kentucky (patented the 6th of Sept'r 1787) To him and his heirs forever, I also give the s'd Francis Stubbs Taylor, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.

I give and devise to my Nephew Francis Taylor, son of Jonathan Taylor, one Thousand Acres of my Military land on the North West of the Ohio No. 1654, to him and his heirs forever.

I give to my Nephew Richard Taylor, son of Richard Taylor, one Thousand acres of my Military land No. 1657, to him & his heirs forever.

I give to my Nephew Nathaniel Taylor, son of Jomes Taylor, one Thousand Acres of my Military land No. 1658, to him and his heirs forever.

I give to my Nephew Charles Taylor, son of Charles Taylor, one Thousand Acres of my Military land No. 1659, to him and his heirs forever.

I give to my Nephew Francis Taylor, son of Reuben Taylor, two-thirds of Three Thousand Acres of land on Blackford's Creek in Kentucky, Patent granted 17th of May 1786, to him and his heirs forever.

I give and devise to my Brother William Taylor my share of Interest in the lands or Warrents for Lands, in partnership amongst James Taylor, Edm'd Taylor dec'sd, myself, and the s'd William Taylor, to him and his heirs forever.

I give unto my Brothers Reuben Taylor and Benjamin Taylor my part or Interest in the land devised to me by my late Brother John Taylor dec'd to be divided as they can agree or Equally to them and their heirs forever.

I desire that the agreement made by me with Hubbard Taylor dec'd to be divided as they can agree or Equally to them and their heirs forever.

I desire that the agreement made by me with Hubbard Taylor about locating certain lands in the State of Kentucky shall be complied with as follows,:

For locating Three Thousand Acres on Blackford's Creek, one-thired part of what shall be secured to me, For locating and securing one Thousand Acres on Stinking creek one half, For locating and securing one Thousand Acres on Brush Creek one-half, For locating one Thousand Acres on Brashear's Creek one-half, and for locating ans securing Three Thousand Acres on Slate Creek one-half, And conformable to the said agreement Which is possessed by the said Hubbard Taylor.

I also desire that an agreement made by my Brother William Taylor with John O'Bannon for locating and securing my Military lands on the North West side of the Ohio shall be complied with.

I give to my Niece Elizabeth Pendleton five hundred Dollars.

It is my will that if any of my Brothers or any of my Brothers' sons ashall be indebted to me at the timeof my death that they shall be released therefrom.

I give and devise to my Brother Benjamin Taylor the Tract of land whereon I now reside, all my Slaves, Furniture, live Stock and plantation Tools Thereon to him and his heirs forever, provided that the said Benjamin Taylor shall live to take possession therof. And in that case he should not live to Possess this Legacy, it is my will that my nephew Francis Stubbs Taylor shall have the same, to him and his heirs forever, And I desire that my slaves be humanely treated and not be removed from Orange against their consent Respectively.

It is my will that all my other lands in Kentucky and remainder of my Military lands not herein before devised shall be sold by some person appointed by my Executors, and after my debts and legacies shall be paid That the money arising from their sale shall be equally divided amongst my Brothers, James, Jonathan, Richard, William, Charles, & Benjamin.

It is my will that my Executors shall not be required to give any security for acting as such, and that an Inventory of my personal estate may be made by one or more of them, without their being any Appraisement made thereof. Lastly, I appoint My Brothers, Charles, Reuben and Benjamin Taylor's And my Nephew Francis Stubbs Taylor, Executors of this my last Will. In Testimony Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my Seal, this 17th day of April 1797. The whole of this writing being in my own hand.

Francis Taylor.

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[12] 1 WILL OF COL.FRANCIS TAYLOR and DOCUMENT of HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES. ________

At a Court held for Orange County at the Court house on Monday the 23rd day of December 1799-this last will and testament of Francis Taylor dec'd was present-ed into the Court and there being no subscribing withesses thereto Robert Taylor and Charles P. Howard being sword, diposed that they are well acquainted with the dec-dents handwriting and verify believe the said will and the name thereto subscribed were wholly written by the said decedent-whereupon the same in ordered to the re-corded. And on the motion of Charles Taylor & Reuben Taylor two of the Executors herein named who made oath thereto according to Law. Certificate is granted then for obtaining a probate thereof in due form without giving Security, the will di-recting that the same Should not be required. Liberty being reserved to the other Executors named in the said will to join in the probate when they shall think fit. teste Geo.C.Taylor,C.C. A Copy teste, P.L.Fry, Clk Orange County Court September 25, 1848 ......................

25th CONGRESS, [Rep. No. 127.] HO. OF REPS. 2d Session FRANCIS TAYLOR. [To accompany bill H.R. No. 145] _____._____ December 22, 1837. Adopted by the Committee, and ordered to be reprinted _____._____ March 25, 1836. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following REPORT:

The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have examined the petition of Robert Tay-lor, on behalf of himself and others, as distributors and heirs of the late Francis Taylor, deceased, and the evidences in support thereof, and now report:

That Colonel Francis Taylor commanded the regiment raised to guard the convention prisoners as they were called, and in the caacity served, as it satisfactorily appears to the committee, until June 17, 1781. The regiment he commanded was dispanded upon the removal of the prisoners from Winchester, Virginia, where they have been kept; and by the discharge of the troops, Colonel Taylor became supernumerary, for it does not appear that he ever resigned. He had been an officer of inferior grade be-fore his appointment to command the regiment of guards. Thr [sic] regiment he XXXXX hemmanded [sic] had been repeatedly recognised as belonging to the conti-nental line. The committee are of the opinion that Colonel Taylor was entitled to commutation,a nd report a bill in favor of his legal representatives.

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U.S.DOCUMENT REGARDING COL.FRANCIS TAYLOR'S SERVICES. _________ REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES ========= Rep. No. 380. Ho of Reps. 29th Congress 1st Session. COLONEL FRANCIS TAYLOR. [To accompany bill H.R.No.288] ________ March 5, 1846. ________ Mr. Orider, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims made the following REPORT:

The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Edmund H.Taylor, the administrator with the will annexed of hte estate of Colonel Francis Taylor, deceased, asking an allowance of the commutation of five years' full pay, with interest, in lieu of half pay for life, having examined the same and the evidence, which is of the most satisfactory character, in support thereof, now report: That Colonel Taylor entered the service of the United States as a Captain the last of 1775, in the Virginia continental line, and continued in actual service until a consolidation of the Virginia regiments took place in 1778, when he retired as a supernumerary major, and so continued awaiting the orders of the Congress until about the first of January, 1779, when he again was called into actual service by the Congress in a resolution passed the 9th of January, 1779, which required that a bat-talion of 600 men be forthwith raised in Virginia of Continental establishment, and the officers to be appointed out of those of the Virginia line who had been left out of the late arrangement of the countinental army (See the printed journals of the Continental Congress, by Way a Gideon, vol.3d, page 179.). Col.Taylor was appoint-ed lieutenant-colonel of the said battalion, and, upon the death of Colonel Charles Lee, was promoted to the rank of colonel, and commanded the regiment which was rais-ed to guard the covnention prisoners(as they were termed)until the same was dis-banded in June, 1781. The regiment he commnaded was disbanded upon the removal of the prisoners from Winchester, Virginia, where they ahd been kept; and by the dis-charge of the troops, Colonel Taylor became supernumerary, and so remained until the close of the war. Your committee are entirely satisfied that the regiment he commanded was a continental regiment, as it was taken upon continental establishment by Congress, in the passage of the resolution of the 9th January, 1779, aforesaid, and ordered thereby to be officered by those officers who had been left out of the late arrangement, and were then made supernumeraries.In the army registers of Virginia, this reg-iment has been always classed among the continental corps, and which fact,says the auditor of that commonweath, is satisfactory proof that such officers were conti-nental officers. (See a report No.457, from the Committee on Public Lands, at the first session of the 28th Congress,page 193.) Mr. Jefferson, while governor of Vir-ginia, in a letter to the commander-in-chief of the American army, under date the 28th November 1779, expressly mentions Colonel Taylor's regiment of guard to the convention troops as being of the continental line. (See Jefferson's Works, Vol.1st; page 170. The settled decisions of both the War and Treasury Departments of this government are that the regiment was a continental regiment. The executive of Vir-ginia so decides. Besides, both Houses of Congress as well as various committees have repeatedly decided that this regiment was a continental regiment. Congress so decided in the passage of the act of May 25th, 1832, allowing Major John Roberts, an officer of this regiment, his commutation pay with interest; also in the passage of the act of the second of March, 1833, allowing Captain John Thomas, another offi-cer of this regiment, his commutation pay with interest; also in the passage of the act of June 30th, 1834, allowing the heird of Lieutenant John Taylor, another officer of this regiment, his commutation pay. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims deci-ded that this regiment was a continental regiment in their report conceding the

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LETTER. [15] 1 To Mr. Edmund H. Taylor Richmond, 2nd May 1834. Sir, Your letter containing one from 3rd Auditor, in the Treasury Department of the United States, was received a few days past. In reply to it, I have to say-Francis Taylor-settled his accompts as Captain & Major, for a service from Jany 1st 1777 to Oct 1st 1778-for which he received a balance of £192.13.5. He received bounty land, for 8 years service, as Major. Samuel Gill was Captain in the Revolutionary Army-He settled his A/pts as Lieut & Captain, in the Continental line, for a service, from Jany 1st, 1777 to Jany 6th 1779 and rec'd £135.4.11. The bal. of his pay. He received 4,000 acres of land as Captain, for a service of 3 years-April 30th, 1784. Erasmus Gill-settled his accompts as Cornet-Lieut of Dragons, and Captain in the Continental Line for a service from Jany 1st, 1777 to Decr. 31st 1781. He received bounty land as Captain for a service of eight years-a part there of in July '83 & the remainder in Nov'r '96. He received the bal. of his payments amounting to £495.1.7. The public records and documents on file in my office, do not enable me to answer more of your letter than is answered above-Your Obt Servant John H. Smith. [Note-John H.Smith was either Chief Clerk, or Auditor, of Virginia-PFT.] ------------From "Historical Register of the Continental Army-Heitman. "Taylor, Frencis (Va.). Captain 2d Virginia, 8th May, 1776; Major 15th Virginia, 20th March, 1778; retired 14th September 1778; Colonel Virginia Convention Guards, June, 1779, to June 1781." Gill, Samuel (Va). Ensign 4th Virginia, 10th February, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, ____November, 1776; Captain, ____ January, 1777; retired 14th September, 1778." Gill, Erasmus (Va). Sergeant 2nd Virginia, 28th August, 1776; Ensign, 28 h November, 1776; 2d Lieutenant, 15th June, 1777; 1st Lieutenant 4th Continental Dragoons, February, 1779. to rank from 25th December, 1778; taken prisoner at the Siege of Savannah, 3d October, 1779; exchanged 22d October 1780; Captain, ___ 1781, and served to close of war." [He was brother of Samuel Gill, above named.-PFT.] 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.

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[16] 1 COLONEL GEORGE TAYLOR of Orange County Virginia. (Father of the Diarist and generally designated as "G.T." or "G.Taylor" in the diaries) Was fifth child, third son of James Taylor "2nd, "and his wife, Martha Thompson; and grandson of James Taylor, who emigrated from Carlisle, England, about 1660 or 1667 and settled in the Southerly part of Caroline County (then New Kent) on the Mattapony River. His grand-mother, the first wife of James Taylor, the emigrant, was named Frances, but her surname is unknown to us. His mother, Martha Thompson, a woman of extraordinary beauty of person, exalted character and remarkable courage, was daughter of Col. William Thompson, an officer in the British Army, who lived in affluence at Blackwell Neck, in Hanover County, Va. and who was a son of Sir Roger Thompson of England.

James Taylor 2nd, the father of Col. George, was also a Colonel and did active duty in the Indian Wars of that early period. He was also a member of the House of Burgesses from King and Queen Co. and was one of the aides of Govenor Spottswood when he made the famous Tramontaine expedition to the Shenandoah and Swift Run Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Col. George Taylor was born in Caroline Co.Va. February 11, 1711. He had three brothers, viz: James 3rd, Zachary and Erasmus; and five sisters, viz: Frances, Martha, Tabitha, Hannah and Mildred, all of whom married, and will be mentioned hereafter. He was married twice, 1st, on February 28th, 1738, to Rachel Gibson (born May 4, 1717,-died Feb.16,1761), daughter of Jonathan Gibson of Orange Co. and his wife, Margaret Catlett, and by her he had eleven children, all boys;- and 2nd, in 1767, to Mrs. Sarah Taliaferro Conway (born Oct. 8, 1727,-died Jan.17,1784), widow of Captain Francis Conway and daughter of Col. John Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, his wife, and by her he had one son, completing his dozen.

Jonathan Gibson, father of Rachel, the first wife of Col. Geo. Taylor, was one of the earliest Clerks of Orange Co. He had lived previously in Caroline Co. and had been its representative in the Va. House of Burgesses. He was said to have been brother of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London and son of Edmund and Jane Langhorn Gibson, but we are unable to say upon what authority.

Margaret Catlett Gibson, the mother of Rachel, was daughter of John Catlett and grand-daughter of Col. John Catlett of "Greenmount" at Port Royal, Caroline Co. (then Essex Co.), who was killed by the Indians when attacking the fort there in 1670.

The Catlett family emigrated to Va., from Sittenbourne Parish, Kent Co. England.

Col. George Taylor was a Vestryman of the Church of England in Orange Co; a Justice of the Peace; Clerk of Orange Co. 1750-1772, succeeding Jonathan Gibson, and succeeded by his son, James, who in turn was succeeded by his brother George Conway Taylor. He was also a member of the House of Burgesses of Va. representing Orange Co. 1748-1758. Governor Dinwiddie commissioned him July 18, 1755 Colonel of the Orange Co. Militia, and he served in the French and Indian Wars. About the year 1720 his father moved to Orange Co. from Caroline, "took up" 10,000 acres of land and established a home, which he called "Bloomsbury". The house he built is still standing and in good condition. There Col. George Taylor passed his youth and early manhood, until his marriage, which occurred in his 28th year. The writer does not know with certainty where Col. George Taylor lived during the lifetime of his two wives, but, in all probability, it was in the same location where he in 1786 built a new house, the first two story (full) one in that part of Orange Co. viz: about two miles East of Orange C.H., at the Westerly base of Quarles Mountain. 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

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Full details of the cost etc. of this house are given in Col. Frank Taylor's diary of that year. It is still there owned and occupied by an Englishman, named Farrer. Col.Taylor first called the place "Collina," which the writer thinks may have been its former name. During the construction of the house, he seems to have designated it as "Middleburn," but finally settled on the name "Midland," which it continued to hold so long as the Taylors owned and occupied it. Many years afterwards a Mr.Lewis B. Williams bought it and rechristened it "Yattin," and that name still adheres to it.

Upon the completion of the house at "Midland," March 12, 1787, Col. Geo. Taylor and his son Francis (the diarist) moved there-widower and bachelor, respectively- and continued to live there the remainder of their lives.

Col. George Taylor's other sons, with the exception of George Conway Taylor, were all married and living elsewhere. The latter was home during his vacations.

Col. George Taylor died at "Midland" November 4, 1792, aged nearly 81 years, and 9 months. He was buried at "Greenfield," in the Taylor burying-ground, between the graves of his mother and his grand-mother Taylor (see diary, under date Nov.6, 1792).

"Greenfield" was the name of the homestead of his father, James Taylor 2nd, in late life, he having given "Bloomsbury" to James Taylor 3rd, eldest brother of Col. George.

"Bloomsbury," "Greenfield" and "Midland" are all in sight of each other, "Greenfield" is now owned by a man named Booten but the old Taylor house there has long since been replaced by a new brick one.

The grave-yard was in a very neglected and dilapidated state when the writer saw it, but has recently, through the efforts of Dr. A.G. Grinnan, of Madison Mills, Va. a descendant, and the generosity of others of the "tribe" been re-inclosed and protected.

Col. George Taylor's children. 1, James : 2, George, : 3, Jonathan, : 4, Edmund, : 5, Francis, : 6, Richard, : By first wife (Rachel Gibson), 7, John, : 8, William, : 9, Charles, : 10, Reuben, : 11, Benjamin, : 12, George Conway- by 2nd, wife, (Sarah Taliaferro Conway).

Their histories will be given under the respective names. All of these, except George and George Conway served in the American Revolution. George died Janurary 2, 1761, fourteen years before, and George Conway was only six years old when the war began.

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[18] 3 JAMES TAYLOR, eldest son of Col.Geo.Taylor and his wife, Rachel Gibson, was born December 16, 1738. From 1772 to 1798 he was Clerk of Orange Co.Va., succeeding his father, who held the same office 1750-1772, and having been succeeded by his youngest (1/2) brother, George Conway Taylor, on Oct. 22, 1798. He served during the Revolution as Sergeant-Major of the Continental Line and received after the war 200 acres of land in recognition of his services. He married his 3rd, cousin, Ann Pendleton, daughter of Col.James Pendleton and grand-daughter of Henry Pendleton and Mary Taylor, and by her had seven children. He lived at "Greenfield," the former home of his grand-father, James Taylor 2nd, mention of which is made under Col.George Taylor's history. In 1799 he moved to Jefferson County, Ky. and died there, leaving a large number of descendants. His children were: 1, Mary, married Mch. 22,1787, Thomas Barbour, son of Col.James Barbour. 2, Elizabeth, married 1785, or earlier, John Pendleton. 3, Ann Pendleton, married January 8, Thomas Crutchfield. 4, James F., married Dec.22, 1795, Frances Catlett Moore, daughter of Maj. William Moore. 5, John Gibson, married Elizabeth Lee Taylor, daughter of Col Richard Taylor and sister of Gen'l. Zachary Taylor, Pres't. U.S.A. 6, Nathaniel Pendleton, married, 1st, Elizabeth C.Martin, 2nd, Ellen Hart Clay, 3rd Mrs Matilda Christy Walker. 7, Harry, born Apl.10, 1786, died Jan.9,1792. ---------Jonathan Taylor, named for his maternal grandfather, Jonathan Gibson, 3rd, son of Col. George Taylor, was born December 3, 1742: was Lieutenant of a company in the Virginia Convention Guards. He married Ann Berry and they had 13 children. They lived in Bottetourt Co.Va. In the summer of 1790 (probably July-see entry in diary under date of August 4, 1790) they moved to Kentucky and settled in Clark Co., where he died 1804. Their children:1, William, commonly called "Big Foot Billy, "[Because it was said of him that he owned every piece of property he put his foot on-PFT.] married Nov.26, 1795 Susan, or Susannah, Gibson, daughter of John Gibson and gr-grand-daughter of Jonathan Gibson, his great-Grandfather. 2, Rachel, married Oct. 1787, John Finney, in Bottetourt Co. 3, Mary Berry, married her first cousin, George Gibson Taylor, son of Edmund Taylor. 4, Jonathan Jr., married July 3, 1799, Mary Ashby. 5, Ann, married June 1792, John W. Berry. 6, Susannah, married March 1798, Thomas Arnold. 7, George, married Sarah Fishback, 8, Francis, married Elizabeth Taylor, his 1st cousin, dau. of Maj. William Taylor. 9. Samuel Mitchell, married Mildred E.Martin. 10. Sarah, married James Anderson. 11. Edmund M., married Lavinia Peasson. 12. Gibson B., married: 1st, Emily Taylor, m. 2nd Mary Rives. 13. Elizabeth, married Dr. Samuel Martin. Note-William Taylor, above, continued to live in Bottetourt Co.Va. until 1796 and then moved to Ky. , Dec. 23, 1796, he bought of his uncle, Col. Frank, 1,000 acres land on Floyd's Fork, Shelby Co.Ky. for £400, equal then to $1,333.33 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.

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CAPTAIN EDMUND TAYLOR,

fourth son of Col. George Taylor, was born October 21, 1744: was Captain of Company in Va. State Line during the Revolution: moved to Kentucky soon after the close of the War and died there July 1, 1786. He married Sarah Stubbs and had by her ten children. After his death she married a second time a man named Eastin, in Ky. She died Apl.12, 1796 (see Note made by diarist at end of 1796 Volume). Their children:1, George Gibson, married 1st, Mary B. Taylor, his first cousin, daughter of Jonathan Taylor, 2nd, Elizabeth Pearson. 2, Edmund H., married Eloisa C. Thruston, of Fredericksburg, March 3, 1797. 3. Martha Thompson (Patsy) married June 1792, William Christy. 4. Hannah, married July 1791, Reuben Eastin. 5. Sarah, married John Eastin. 6. Mary married Richard Taylor 2nd, son of Commodore Richard. 7. William, married Lucy Thom. 8. Thruston M., married Mary Clark. 9. Francis Stubbs, married Oct. 5, 1797, Sarah Lindsay, of Norfolk, Va. 10. Frances, married John Wallace.

Note- Sarah Lindsay, wife of Francis Stubbs Taylor, was daughter of Major W. Lindsay, Naval Officer at Norfolk, who died at Newport R.I. Sept. 2, 1797. Francis Stubbs Taylor was employed in the Naval Office at Norfolk three years, beginning August 1791, at £30: per year. -----------------COLONEL FRANCIS TAYLOR, (Author of the Diaries) fifth son of Col. George Taylor, was born March 20, 1747. He was commissioned May 8, 1776, a Captain in the 2nd, Virginia Regiment; on March 20, 1778 (his 31st, birthday) he was commissioned Major in the 15th, Virginia Regiment; on Dec. 24, 1778, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the Virginia Convention Guards and March 5, 1779, Colonel of same Regiment. He served gallantly through the war of the Revolution. He never married. After the Revolution, he was for a number of years Deputy Clerk of Orange Co., under his brother, James, with whom he lived at "Greenfield."

In 1786 he went to live with his father at "Midland" in the house built that year and still standing, and there he continued to live until his death (November 1799) managing the plantation and his own and his father's business in a very successful manner. His will is on record in Orange C.H. He accumulated a handsome estate for those times and seems to have been banker for most of the family.

He received from Virginia a bounty of over 6,000 acres land, and also took up and owned many thousands more in Jefferson and Shelby counties, Ky., as well as elsewhere in Ky., and across the Ohio River in Indiana. Some of his Ky.lands lay on Floyd's Fork, others on Blackfords Creek, now the dividing line between Daviess and Hancock counties. He left the bulk of his estate to his nephews.

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[20]5 COMMODORE RICHARD TAYLOR, sixth son of Col.George Taylor, was born January 6, 1749. He was commissioned as Captain in Virginia Navy, February 6, 1776 and served with great gallantry and distinction until disabled by a wound in his knee in an action with a British vessel November 1781. During the war he captured several British merchantmen, and was twice wounded, once in the thigh and once in the knee, the latter being by a grape shot, which went entirely through it. This wound never healed and was at last the cause of his death nearly 44 years afterward, viz:-Aug.30.1825. After the close of the Revolution he was made chief officer of the Virginia Navy and served in that capacity until Nov.1794, when he resigned and removed with his family to Kentucky. He received a pension from the United States and a large grant of land in recognition of his services. The plantation upon which he lived in Ky., and where he died, is about 20 miles East of Louisville and 2 1/2 miles Northeast of the present Village of Goshen, in Oldham, Co., It was then in Jefferson Co. He marriedCatharine Davis (born Nov.20, 1750; died probably about 1805-1808), a niece of Col.William Rowley of King George Co.Va., who died 1774 and from whom she inherited a large estate in negroes and real estate. Commodore Taylor was the father of eleven children, all of whom, except the eldest, having been borne to him by his wife, Catharine Davis. The eldest was a bar sinister, and was named Richard, for his father. One of Catherine Davis's sons also received the same name, the former being called "Dick", the latter "Richard." The former was a devoted and affectionate a son to Catharine Davis as any of her own children and he was always loved and esteemed by all his Taylor relations as much as any of the rest. During the War of 1812 he was Colonel [?] of a Kentucky regiment and received a severe wound in battle, which lamed him for life. He was thereafter called Col."Hopping Dick," to distinguish him from his brother Richard. He was called the bravest of the brave and was a favorite with all who knew him. For a more complete history of Commodore Taylor reference is made to a genealogical work, entitled "Robertson-Taylor," written by the author of these notes and published in 1900, at Detroit, Mich. [Note-"Col.Hopping Dick" Taylor, the eldest son of Commodore Richard, born ___________: died at Frankfort, Ky., July 16, 1830: was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Court of Appeals and an energetic business man, honored and respected by the people of Frankfort and the State. He was for many years the proprietor and manager of the "Mansion House," the prominent hotel of Frankfort. He married Mrs.Mary Ann (Martin) Buckner, born in Albemarle Co.Va., 1778; died in Lexington, Ky. 1853; daughter of Col.John Martin and widow ofJohn Washington Bucknerby whom she had: 1.Elizabeth Buckner, m.Rev.Thomas P.Dudley and 2. John Washington Buckner, m.1st, Catharine G.Crockett, m.2nd, Sarah Margaret Fletcher. She had by her marriage with Col.Hopping Dick Taylor: 1. Lewis Martin Taylor, 2. James Wilkinson Taylor, m. Louisiana Symmes, 3. Catharine B. Taylor, m. Col.Moses B.Morrison, of Lexington, Ky., 4. Natilda, d.y.--P.F.T.] Commodore Richard Taylor's and Catharine Davis' (his wife's) children: 1. William Rowley, born June 11, 1772, Captain of the Schooner "Sally" and lost at sea in October 1793. 2. Thompsonborn Sept.23, 1775; married Anne Oldham, was Major in War of 1812. 3. Richard, born Dec.2,1777, married his first cousin, Mary Taylor, daughter of Edmund Taylor and Sarah Stubbs. 4. Colby, born Jan.8, 1780; married 3 times; 1st Elizabeth McGuire; 2nd, Lucy Taylor; 3rd, Lucy Minor. 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.

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