Upper Level: Joseph Taylor 1751-1819 Sarah Best 1764-1836

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Joseph Taylor 1751-1819 Sarah Best 1764-1836

Note: after looking at a few SAR (Sons of American Revolution) applications online at ancestry.com that were from the 1900's, I realized Joseph needs proof of his parents. One of the SAR applicants claimed (President) Zachary Taylor and second wife, Esther W Blackburn, are Joseph's parents. THIS IS NOT TRUE - please read the following update.

UPDATE: From Family Tree c/o Ron Taylor: We (he's talking about the Taylor Organization) have extensive paper research and DNA research which proves that Joseph is not son of Zachary. This error has been perpetuated for many years and is false. His father is Joseph Taylor and mother is Nancy. Her surname is yet to be proven. Old Temple family group sheets were stamped DNS

ANOTHER UPDATE from Ron Taylor: there are two grave memorials for Joseph. One was placed by DAR (Daughters of American Revolution) and the other is the massive one that is seen here. Both have mistakes. Ron and the Taylor Association are working to document the errors on both - such as the stone for Joseph that is near Richardsville, Kentucky, shouldn't even be there. I'll post more updates as they become available.

Joseph Taylor
Born Abt 1751 Tyrrell, North Carolina
According to the book Coneto Creek Taylors, there is a common-sense lot of evidence that Joseph was not born in Orange County, Virginia, but near the headwaters of Coneho and Coneto Creek where the Taylor's had lived for many years. Unfortunately, there is no proof to be had because during Sherman's March to the Sea, the Nanesemond county records were almost totally destroyed.
Parents Joseph Taylor and Nancy
Military: Revolutionary War 1776-1779
Note: Served 2 years in Continental Army with Captain Blounts Company, Edgecomb, North Carolina and honorably discharged 30 Jan 1779
Militia: Oct 1779-16 Jun 1783: Private (gunsmith) North Carolina Martin County Militia
Married abt 1782 Martin County, North Carolina
Owned 200 acres in Kentucky 1798
Died 22 March 1819 near Richardsville,Warren,Kentucky
Buried Taylor Family Cemetery, near Richardsville,Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975)
Family Tree which cites: Joseph Taylor and Sarah Best Family, Vol. 1, Shari Humphries Franke, p. 15
1790 US Census for Martin, North Carolina page 435
Note: 3 people in household: himself, wife, and oldest child
1800 US Census for Edgecomb, North Carolina
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Sarah (Sally) Best
Born Feb 1760 Tyrrell, Edgecomb, North Carolina
Parents Thomas Best and Unknown mother (Mary Ann Jones was her stepmother)
Died about December 1836 near Richardsville,Warren,Kentucky
Buried Taylor Family Cemetery near Richardsville,Warren,Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 59
http://www.taylorassociation.org/

CHILDREN

Frances Taylor
Born 1783 Coneto Creek, Edgecombe, North Carolina
Married (Widower) William Cherry 25 May 1802 North Carolina
Children: Joseph, Allen and she helped raise her stepchildren Obadiah, Frances, Jane, Samuel, Lavina, Nancy, John
Died 17 November 1852 Warren County, Kentucky (age 69)
Note: her parents are listed as "James and Sally Taylor" instead of Joseph and Sarah on the record, she is listed as a widow and cause of death was a "fever"
Buried: Requested photo on findagrave in the Taylor Cemetery and a person reported: Could not find this grave, searched entire cemetery. This cemetery is in extremely poor condition, very overgrown with brush and brier. Some graves are unmarked (with field stones) and some stones are unreadable due to weathering and age. Also some have been knocked over/fell over and cattle have free access to this cemetery.
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
1850 US Census for Warren, Warren, Kentucky (66 years, living with stepson George)
Death: Kentucky Death Records 1852-1953
Family History of Joseph Taylor Jr and Sarah Best Family by Shari H Francke
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34730274
Amy Taylor
Born 1785 Taylor Plantation, Martin, North Carolina
Married: James Wallace abt 1805 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Children: Amy, Evans
Died about or before 1815 (she is not named in her father's will of 1815)
Buried: Requested photo on findagrave in the Taylor Cemetery and a person reported: Could not find this grave, searched entire cemetery. This cemetery is in extremely poor condition, very overgrown with brush and brier. Some graves are unmarked (with field stones) and some stones are unreadable due to weathering and age. Also some have been knockedover/fell over and cattle have free access to this cemetery.
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12626739

*William Taylor
Born 21 Mar 1787 Martin County, North Carolina
Married Elizabeth Patrick 11 Mar 1811 Warren County, Kentucky
Children: John, Allen, Julia, Mary, Louisa, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph, Pleasant, William, Levi, Nancy, Amanda, James
Died 9 Sep 1839 Illinois (possibly of Typhoid Fever)
Buried on the Main road between Lima and Warsaw
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
Marriage to Elizabeth (Betsy) Patrick: Warren County Marriage Register Book A page 262 1797-1780
http://www.taylorassociation.org/

Allen Taylor
Born 13 Dec 1789 Martin County , North Carolina
Married Lavina Cherry 5 Feb 1811 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note: Stepdaughter of his sister Frances

Children: William, Aaron, Henry,Tabitha, Alfred, Frances, Sarah, Samuel, John, Robert, Joseph, Etna
Died 13 Sep 1878 Warren, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Taylor Cemetery near Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979
Warren County Marriage register 1797-1870 Book A page 262
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Mary Ann Taylor
Born 1791 North Carolina
Married Samuel Cherry 2 Feb 1813 Warren, Kentucky (stepson of her sister Frances)
(In online records, people have reported Samuel was struck by lightning and died)
Children: Alfred
2) Elijah Upton 21 Aug 1827 Warren, Kentucky
No Children, but he had several with his first wife that Mary Ann helped raise.
Died 30 Aug 1852 Warren County, Kentucky (hemmorhage of the lungs)
Buried: Probably the Taylor Cemetery near Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
Marriage to Samuel: Warren County Marriage records book A page 37
Marriage to Elijah: Warren County Marriage records book A page 277
http://www.taylorassociation.org/

Seraphy Temperance Taylor
Born 1793 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Married Wiley Smart 4 Apr 1813 Warren County, Kentucky
Children (9)
Died abt 1857 Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois
Buried Smart Family Cemetery, Troy, Madison, Illinois
Note: the stone is broken and in need of repair
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
Marriage to Wiley: Warren County Marriage Records book A page 235
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Headstone:https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15617551
Nancy Taylor
Born abt 1797 in Edgecombe County,North Carolina
Died 2 February 1812 Warren, Kentucky (abt 15 years old)
Buried Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Kentucky (no stone)
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 14
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83386668
Sarah Best (Sally) Taylor
Born 5 Jan 1800 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Married Rene C Hudnall 7 Jun 1821 Warren, Kentucky
Note: His given name is spelled Rennt on the record
Children: James, Nancy, Elizabeth, Joseph, Irven, William, Mary, Sarah, Isham, Polly, John, Sidnia
Died 16 Jan 1837 Warren, Kentucky
Buried Hudnall Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
Marriage to Rene: Warren County Marriage Records book A page 107
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91991968

Joseph Best Taylor
Born 10 Sep 1801 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Married 1) Polly Ann Hudnall 4 Jun 1822 Warren County, Kentucky
Children: Thomas, James, Rhodah, Nicholas, Sarah, Paradine, William, Aaron, Tabitha, Mary, Joseph
2) Sarah Elizabeth Rone Burchfield 4 Dec 1849 Butler County, Kentucky
Children: Newton, William
Died 11 Aug 1864 Near Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Hudnall Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 13
Headstone and picture: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86196170
1769 Census for Dobbs County, North Carolina
Marriage to Polly: Warren County Marriages 1797-1870 Book A page 263
Book: Kentucky Land Grants as follows
Grantee: Taylor, Joseph
Acres: 200
Book: 1
Survey Date: 16 Aug 1798
County: Warren
Water Course: Gasper R
http://www.taylorassociation.org/

Elizabeth Ann Taylor
Born 10 Sep 1803 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Married Samuel Venable Goode 11 Oct 1829 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Children: Sarah, William, Mary, Louisa, Henry, Elizabeth, Susan, Martha, Samuel
Died 15 March 1861 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Mt Zion Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 14
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 Film 339890 page 91 Batch M01643-3
Marriage to Samuel: Warren County Marriage Records Book A page 91
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91992534

Charlotte (Lottie) Taylor

Born 3 Oct 1805 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Married William Lawson White 4 October 1823 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky

Note: There is another William L White who married Elizabeth Taylor on 2 November 1823 and it is recorded on the same page. This explains why people insist on putting William and Elizabeth, Lottie's sister, as a couple.
Children: Hezekiah, Mary, Sarah (Sallie), William, Samuel, John, Chesterfield, Margaret, Houston, Cynthia, Joseph, Morgan, Melvina

Died 5 June 1867 Warren, Kentucky

Buried: Maxey Graveyard (which is on top of a bluff on Stone Creek, on the farm now owned by Hyman Willis) Warren County, Kentucky

Sources

Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 14
Marriage to William: Warren County Marriage Records book A page 284
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 Film 339890 Page 284 image 76 Batch M01638-1

Headstone: http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Delilah Taylor
Born abt 1806 Tennessee
Married John Cherry

Sources

Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner (1975) page 14

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Joseph Taylor 1751-1819 Sarah Best 1764-1836

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