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Note for: Richard Perry, ABT. 1780 - ABT. 1835
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1815 Ashe County, Tax List: 160 Acres of land
Military: War of 1812, under Gideon Lewis, 5th NC Regiment
His father, Solomon and his brother John (Richard's Uncle) came from England and went to New York
Solomon lived in Prathers Creek, Ashe County which is now Allegany County, NC
Richard's mother Catherine was a Cherokee Indian
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Note for: Catherine Vanover, 1784 -
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Several Eastern Cherokee Applications of Catherine (Vanover) Perry's descendants state that Abby Easterd was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian.
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Note for: John Taylor, 27 DEC 1781 - 6 DEC 1857
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Burial: Place: Indian Creek Cemetery, McCreary County, KY
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Estate was appraised on June 12, 1858 by Joshua Barnet, William Chrisman, and Thomas Eldrige.
The only record of this child is in George's will. The late date of this
marriage suggests that this is either John's second marriage, that this is not
the right John or that John was actually George's grandson and that he was
therefore mis-recorded in George's will as his son.
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Note for: George Paris Taylor, 9 JAN 1835 -
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George Taylor sold 400 acres of land on 15 September 1860 to Joshua Barnett being the land of John Taylor, dec'd. (Pulaski Co Deed Book 19, page 239).
Census: 1850 Ashe County, North Carolina, George Taylor age 25, farmer, born in VA. Edy, 25, VA, Jonathan 3, NC, Elizbeth 1 NC
Census: 1860 District 2, Pulaski County, Kentucky Post Office Somerset, George Taylor 31, farmer, NC, Edith 34, NC, Jonathan 14, NC, Elizbeth 13, Nc, Rebecca 11, Thomas 9, William 6 NC, Michael 2 KY
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Note for: William Hoody Taylor, 8 AUG 1855 - 5 JAN 1919
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1880 Ashe County Census: Chestnut Hill Township: William Taylor 37, NC NC NC occupation: Farmer
Martha 35, NC NC VA, Nancy 7, Jane 1
Occupation: Farmer
Death Certificate: William Hoody Taylor, Ashe County, Horse Creek Township, Widdow, Burial at the Ham Place near his wife. Died at 3 a.m.
Cause of Death: Tubuculosis of the lungs, the kidney and the lymphatic system.
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Note for: Elizabeth Chrisman, 19 JUL 1801 - 19 APR 1876
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Burial: Place: Indian Creek Cemetery, McCreary County, KY
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Thought to be the daughter of Jonathan Chrisman and Jane Agnes Watterson.
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Note for: George Taylor, 1738 - 31 JAN 1801
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land tax records Montgomery Co., VA 1782 - 650 acres
George bought his farm on Sinking Creek near Newport [Giles County] Virginia from Adam Harmon and built a two-story log cabin
The Taylor claim to these 300 [1,300/?] acres on Sinking Creek of New River became the subject of a lawsuit brought by George's son Adam against Daniel Harman, descendant of the original patentee, in 1807. The Taylor story was that the original survey had been done by one George Hoopaugh, who in 1775 sold it to George Taylor, who in turn devised it to Adam. However, "by some accident the plat and certificate were made out in the name of Henry Harman, to whom the grant issued."
The Harman family (originally Hermann, of Moravian origin) were major land speculators in Southwest Virginia. Their story was that Valentine Harman first "improved" the land in 1751 or 52, "by killing trees &c.," and procurred a survey by the Loyal Company in 1754, the same year he settled a certain George Hoopaugh on the land as tenant. Valentine Harman was killed by Indians in 1756 or 1757, leaving no children; his heir was his nephew Adam Harman Jr., who later sold the land to his younger brother Henry Harman.
George Hoopaugh (Hubough/Hoopbaugh/Hoopack) was a Dunker or Dunkard, member of a German sect also called Brethren or Sabbatarians or German Baptists. They originated in Schwarzenau in the Hesse area in 1708 and were invited to Pennsylvania by William Penn, settling first at Germantown PA and then migrating west and south. By 1750 or 1760 there was a settlement on the west bank of the New River in Montgomery County called Dunkards Bottom [near present-day Dublin in Pulaski County]. Harman "settled" Hoopaugh on the Sinking Creek land in 1754, variously as a charity case, as an employee, or as a rent-paying tenant. Hoopaugh was the first settler in the area and lived on the property from 1754 (at which time he was the only white man on Sinking Creek) until 1775, when he was driven off by Indians. He went back when he sold the land to George Taylor, Sr., in 1775. Since Valentine Harman had no heirs, and Hoopaugh had been on the land 20 years, he apparently had some claim to the land and hence the right to sell it. The sources give no indication of how the case was officially resolved, but the Taylors must have won, because the land stayed in the family's possession at least until the 1930s.
--- SOURCES: Chalkley's "Chronicles," vol. 2 pp.124-125; Kegley & Kegley, "Early Adventurers on the Western Waters," vol. 1, p. 222.
George Pendleton Taylor b. 1746 bought land not far from where our father [i.e., Oscar Pendleton Taylor] was born in western Virginia and built a two-story log house in 1775. (I saw the house in 1939.) The Indians had driven the former owner out, but this George Taylor went in and stayed. He served as a private under a brother [sic -- actually "cousin" -- PBP 4 Sep 1997] Capt. John Taylor [the "other" Taylor of "Rockford" and Taylor's Ford] in the Revolution. Another brother Capt. Isaac Taylor [actually a nephew, son of Andrew -- PBP 26 Jul 1997] did most of the recruiting for George Rogers Clark and served with Clark in the Campaign to the Mississippi River and took the British garrison at Vincennes, Ind. I have the Society of the Cincinnatti membership thru the service of this Capt. Isaac Taylor. I have copy of this George Taylor's will, he had five sons and two daughters . . ."
--- SOURCE: Ralph Lock Taylor (George Taylor), "Taylor Genealogy," handwritten MS, no date.
NOTE: author seems to have conflated two generations or two lines of Taylors around the time of the Revolution -- the Capt. Isaac Taylor who served with Clark in the Revolution was the =cousin= of this George Taylor, not his brother; he refers separately to the Capt. Isaac Taylor who put down the Tory insurrection; and the Capt. John Taylor of "Rockford" was a near neighbor but was a second cousin rather than a brother . . . PBP 3 Jan 1995, 4 Sep 1997)
NOTE: It's possible that George PENDLETON Taylor isn't part of the family at all, since the Pendleton name doesn't come into the line until George's grandson James marries Ann Thomas in 1833. (PBP 24 Feb 1995)
The will of a George Taylor, dated February 27, 1794, is recorded in the Clerks's Office in Montgomery County, VA, Will Book No. 1, page 96. In it he mentions the following survivors:
* my dear and loveing wife;
* my two daughters Anna and Susanna;
* my two sons James and Joseph;
* my two sons Adam and Jacob;
* my son George;
* my son Ulrie;
* my son John;
* my daughters Elizabeth and Mary; and
* Henry Campbell, apparently a slave.
A codicil dated January 26, 1801, he also refers to:
* my wife and her four children (did he have an earlier wife, or did she bring stepchildren to their marriage/?); and
* Jacob Taylor my son . . . and . . . John Taylor my grandson (Jacob is mentioned as the neighbor of one of the tracts bequeathed in the original will and was perhaps the eldest son, already living apart in 1794).
A further codicil dated January 31, 1801 refers to:
* widow Charlton (possibly his mother-in-law) and
* John Charlton my wife's brother
Unless our dates are wrong, there was another, older George Taylor in Augusta County. He witnessed a note dated July 27, 1744, and attached the property of one Christian Milliron in a bond dated April 6, 1753. Another matter involving one or the "other" George Taylor is the suit of an Elizabeth Lamb, who filed a petition on March 21, 1775 complaining that "one, George Taylor, in the County of Augusta" had executed a faulty or illegal document, binding her wrongly to an indenture for the term of four and one-half years. The suit was heard on March 25, 1775, and a summons issued, apparently for George, but no further record of the matter is found.
--- SOURCE: Chalkley, "Chronicles," vol. 1, pp. 184, 504
The estate of George Taylor deceased was appraised on March 10, 1801. The items listed included the following: man's saddle, mare, filly, yearling calves, 10 two-year old horned cattle, and 2 two-year old horned cattle, and 6 three-year old horned cattle, 1 bull, 1 steer, 6 cows, 22 sheep, 7 lambs, 26 hogs. The articles to be distributed to the legatees were listed separately and included: a foot adze, 'sythe' and cradle, a spade shovel, saw, knife, hammers, pincers, anvil, rasp, augers, chisels, mattock, hoe, harrow teeth, a share and coulter, a log chain and getters, 3 axes, a crosscut saw, blind bridles, horse geers, double trees, plough irons and clevises."
--- SOURCE: Montgomery County Will Book 1, p. 112; Kegley & Kegley, "Early Adventurers," I.273)
Hildebrand's map of Montgomery Co. shows George Taylor taking land on Crab Creek, near the New River, in 1768. George Taylor recorded 110 ac. on Purgatory Creek (apparently in Botetourt Co.) 15 June 1773, from a new grant, and paid taxes on this 110 ac. in 1782; the location was near 70 ac. taken by his father in 1763 and given to Isaac Jr. in 1765. On 12 Aug 1789, George Taylor recorded two tracts of 400 and 270 ac. on Sinking Creek, acquired from a "John Withers," in what was to become Montgomery Co. in 1790 and Giles Co. in 1806. Withers' original survey of these parcels was recorded on 15 Mar 1780. These parcels are recorded in Botetourt Co. Deed Book 4, pp. 149-150.
--- SOURCE: C.T. Burton, Botetourt Co. VA Early Settlers (n.d., but before 1983)
In addition, the Hildebrand map of Montgomery Co. shows George Taylor and the date 1768 for a parcel on Crab Creek, a tributary of the New River. This location was then in Fincastle, and later was in Botetourt and finally Montgomery Co. VA. George Sr. and Mary his wife [widow/?] deeded this parcel -- 436 ac. on Crab Creek branch of New River -- to their son George Jr. for $100 on 4 Nov 1800.
--- SOURCE: Lewis Preston Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, 2 vols. (1929; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970)
George[3] TAYLOR (Isaac, 2). Born, 1738. Died, 1814.
He married Mary CHARLETON. Mary was daughter of John Charleton of French origin who was b 1725 in County Derry, Ireland and immigrated to Pennsylvania where he met and m Elizabeth Robinson. Around 1750 they immigrated to southwest Virginia to settle on the Roanoke River.
His will (Bk B p 167, Montgomery Co. VA) stated: "To oldest daughter Mary, wife of George Taylor, 1 English shilling." Other children of John Charleton were John Jr.; Francis; James.
James Charleton was a member of Capt. Isaac Taylor's regiment which was sent up the James River in 1780 to search and arrest Tories. When Capt. Taylor was sent to NC Francis Charleton was under his command. In 1782 James Charleton owned 200 acres of land on south side of Meadow Creek and 100 acres on north fork of Connaley's Branch. Children:
13 i. Jacob[4] TAYLOR.
14 ii. Adam TAYLOR.
iii. Nancy Anna TAYLOR. Born, circa 1768. She married Henry TROUT, 7 Oct 1797.
iv. James TAYLOR. Born, circa 1774. He married Nancy HEWITT, 8 Sep 1801.
v. George TAYLOR R. Born, circa 1797. He married Mary "Polly" LOWER, Aug 1801.
vi. Susannah (Sarah) TAYLOR. She married John REYNOLDS, 7 Jul 1801.
vii. Joseph TAYLOR.
viii. Elizabeth TAYLOR.
ix. Mary (Polly) TAYLOR. She married Frederick YOUNG.
15 x. Woolrick TAYLOR.
xi. John TAYLOR.
--- SOURCE: Mary Taylor Brewer, _From_Log_Cabins_to_the_White_House_ (Wooten, KY: 1985), in custody of Frank Saffarrans Personal Library, Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX, p. 458-469.
In 1805 George's sons were on the 1805 Giles Co. VA tax list. Part of George's land was sold that year to Henry Trout. Those entering the deed were George Jr., Adam, Jacob, James, Mary the widow [?], and Susanna Reynolds. The deed conveyed 225 acres, part of 1,300 acres granted George Taylor Sr. on 25 Jun 1799, being on the northwest side of Sinking Creek.
--- Montgomery Co. VA Deed Book D, p. 279, cited by Brewer, Log Cabins to the White House (1985), and again by Taylor Website; while the parcel sold to Henry Trout may have been on the NW side of the creek, it's not clear that the entire 1,300 acres was
Let's tote up what we know about George Sr.'s land holdings:
* 1768 -- 436 ac. on Crab Creek of New River, sold by widow Mary to son George Jr. in 1800;
* before 1774 -- 242 ac. on Meadow Creek, possibly from father Isaac, sold to [son/?] James Taylor in 1774;
* 1775 -- 300 acres on Sinking Creek from George Hoopah, later contested by Daniel Harmon;
* 1789 -- 670 acres on Sinking Creek from John Withers;
* 1783 -- 153 ac. on Sinking Creek, branch of New River;
* 1785 -- 100 ac. on Sinking Creek;
* 1789 -- 132 ac. on Sinking Creek [this makes a total of 1,355 acres on Sinking Creek];
* 1799 -- =another= 1,300 acres on Sinking Creek? (I don't think so -- PBP 4 Sep 1997).
FROM THE TAYLOR WEBSITE:
GEORGE TAYLOR
Son of Isaac and Isabella TAYLOR
From Mary Taylor Brewer's "From Log Cabins to the White House - A History of the Taylor Family":
"GEORGE TAYLOR b 1738 d between 1804-1814; m Mary CHARLETON d/o JOHN CHARLETON of French origin who was b 1725 in County Derry, Ireland and immigrated to Pennsylvania where he met and m Elizabeth ROBINSON. Around 1760 they emigrated to Southwest Virginia to settle on Roanoke River. His will (Bk B p 167 Montgomery Co VA) Stated:
'To oldest daughter Mary, wife of GEORGE TAYLOR, 1 English shilling.' Other children of John CHARLETON were John, Jr.; Francis; James. James CHARLETON was member of Capt. ISAAC TAYLOR's regiment which was sent up the James River in 1780 to search and arrest Tories. When Capt. TAYLOR was sent to NC Francis CHARLETON was under his command. In 1782 James CHARLETON owned 200 acres of land on southwest of Meadow Creek and 100 acres on north fork of Connaley's Branch.
GEORGE TAYLOR settled in what is now Giles County VA. His sons were on the 1805 tax list there on Sinking Creek. Part of GEORGE's land was sold that year to Henry TROUT. Those entering the deed were GEORGE,Jr; ADAM; JACOB; JAMES; MARY the widow; and SUSANNA REYNOLDS. The deed conveyed 225 acres, part of 1,300 acres granted GEORGE TAYLOR, Sr on 25 June 1799, being on the northwest side of Sinking Creek. (Montgomery Co VA Deed Bk D, p 279) see Botetourt Co Land Deeds
GEORGE TAYLOR, Sr.'s will 1800 with codicil 1801 is recorded in Montgomery Co Will Book 1, p 96-98. His wife was to have the plantation, cattle and horses and at her death the place to go to daughters ANNA and SUSANNA, if no issue, then to JAMES and JOSEPH. Son JAMES was to have 'The Upper Place'and if no issue then to JOSEPH, not to be sold out of the family. Son JOSEPH was to have land joining JACOB TAYLOR's and PETERSON's, up to John WELL's place, if no heirs it ws to go to JAMES. Sons ADAM and JACOB were to have the 'HOOPAUGH Place' and the land 'I runn'd out and joined to it.' JACOB was to have the 'Trout hole' and ADAM from there down the creek and land not to be sold out of the family. Son GEORGE was to have the part of the patent land on Crab Creek beginning at lower end of meadow below the bridge and up the hill to 'tended land' and 20 poles thence along that distance from the creek to 'a tree on the bank in the meadow', a straight course then by 'Spires Cabin' as far as patent line, thence down creek along patent line to a line proposed by 'my son ULRICK'. To son ULRICK (WOOLRICK) who 'had a paper with right to land bought of John DAVIDSON with title to come from Dr. WALKER, land joining GEORGE TAYLOR Jr and WILLIAM BOYLES line. Son JOHN and daughters ELIZABETH and MARY to receive 1.10 pounds. Henry CAMPBELL was to have a young mare and good saddle when he obtained his freedom. James CHARLETON, Christian SNIDO, Francis GARNER to be Exrs.' A further note was added stating that home place was to go to daughter SUSANNA only, as ANNA had received her part. Money on a bond was to be divided 'among my wife and her four children.' JOHN TAYLOR, a grandson, was to have 'horse Silver Heels'. The land on Meadow Creek, 104 acres, adjoining James CHARLETON and James SIMKIN'S where widow CHARLETON 'now lives' was devised to John CARLETON 'my wife's brother'. GEORGE TAYLOR signed his will by an 'X' "
Some of the dates in the above by Mary Taylor Brewer are conflicting. If Mary CHARLETON's father was b in 1725 the earliest he would have married would have been 1746 (though it is possible, it is doubtful that he married before age 21), putting Mary CHARLETON's birth in or after 1746. If this is the case she could not have been the mother of JACOB TAYLOR, if he was indeed born in 1758. Also, Mrs. Brewer states that James CARLETON emigrated to Virginia around 1760, which would present another problem as this was after JACOB TAYLOR's birth. Was GEORGE TAYLOR married previous to his marriage to Mary CHARLETON? Or was JACOB TAYLOR's date of birth incorrect? Note also in GEORGE TAYLOR's will he states "among my wife and her four children". This could indicate that the other children were not the children of Mary CHARLETON?
--- SOURCE: Nicole Taylor Pinson, Taylor Website
, and as stated
The question of "my wife and her four children" is resolved by the fact that George m.a. 1799 (2) Elizabeth (Summers) GRASS, who had four or five surviving children by her late husband. However, new material from Sue Taylor suggests that George had a =third= wife, Mary McCANDLESS, who was the mother of at least one of his sons, prior to his marriage to Mary CHARLTON. This will require some additional work. (PBP 21 Nov 1998)
SOURCE: Earl H. Taylor email 12 Jul 1999, source as cited
This man feels that George only had one daughter named Sarah, and that all of the other children were from George, son of Isaac Jr.
He married Mary (Polly) LOWER (ward of Henry Carter), daughter of Catherine LOWER, in August 1801 in Montgomery Co., Virginia. He wrote his will in 1804 in Montgomery County, Virginia, in which he devised his wife Mary all his land on Crab Creek except 148 acres which he had purchased from brother Woolrick. This was to be left to Woolrick's son Charles at age 21. He was to be put in a good school as soon after George's death as possible and was to go to college after that. He was to receive all the real estate and garden, and fruit trees and meadow below the bridge adjoining Jonathan Chrisman. If Charles died, then brothers Adam , Jacob and nephew George Jr. were to get the land. Nephew George Jr. was to receive 120 pounds without interest. He wished to have his mother-in-law Catherine Lower maintained for the rest of her life. She was then living with the family. John Penner was to have five years to repay his debt. Exrs: Robert Gardner, Thomas Boyer, nephew George Taylor, Jr. recorded in Augusta Co VA (Montgomery Co VA WB 2, p 229).
His estate was appraised by James Charleton and James Craig. Some of the items included: "chest draws, dresser board, tea table, large table, beds, bedsteads, and furniture, looking glass, cheers, 1 large wheel, 1 small wheel, a check? wheel, truck chest, woman's saddle, broad ax, frow, pickling tub, churn, two ovens, frying pan, coffee pot and mill, one pegging, crosscut saw, draw knife, 600 ft. plank, cupboard, man's saddle, a slaw troff, beehives, barrel, 42 hogs, 12 sheep, oats, rye, wheat, thrashed rye, cutting board, plow, harrow, horses, mares, colts, hay, yoke of oxen and yoke, corn in the field, flax, buckwheat in the field, a rifle barrell, and one ox." (Montgomery Co WB 2, p 262).
9. John3 TAYLOR was born circa 1773. He married Betty CHRISMAN
Notes for Mary (Polly)Charlton:
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Mary's dates are probably wrong. (PBP 1995)
There are several Charlton males in Montgomery County circa 1790, possibly brothers or nephews of Mary Charlton. She didn't appear in Rockbridge County, although that may be where George married her.
* James Charlton in 1783 patented a parcel less than a mile northwest of Isaac Taylor's land in the forks of the Roanoke near present-day Lafayette, Montgomery County; however, Isaac had been there since 1756, and George was grown and gone west to Crab Creek by 1768, and Mary had already had four children and died before 1760. This James must be the brother of Mary... [This James is not found in Montgomery County Tax Lists, but might be found in Roanoke County records.]
* John Charlton owned land on Plum or Plumb Creek, just south of George's place on Crab Creek. John is listed there as the neighbor of a survey registered in 1786 and on the Montgomery County tax lists of 1788, 1789, and the "M" list of 1792-1793. Like James, he is too young to be Mary's father and must be a brother...
* Francis and James Charlton lived near one another but somewhere along the New River, possibly towards what is now Giles County; they are listed in 1789 and on the 1792 "M" list, which whould indicate that the lived on the west bank of the New River, as did John Taylor.
* A different (?) John Charlton is listed in 1788 but not in 1789; this may mean that he turned 21, or that he left the county . . . or that he died.
-- SOURCE: Netti Schreiner-Yantis, "Montgomery County, Virginia -- Circa 1790" (Springfield, VA: privately printed, 1972), various pages.
Mary CHARLETON was daughter of John Charleton of French origin who was b 1725 in County Derry, Ireland and immigrated to Pennsylvania where he met and m Elizabeth Robinson. Around 1750 they immigrated to southwest Virginia to settle on the Roanoke River. His will (Bk B p 167, Montgomery Co. VA) stated: "To oldest daughter Mary, wife of George Taylor, 1 English shilling." Other children of John Charleton were John Jr.; Francis; James.
--- SOURCE: Mary Taylor Brewer, From Log Cabins to the White House (Wooten, KY: 1985), in custody of Frank Saffarrans Personal Library, Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX, p. 458-469.
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Mary CHARLETON was daughter of John Charleton of French origin who was b 1725 in County Derry, Ireland and immigrated to Pennsylvania where he met and m Elizabeth Robinson. Around 1750 they immigrated to southwest Virginia to settle on the Roanoke River. His will (Bk B p 167, Montgomery Co. VA) stated: "To oldest daughter Mary, wife of George Taylor, 1 English shilling." Other children of John Charleton were John Jr.; Francis; James.
--- SOURCE: Mary Taylor Brewer, From Log Cabins to the White House (Wooten, KY: 1985), in custody of Frank Saffarrans Personal Library, Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX, p. 458-469.
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Note for: Isaac Taylor, 1710 - 1781 Index
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Isaac Taylor and his father William were immigrants from Antrim Ireland and settled in the forks of the Roanoke River in Augusta County. Isaac was born in 1720 and died in 1781. He served in the Virginia militia from 1744 to 1781 the year he died. He served in James Buchannan's 9th Company for which he received 4000 acres as bonus for services in the George Rogers Clark Expedition and the Revolutionary War. . . . [William] purchased lands with his sons in the great "Borden's Tract" of 90,000 acres on the James River in 1742.
--- SOURCE: Statement titled "Oscar Pendleton Taylor" apparently recorded before his death in 1936 but probably written by his son Ralph Lock Taylor in his father's voice, possibly between 1966 and 1978.
No other source gives Isaac this father William, who is said to have been b. 25 Oct 1688 in Antrim, Ireland. The source for this date, and for the names of William's other children, has been lost with Ralph Lock Taylor's notes. (PBP 3 Aug 1997)
I have a reprint of an old French map dated 1755 that shows the Borden's Tract on the north bank of the James River between the Maury and Pedlar rivers in what is now Rockbridge County, not far from Lynchburg. The area is now part of the Jefferson National Forest. But the Giles County property where they wound up later is perhaps 90 miles further west. (PBP 20 Dec 1994)
Kegley's Virginia Frontier has several pictures and maps of the Isaac Taylor Farm. [Isaac] came over with his father William T. in about the year 1740. Other books [about the Taylors in Virginia] are:
* Simms, Life of John Taylor;
* Kercheval, History of the Valley;
* William Pendleton, Tazewell County;
* Bruce, South West Virginia and Shenandoah Valley;
* Peyton, History of August County; and
* Hale, Trans-Allegheney Pioneers.
(Source: letter from Ralph Lock Taylor to Elbert Taylor Phelps, August 14, 1957.)
George Pendleton Taylor's original application for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution (#53715, dated September 10, 1935), says that Isaac served in "Clark's Illinois State Regiment 1778-1781." This may refer to a campaign in the Northwest Territory under George Rogers Clark, but there was no Illinois at that time. Elbert Phelps SAR worksheet, based on later information provided by his uncle Ralph Taylor, states that Isaac acted in the capacity of "Captain to put down Torry Insurrection [sic] on New River, dated 7-12-1780, Montgomery Co. Va." (PBP 2 Jan 1995).
Elbert Phelps SAR worksheet, based on information given to him by Ralph Taylor, says that William and Isaac were born in County Armagh rather than County Antrim, and died in Montgomery County VA rather than Giles County. However, Antrim and Giles represent more recent research and are probably correct. Ralph reportedly went back to Ireland and England to do further research, but none of the materials from this trip survive. (PBP 2 Jan 1995)
The will of Isaac Taylor, recorded 8 Oct 1780 and probated 6 Feb 1781 (Montgomery County Will Book B, page 45), makes the following bequests:
* unto my well beloved Daughter Lettice Campbell my still to be at her disposal with my Negro Jack to be hers her lifetime and then unto my well beloved Grand Daughter Elizabeth Campbell;
* also unto the said Lettice Campbell my Negro boy Ben, with one cow to be hers and her heirs for ever;
* unto my sons George, Isaac and Andrew Taylor five Shillings each.
Copy of instructions from Col. William Preston to Captain Isaac Taylor, dated July 12, 1780, which embodines a commission to isaac Taylor with others to select their men, and proceed as a military organization to put dow the Tory Insurrection on New River in Montgomery County, Virginia. (Copied from a photostat of the original document which is on file in the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin, file #5QQ40), [carbon TS among SAR materials of George Pendleton Taylor, and on which he based his applications to the SAR and the Society of the Cincinnatti.]
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The Taylors like the closely allied Wilson family were Scotch Covenanters who came to America from Northern Ireland. how long they were in Ireland we do not know. The first of the line in America was Andrew's father, Isaac Taylor, who settled in Augusta County, now a part of Rockbridge County, Virginia.(1)
Isaac brought with him his wife, Isabella Wilson, and four sons George, Andrew, Isaac. Jr., and William [sic] and a daughter Lettice. The Taylors must have come to Virginia by 1741 for Isaac was one of the first settlers in Borden's Great Tract. This was a grant to Benjamin Borden of 100,000 acres along the James River. Isaac bought 600 acres of the Tract [on] Nov. 26, 1741, described as by "a scallopy hill," and made his first home on Mill Creek. Soon after this, in 1742, he was listed in Capt. John Buchanan's Company of Augusta County Militia.(2)
Isaac evidently had means for he continued to buy land. In 1747 he bought 400 more acres in the Tract and in 1751 he purchased 200 acres on the Roanoke River from James Patton.(3) Sometime before 1767 the Taylors moved to the land on the Roanoke for in that year he was acting as a "processioner" from the head of the Roanoke to Fort Lewis. All of the land between Fort Lewis and the forks of the Roanoke was said to be owned at that time by four families, the Taylors being one of them.
In 1797 Isaac deeded 970 acres along this river to his son, Isaac, Jr. During the period between 1762-1765 he had deeded land to each of his sons. His daughter Lettice married James Campbell of the Fort Lewis Campbells. The lived on the Roanoke from 1742 until the Indian Invasions of 1775, when they moved to Cripple Creek on the New River. Her father may have lived with them in his old age as he died in their home on Cripple Creek in 1780-81.
-- SOURCE: Aimee Jackson Short, "Jackson-Taylor and Related Families" (Dallas: Royal Publishing Co., 1960), pp. 118-121; she in turn cites (1) Chalkey pp. 258-259, (2) Kegley's Va. Frontier, and (3) the Wilson-Patton section of her book.
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Tennessee sources tend to give Isaac a son named William and, where they mention him, a father named Nathaniel. They also disagree about Isaac's birthdate: very definitely 1710 (Doris S. Callaway), circa 1700 (Lucy Taylor Hart), etc.
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From Chalkley's "Chronicles . . .Augusta County" (1912, 1966):
Isaac Taylor is listed on the muster of Capt. John Buchanan's company in 1742 (2.508).
Isaac Taylor was processioned on land in Capt. William Thompson's company in 1755 (2.441), and in 1760 on land in Capt. Samuel McDowell's company (2.464). In 1767 he was appointed processioner (along with Hugh Crockett) "from head of Roanoke to Fort Lewis" in the far southern end of the County (2.454).
He already owned a parcel in 1741, being mentioned as the boundary of a new deed. He acquired additional parcels on Mill Creek in 1746 and on the James River in 1756. He conveyed 70 ac to Isaac Jr. in 1765 and to William in 1762 and 1765.
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From Kegley and Kegley, "Early Adventurers on the Western Waters" (1980, 1982):
Isaac didn't have an unusually large plantation, or an unusually large number of horses and cattle. Why did he own two slaves? The answer may be his still -- note that the still and the adult Negro Ben both go to daugher Lettice and, after her, to granddaughter Elizabeth Campbell. Ben would have been the most valuable single possession in Isaac's estate, but the still and related equipment would have been a close second, and the only reason that Isaac could have had for owning a slave was the need for skilled labor to operate a whiskey distillery. Kegley & Kegley ("Early Adventurers," I.161) reach the same conclusion -- most of the slaveowners in Montgomery County were the proprietors of mills, ferries, stills, or other nonagricultural enterprises that required skilled labor. (PBP 20 Mar 1995)
"[In] 1767, Isaac Taylor [bought] from Daniel Brown of Orange Co. N.C., 103 acres on Little River, a branch of New River at the mouth of Old Field Creek." (Augusta County Deeds; Chalkley "Chronicles" vol. 3) -- this parcel is far to the southwest, near the present-day town of Floyd in Floyd County (PBP 20 Mar 1995)
The Isaac Taylor who put down the Tory uprising on Walker's Creek and and later went to North Carolina is referred to at I.329 as "Captain Isaac Taylor of the United States troops" -- as if he were an officer in the Continental Army, rather than the Montgomery County militia. And how could he have been in Wythe County and/or North Carolina at the same time that he was serving with George Rogers Clark on the Mississippi from 1778-1781? And how could he have registered his will from Illinois in 1780? I think that, once again, Uncle Ralph Taylor has conflate two or more Isaac Taylors, picking the more interesting version to include in the family tree. (PBP 20 Mar 1995)
More importantly, Kegley and Kegley don't mention the fact that Isaac is the father of George Sr. -- a rather unusual omission, considering how important it is to establising the ancestral line.
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"John Buchanan was the first surveyor sent to the New River lands by [James] Patton and the account of his first surveying trip is found in a journal kept on the trip. . . . On Friday, October, 1745, 'I took my journey, went to Isaac Taylors and lodged that night." Taylor lived in Borden's Grant just south of Beverley Manor on 600 acres on Mill Creek by 'a scallopy hill.' Here was a frequent stopping place for travelers going south down the Valley to the James River. A Cherokee trade delegation would stop at Taylor's as they traveled through a few years later after a visit to Williamsburg. After Buchanan's visit Taylor purchased land from Patton out of the James and Roanoke River grant."
-- SOURCE: Patricia Givens Johnson, _James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists_ (Pulaski, VA: Edmonds Printing Co., 1983), p. 81.
NOTE: The James and Roanoke River Company received a 100,000 acre grant in November 1740. The original partners were Zachariah Lewis (Spotsylvania), Benjamin and William Waller (Spotsylvania and James City), and Robert Green (Orange County). In 1741, rather than waiting for the Council to make a separate grant, James Patton and John Smith became partners in the James and Roanoke Company. Isaac Taylor's purchase from this group lay in the forks of the Roanoke River in what is now Montgomery County, between the towns of Lafayette and Elliston.
On 26 Apr 1745, Patton received his own grant of 100,000 acres on the Woods or New River, Clinch River, and Indian or Holstein River. This area, approximately 185 square miles in extent, corresponds to the present counties of Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, Smyth, Washington,and Tazewell in Virginia and Hawkins and Sullivan in Tennessee. Surveying trips into this area by Patton and his agents, Thomas Walker and John Buchanan, did much to open the way to Tennessee and to the Cumberland Gap that led to Kentucky.
In addition to his 600-acre holding astride the Great Wagon Road in the middle of the Borden Tract, recorded in 1746, Isaac also patented several other properties:
* 325 ac. on the waters of Buffalo Creek (southern Rockbridge Co.), surveyed on 16 Jun 1745;
* 200 ac. in the forks of the Roanoke River (just into Montgomery Co.) from James Patton, 28 Nov 1751 (Hildebrand map says 1756);
* 181 ac. on the waters of James River (apparently in Botetourt Co.), a new grant in 1756 later deeded to son Isaac Jr. 18 Aug 1762;
* 70 ac. on Purgatory Creek (apparently in Botetourt Co.), a new grant on 17 Jun 1763 also deeded to Isaac Jr. 20 Mar 1765.
The two latter tracts were close enough that Isaac Jr. sold them to John Maxwell as a single parcel on 29 Mar 1771.
--- SOURCE: C.T. Burton, Botetourt Co. VA Early Settlers (n.d., but before 1983)
2. Isaac[2] TAYLOR (Nathaniel, 1)[1]. Born, 1710, in Ireland. Died, 1781.
His father Nathaniel emigrated to Dauphin Co., PA in the 1700s. Apparently Isaac and his family did not come to America at the same time as available records state that their children, all but the youngest were born in Ireland. It is probable that he came in 1737. He was one of the first settlers to claim land in the Borden Grant 1740. On 6 March 1747 he bought 600 acres of land in Rockbridge Co., VA on Mill Creek near "a scallopy hill" where he was already living. (Augusta Co., DB 1 p 211). He also bought land on the Roanoke near Lexington, VA 21 Nov 1751 (Augusta Co., DB 4 p 116)
He lived with his daughter Lettice Campbell after his wife Isabelle died.
Isaac Taylor's will, 8 Oct 1780, probated 6 Feb 1781 is recorded in Montgomery Co., VA. In it he named negroes named Jack and Bess to be given to granddaughter Elizabeth Campbell, also 1 cow; son George 5 lbs. He gave daughter Lettice a liquor still. "I order all monies due me to bye given to my daughter Lettice Campbell: to son George, Isaac, Andrew, 5 shillings each; I constitute Lettice Campbell to be my sole executor."
In "The History of Rockbridge Court Records" an order is listed for a road in 1775 (Augusta County then) to be built from Isaac Taylor's to Timber Ridge Meeting House and to "Tarr's Shop"
The area where Isaac Taylor lived was rich in Indian mounds and stone heaps. On the top of North mountain near present day Lexington, VA and Alum Turnpike there was a twenty-foot long and six-foot wide stone heap which is practically lost now, due to holes that have been dug into it. The pieces of rock were of brown ironstone, such as found on the western face of the mountain. An Indian told Isaac that the stone heap was the work of a war party from the west. Each passing brave threw down a stone and on his return picked
up one. Isaac's home was located on Mill Creek, a branch of Crab, above the present site of Lexington, VA. The main road constructed in the area in 1773, was built to go by "John Taylor's Foard" and it was considered the best approach to cross the New River and continue to the west. This area around Crab Creek and other branches of New River is rich in Indian and pioneer lore. "Cordwainers" and "skinners" William Young and William Davis were on Plum and Conley's Branch near what is now Radford, VA, Indicating that this was a
collection and shipping point for skins, hide and leather for northern markets.
He married[4] Isabella WILSON[4], daughter of John WILSON Sr., 1730, in Ireland. Born, circa 1710, in Ireland. Children:
3 i. John[3] TAYLOR.
4 ii. Lettice TAYLOR.
5 iii. Andrew TAYLOR.
6 iv. Isaac TAYLOR Jr.
7 v. William TAYLOR.
8 vi. George TAYLOR.
9 vii. Elizabeth TAYLOR.
--- SOURCE: Frank Saffarans email 17 Jul 1997, cites Mary Taylor Brewer, _From Log Cabins to the White House_ (Wooten KY: n.p., 1985) pp. 458-471).
Snippets from Summers, Annals of SW VA 1769-1800:
* 13 Aug 1771, Botetourt Co. Court -- "Ordered that the tithables from Isaac Taylor's including the said Taylor's to John Madison's be added to the gang that worked under Jacob Kent, and that the sd. Kent clear the road from the sd. Madison's to the path that leads to the Devil's Den, and that the tithables that work under Majr. William Inglish and John Cray clear the road from thence to New River." (p. 128)
* 14 Jul 1773, Botetourt Co. Court -- "On a motion made by John Aylett, an Attorney, that the Court should fine Isaac Taylor for insulting him at the bar in presence of the Court, it appeard to the Court that the said Isaac had been sworn on a voire dire and declared he would not be gainer or loser by the event of the cause. Whereupon the said Aylett replied that perhaps you are to have half in case anything should be recovered. The said Taylor then made answer that may be you are a rascall for telling me so. Which motion was overruled, from which judgement James Thompson, Gentleman, entered his dissent." (195)
* 12 Apr 1774, Botetourt Co. Court -- "Ordered that John Robinson, Samuel Willson and David Robinson (Mete Wright), having been sworn, do view and report to the court the convieniences & inconveniences that would attend a road from Jacob Brown's old place down the North Fork to Isaac Taylor's." (218)
* 14 May 1776, Botetourt Co. Court -- "Isaac Taylor, Junr, is apptd. Constable in the room of James Barnett who is dischd. from that office." (254)
* 6 Feb 1781, Montgomery Co. Court -- "The last will & Testament of Isaac Taylor deceased was proved by the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded, and on the motion of Letin [sic] Campbell Sole Executrix therin named who made oath according to Law certivicate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form she having with security entered into and acknowledged their Bodnd according to Law. Ordered that Patrick Campbell, William Hall, and James Davies being first sworn appraise the Estate of the above named Isaac Taylor decd. and make return therof to the next Court." (746)
* 1 May 1781, Montgomery Co. Court -- "An Inventory of the Estate of Isaac Taylor, Decd. returned into court & ordered recorded." (752)
* 1781-1800, Montgomery Co. Brief of Wills -- "Isaac Taylor. His estate to his daughter, Lettice Campbell, and to his grand-daughter Sarah Taylor [sic]. Witnesses: William Campbell, Isabella Campbell. Probated 6 Feb 1781. (943)
* 13 Mar 1783, Botetourt Co. Court -- "John Madison is apptd Surveyor of the Road from the ford of the river at Wm. Madison's place to the widow Kent's and Hugh Crockett from thence to the County line, & the tithables on the south & north fork of Roannoke above Isaac Taylor's including thereon Inglishes Creek, to attend sd. surveyors when required to keep sd. roads in repair as the law directs." (369)
* 16 Mar 1787, Botetourt Co. Court -- "Sheriff ordered to summons a jury of 12 freeholders to settle dispute over boundary between Robert Shanklin and Isaac Taylor." (419)
--- SOURCE: Lewis Preston Summers, _Annals of Southwest Virginia_ (n.d.), cited by Kathy Mahmens email 2 Sep 1997; the last two entries, as well as that of 1776, appear to refer to Isaac Taylor Jr., his father having d. in 1781
Isaac's land purchases:
* about 1740 -- 600 acres on Mill Creek, later Rockbridge Co. (this land was divided among Andrew, Isaac Jr., and George in 1762);
* 15 Jun 1745 -- surveyed 325 acres on waters of Buffalo Creek, later Rockbridge Co.;
* 3 Nov 1750 -- patented 200 acres on the forks of the Roanoke, later Montgomery Co. (purchase from James Patton 1751)
* 1756 -- 181 acres on waters of James River, later Botetourt Co. (this land went to son Isaac Jr. in 1762);
* 17 Jun 1763 -- 70 ac on Purgatory Creek, later Botetourt Co. (this land went to son Isaac jr. in 1765);
* 19 Jan 1767 -- 103 acres on Little River, mouth of Old Field Creek, later Montgomery or Floyd Co.
The last will of Isaac Taylor Sr.:
In the name of God amen I Isaac Taylor of Montgomery County and State of Virginia being sick and in low condition yet perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body I recommend unto the earth to be buryed in a deasent and Christian Burial at the discreation of my Executors nothing d___ing but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly Estate as it has please God to bless me with in this life I give and demise and dispose of the same in manner and form following Imprimise I order that all my just and lawful Debts be punctually paid. I give unto my well beloved Daughter Lettie Campbell my still to be at her disposal with my Negro Jack to be hers her lifetime and then to be my well beloved grand Daughter Elizabeth Campbell to be hers and her heirs for ever Also I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Campbell my negro boy Ben with one cow to be hers and her heirs for ever I give unto my beloved grand Daughter Sarah Taylor Daughter of my son George Taylor Five pounds I order that all the money due to me be collected by my Executors and be given to my Daughter Lettice Campbell I give unto my sons George, Isaac and Andrew Taylor five shillings each. I constitute and appoint my Daughter Lettice Campbell to be my hole and sole Executrix I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke all and every other Testament Will and Executors & Executrix by me in any will before named Ratifying this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my habd and Seal this 8the Day of October 1780. his Isaac ( ) Taylor mark
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of
William Campbell Isabella Campbell
At a Court held for Montgomery County February 6th 1781
This last will of Isaac Taylor deceased was proven by the Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded James McCorkle
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An Inventory of the Estate of Isaac Taylor deceased
In Specie 4.12
In paper Money 21.18
1 Cow 300
1 Negro boy Ben 3000
1 Negro named Jack 2250
1 Still 4300
1 Note from the Estate of Patrick Campbell decd. 4.7
1 [brass?] cock 12.10
6893.7
D? to Funeral Expence 2.6 ___?
FROM WHENCE THEY CAME - OUR EMIGRANT TAYLORS
In his article The Origins of British and Scottish Borderers to America, 1717-1775, William Dollarhide writes: In 1915, an English folklorist named Cecil Sharp traveled to America's Appalachian highlands, collecting songs and dances of the back settlers of southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the Carolinas. After careful comparision with British materials, he determined that their traditional sons, ballads, dances, singing-games, ect., came from the borderlands of Scotland and England - they were identical.
During the early 1700s, with the pacification of the border region, many clans of the borderlands were transplanted to northern Ireland. The same traditions from these Scotish and English borderlands were carried across the Irish Sea to the northern Ireland counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
(Genealogy Bulletin, No 34, July-Aug 1996) Go here to see a list of these borderlands.
ENGLISH & IRISH TAYLORS
In his article on The Origins of British and Scottish Borderers to America, 1717-1775, William Dollarhide states:
The groups in Northern Ireland just prior to the mass migration to America were as follows: 1) Native Irish
2) Scottish borderers 3)English borderers (see also America's Appalachian highlanders)
Genealogy Bulletin, No 34, July-Aug 1996
THE IRISH TAYLORS
Many genealogists claim that the English and Irish TAYLORs are no relation. This is not true.
The FAULKNER family is said to be descended from Edward TAYLOR 1216-1272 (FAULKNER).
Many of the TAYLORs in England, related to Dr. Rowland TAYLOR who was martyered 1555, fled to Ireland. In 1538 Robert TAYLOR of Rothbury, England, apparent brother of Dr. Rowland TAYLOR, went to Ireland. In 1668 these TAYLORs were using the same Coat of Arms as the English TAYLORs.
John O. HART in Irish Pedigree spoke of the "TAYLOR cloth Making Guild of Ireland 1610."
In 1607 a rebellion in Ireland led by the Earl of Tyronne was crushed by the British and his lands confiscated.
In 1609 King James I authorized a British Colony to be established in Ireland in Counties Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Farmanagh, Londonderry and Tyronne, all originally held by the Earl of Tyronne.
The Londonderry lands were given to the wealthy Merchantile Guilds of England, such as Salters, Goldsmiths, Ironmongers and Merchant Tailors (TAYLORs). These guilds supplied money for the settlement and in 1610 settlers were sent from England to occupy the land.
The Merchant TAYLOR settlement at Macosquin, Ireland is the best documented and best preserved with detailed plans filed in London, England.
Source: From Log Cabins to the White House - A History of the TAYLOR Family, Mary Taylor Brewer.
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THE TAYLOR NAME & COAT OF ARMS
Mrs. W.H. Taylor of Port Arthur, Texas and Seaver in The History of Taylors say that the most ancient name of TAYLOR was one Taliaferro who was with Caesar in his campaign in Gaul 58 B.C. The name appeared again in Normandy, a Nobleman who accompanied William the Conqueror to England 1066, leading the Battle of Hastings. Although the Baron [Taliaferro] fell in battle, his brother Foulkes and descendants received vast estates and became the Earls of Pennington, ancestors of the TAYLORS. The name gradually became TAILLERFER. It is claimed that Hangar TAILLIFER, who lived in the time of Henry III and whose estates were in Kent, had a son William who was called "TAYLOR of Shadochurst", and that his grandson John TAYLOR was Lord of the Manor Shadochurst.
There were also TAYLORS of Ireland who spelled their name TELFAIR, TALLISFER, or TAYLEUR. John TELFAIR was given as the ancestor of Matthew TAYLOR who settled in New York 1670.
The TAYLORS of Shadochurst were said to be "of Pennington" which is only 20 miles from Carlisle, England, the port from which the first TAYLORS sailed to America. The old ancestral home was Pennington, where ancestors are buried. The TAYLOR Coat of Arms is the same as those of the Earls of Pennington. Mary Taylor Brewer's From Log Cabins to the White House
Montgomery May Court 1781
This Inventory of the Estate of Isaac Taylor deceased was returned unto court & Ordered to be recorded. Deed Book B p 45
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Isaac and Wife Isabella Wilson came from Atrim Ireland, and settled in Augusta Co VA, This is now part of Rockbridge County.They had six Children. George, Andrew, Isaac Jr., William, Abner ?? and Lettice. He owned land on Mill Creek, which was donated in Bordens Great Tract. This was a 100,000 acre land grant to Benjamin Borden. They lived on Mill Creek until 1767, then moved to Cripple Creek.
Isaac probably lived out his days with daughter Lettice. He died of old age about 1781. His estate was valued at 6,893 pounds. The bulk of this went to Lettice. She was also left a slave named Jack. Her daughter Elizabeth, was left a boy slave. Geroges' daughter Sarah was left five pounds. To each grandson, he left five shillings. Land had been deeded to all his sons prior to his death.
Material supplied by Lynda Lorine (Troutt) Murphy:
Isaac TAYLOR was born in 1710 in Ireland. He married Isabella WILSON in 1730 in Ireland. It is not certain exactly when Isaac brought his family to Virginia or from where they came. Some say he came from Ireland around 1739, and still others say he came from Pennsylvania. Both James Patton and Yoist Hite are named as using their ships to transport immigrants to America. About 1739 John Wilson (brother of Isabella?), Martha, and their children immigrated from Ireland to Virginia (June 1740, Headrights of Orange Co VA, Court of Common Pleas). In June of 1739 John Wilson bought from William Beverly 200 acres of land. Col. Wilson was born in 1701 in Ireland or Germany. His wife Martha died 10 July 1755 age 60. It is possible that Isaac & Isabella came at the same time , for it was this same year that Isaac claimed land in the Borden Grant (re: Mary Taylor Brewer). But, Isaac is not found on the Headrights of Orange Co VA (as were many of his neighbors). In 1742 he was he was in the Augusta County Militia, on Captain John Buchanan's list (muster).
Isaac owned a lot of land. Land records show that on 15 June 1745 325 acres on the waters of the Buffalo were surveyed for Isaac. On 19 March 1746 Isaac bought from Benjamin Borden 600 acres on Mill Creek; 28 Nov 1751 he bought 200 acres on the Roanoke from James Patton; 1756 received a grant for 181 acres on the waters of the James River, which he deeded to his son Isaac Jr on 18 Aug 1762; 17 June 1763 70 acres on Purgatory Creek from a new grant, this land was also deeded to son Isaac, 20 March 1765. On 27 May 1762 Isaac deeded to son George 200 acres in Borden's Tract on Mill Creek. On 5 March 1765 he deeded 250 acres on Mill Creek (corner of George Taylor) to son Andrew, and 150 acres in Borden's Tract to son William (corner of Andrew Taylor on Mill Creek). On the 20th of May 1747, Augusta County court records show that Isaac TAYLOR recognized that his wife, Isabella TAYLOR, appear as a witness at the trial of Rebecca Buchanan., Jr. on suspicion of murder.
4,5 He is found in the Augusta Parish Vestry Book, 1755, as being processioned by David Dryden and William Hall; and in 1760 he was processioned by Samuel Lyle and William Lusk, who were neighbors of Isaac's.6 He died in 1781 in the home of his daughter, Lettice Campbell, Montgomery, Virginia.
Judgements :A Colonel Isaac Taylor was sent by the Botetourt Circuit Court to lead a band
of thirty horses to disable the Torries.of the New River Valley in July of 1781. From notes of Robert
On April 1, 1747, Isabella Taylor and 12 other women were called as witnesses in the trial of Rebecca Buchanan, Jr., and three others for murder. The trial was postponed on that occasion, but on May 20 three defendents were acquited and Rebecca was committeed for trial at Williamsburg. As before, Isaac recognized that his wife appear as witness; it is unknown whether they made the long trip
Individual Notes
Note for: Solomon Perry, - Index
Individual Note:
[family tree.FTW]
Solomon and his brother John came from England and went to New York
Lived in Prathers Creek, Ashe County which is now Allegany County, NC
Individual Notes
Note for: Catherine, - Index
Individual Note:
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Catherine was a Cherokee Indian
Individual Notes
Note for: Abby Eastard, ABT. 1760 - 1840 Index
Individual Note:
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Abigail was born 1760-1770 and was full blooded Cherokee Indian,Eastern Band. The name Easterd was the anglicized rendition of the Cherokee family named E SUT TE. She apparently died between 1840-1850 when she disappears from the North Carolina census.
Full Context of New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Marriage Licenses: Mattox, Abigail, and Cornelius Vanover, Hardwick 1778 Jan. 20
Individual Notes
Note for: Cornelius Vanover, 3 APR 1739 - 1818 Index
Individual Note:
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Migrated to VA ca early 1780, and then to NC before 1790, where he can be found on the Rowan County NC Census.
~~Land grant, 100 acres 1798 Wilkes Co NC, Married twice
Married Abigail Mattox on January 28,1778 . He and Abilgail both died in Ashe County, NC
Baptism: MARCH 4, 1739 Reformed Dutch Church of the Raritan (now Somerville,
Individual Notes
Note for: Cornelius Vanover, ABT. 1673 - ABT. 1719 Index
Individual Note:
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Descendants of Cornelvs Van Hovsem of Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island. New York
to the Dutch custom of the time. If they were daughters, they could have been married
by the date of their father's will of 29 February 1719/20. CornelysVan Houwegem married
by 1714, Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen, daughter of Hendrick Jansenand his wife, Maritje
Janse. Information of Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen's ancestry is included in sections B
and C of this chapter. "Cor. Van hogen" is found on the 1715 militialist of men from
Somerset County, New Jersey (Bound Brook and North Branch) who were members of
Col. Thomas Farmar's New Jersey Regiment, Sixth Company. [Proceedings of the New
Jersey Historical Society volume 13; 1928; page 207. The children of Cornelys Van
Houwegem and Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen are identified in the will of their father
and -also in the baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Raritan (now
Somerville), Somerset County, New Jersey, They were the first American born generation
of the family and the sons, Cornelius and Henry, are the first to be identified with the
present spelling of the Vanover surname. These children migrated from Somerset County
to Sussex County, New Jersey. The children of Cornelys Van Houwegem and Styntje
(Christina) Hendricksen were:
1. "Stientien" (Styntje/Christina), baptized 3 June 1714, in the afore mentioned church,
with the child's maternal grandfather, Hendrick Jansen,standing as Godfather. She
was named for her mother or possibly for her grandmother,Styntje Jans of Kings
County, Long Island, New York. [Volume 2, page 141; Somerset County Historical
Quarterly]
2. "Cornelis" Cornelius), baptized 12 April 1716, in the same church aforementioned, with
the child's maternal uncle and aunt, Adriaen Hendricksen and wife Susanna,
standing as Godparents. He was named in the typical Dutch custom for his paternal
grandfather, Cornelys Van Hovgem. [Volume 2, page 142; Somerset County Historical
Quarterly]
3. "Henderick" (Henry), baptized 22 March 1718, in the same church afore mentioned,
with the child's maternal uncle and aunt, Jan Henderickse and Wyntje Ten Eyck,
standing as Godparents, He was named in the typical Dutch custom for his maternal
grandfather, Hendrick Jansen. Volume 2, page 145; Somerset County Historical
Quarterly]
4. "Child yet unborn" as named the father's will of 29 February1719/20, apparently
never grew to maturity, as proven by the petition of 24 January1739, that was signed
by the children of Cornelys Van Houwegem. "Cornelius Van Ovah"and "Hendrick
Van Ovah" are listed as brothers in the Janeway Account Book where they are also
implied
Descendants of Cornelys Van Hovsem of Flatbush. Kings County, Long Island. New
York Cornelys Van Houwegem made his last will and the statement on 29February
1719/20 (Document Number V) as "Cornelius Van Houghe‘m of Raritan in the County of
Somerset yeoman" He de‘scribed himself as "being very Sick and Weak of Body, To
"Steintie my beloved Wife" he left the use of his estate, so long as she remained his
widow, If she should remarry, his estate was to go to his children,"Cornelius Hendry
Christiantie and the Child yet unborn." He left his sons "all my Looms and weaving Tools‘",
thus showing that he did not follow his father's occupation as a cooper. Cornelius, his
"Eldest Son" was given "the best Horse he can choose from my Personal Estate in
Consideration of his Birth Right." To his sister-in-law, "Maritia Hendrickson," he left
one©e‘ight part of his estate. Executors of real and person‘al estate,were John Teunison,
Peter Dumont, Teunit Van Midlesworth, son of John Teunison, and JohnHendrickson (his
brother-in-law) Witnesses were Abraham van Middlesworth, PhilipFolkerse, Alexr
McDowall. [Liber A, page 205, New Jersey Calendar of Wills, New Jersey Colonial
Documents] Cornelys signed his will in a very weak hand, and was just able to write his
first name. His signature clearly agrees with the one on the 1697 will from Long Island that
he had witnesses some twenty-three years earlier. The unique way he spelled his name,
and the letters "r" and "s" verify ‘that he was the Cornelys Van Houwegem of Long Island
from earlier documents.
"Cornelius Vanhogem" was dead‘ by 10 May 1720, when an inventory of his estate was
‘taken. Items of special interest in the inventory include a Negro slave "named Quash," 7
cows, 4 horses, farming tools, "two weaving Looms, "7 pigs, household‘furniture, "A
Musket," 2 blankets "for Children," and a "Night Gown" (Document Number IV) The
inventory of the personal estate amounting to 1154.5.3 was made by John van
Middlesworth and Teunis van Middelesworth, appraisers,chosen by the executors.
On 25 January 1739, the children of Cornelys Van Houwegem signed a"petition
complaining that the executors had used their father's estate for their (the executors)
own benefit and failed to give an accurate account thereof. "Governor Lewis Morris
orders copy to be served on the executors." The children are listed as follows: "Cornelius,
Hendry, sons, Christiantie, daughter, now wife of Barent Hageman,infants at their father's
death." The "Child yet unborn" in the 29 February 1719/20 will of Cornelius Van
Houwegem, apparently never grew to maturity or would have been mentioned on the
petition.
An abstract of the will of "Cornelys Van Houghem of Raraton, Somerset County., [New
Jersey,l yeoman," is abstracted in New Jersey Colonial Documents,Calendar of Wills,
page 479. The inventory of 10 May 1720 is mentioned as well as the petition of the heirs of
"Cornelys Van Houghem," dated 25 January 1739/40. The documents are shown on the
following pages, Will (Document Number V) Inventory (Document Number VI), and
petion (Document Number VII)
Descendants of Cornelvs Van Hovsem of Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island. New York
to the Dutch custom of the time. If they were daughters, they could have been married
by the date of their father's will of 29 February 1719/20. CornelysVan Houwegem married
by 1714, Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen, daughter of Hendrick Jansenand his wife, Maritje
Janse. Information of Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen's ancestry is included in sections B
and C of this chapter. "Cor. Van hogen" is found on the 1715 militialist of men from
Somerset County, New Jersey (Bound Brook and North Branch) who were members of
Col. Thomas Farmar's New Jersey Regiment, Sixth Company. [Proceedings of the New
Jersey Historical Society volume 13; 1928; page 207. The children of Cornelys Van
Houwegem and Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen are identified in the will of their father
and -also in the baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Raritan (now
Somerville), Somerset County, New Jersey, They were the first American born generation
of the family and the sons, Cornelius and Henry, are the first to be identified with the
present spelling of the Vanover surname. These children migrated from Somerset County
to Sussex County, New Jersey. The children of Cornelys Van Houwegemand Styntje
(Christina) Hendricksen were:
1. "Stientien" (Styntje/Christina), baptized 3 June 1714, in the afore mentioned church,
with the child's maternal grandfather, Hendrick Jansen,standing as Godfather. She
was named for her mother or possibly for her grandmother,Styntje Jans of Kings
County, Long Island, New York. [Volume 2, page 141; Somerset County Historical
Quarterly]
2. "Cornelis" Cornelius), baptized 12 April 1716, in the same church afore mentioned, with
the child's maternal uncle and aunt, Adriaen Hendricksen and wife Susanna,
standing as Godparents. He was named in the typical Dutch custom for his paternal
grandfather, Cornelys Van Hovgem. [Volume 2, page 142; Somerset County Historical
Quarterly]
3. "Henderick" (Henry), baptized 22 March 1718, in the same church afore mentioned,
with the child's maternal uncle and aunt, Jan Henderickse and Wyntje Ten Eyck,
standing as Godparents, He was named in the typical Dutch custom for his maternal
grandfather, Hendrick Jansen. Volume 2, page 145; Somerset County Historical
Quarterly]
4. "Child yet unborn" as named the father's will of 29 February1719/20, apparently
never grew to maturity, as proven by the petition of 24 January1739, that was signed
by the children of Cornelys Van Houwegem. "Cornelius Van Ovah"and "Hendrick
Van Ovah" are listed as brothers in the Janeway Account Book where they are also
implied
Descendants of Cornelys Van Hovsem of Flatbush. Kings County, Long Island. New
York Cornelys Van Houwegem made his last will and the statement on 29 February
1719/20 (Document Number V) as "Cornelius Van Houghe‘m of Raritan in the County of
Somerset yeoman" He de‘scribed himself as "being very Sick and Weak of Body, To
"Steintie my beloved Wife" he left the use of his estate, so long as she remained his
widow, If she should remarry, his estate was to go to his children,"Cornelius Hendry
Christiantie and the Child yet unborn." He left his sons "all my Looms and weaving Tools‘",
thus showing that he did not follow his father's occupation as a cooper. Cornelius, his
"Eldest Son" was given "the best Horse he can choose from my Personal Estate in
Consideration of his Birth Right." To his sister-in-law, "Maritia Hendrickson," he left
one©e‘ight part of his estate. Executors of real and person‘al estate,were John Teunison,
Peter Dumont, Teunit Van Midlesworth, son of John Teunison, and JohnHendrickson (his
brother-in-law) Witnesses were Abraham van Middlesworth, PhilipFolkerse, Alexr
McDowall. [Liber A, page 205, New Jersey Calendar of Wills, New Jersey Colonial
Documents] Cornelys signed his will in a very weak hand, and was just able to write his
first name. His signature clearly agrees with the one on the 1697 will from Long Island that
he had witnesses some twenty-three years earlier. The unique way he spelled his name,
and the letters "r" and "s" verify ‘that he was the Cornelys Van Houwegem of Long Island
from earlier documents.
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