Temperance Seraphy Taylor 1793-1843 Wiley Smart 1789-1856

Wiley Smart
Parents Laban Smart and Susannah Simmons
Born 1789 Edgecomb, North Carolina
Military: Revolutionary War and War of 1812
Married 1) Temperance Seraphy Taylor 4 Apr 1813 Warren County, Kentucky
2) Elizabeth Hignite 23 Jul 1844 Bond, Illinois
Children with 1st husband: James, Mary, Sarah, Moses, Peter, Catharine, Daniel, Rebecca and Nancy Ellen P. 
Children with Wiley:  Alexander
Died 1856 Olive Township, Madison, Illinois
Buried Smart Family Cemetery, Troy, Madison, Illinois
Note:  the cemetery is now called the Hagler Cemetery
Sources
Marriage to Elizabeth: Illinois Marriages
1850 US Census Madison County, Illinois (age 60) Biography: http://www.taylorassociation.org/biographies/Biography.asp?ID=174&Char=T
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15617377

Temperance Seraphy Taylor
Parents:  Joseph Taylor and Sarah Best
Born 1793  Taylor Plantation, Edgecomb, North Carolina
Died 1843 Madison County, Illinois
Buried Smart Family Cemetery, Troy, Madison, Illinois
Note:  the cemetery is now called the Hagler Cemetery
Sources
1850 US Census Madison County, Illinois (age 50)
Marriage to Wiley: Warren County Marriage Records book A page 235
Biography: http://www.taylorassociation.org/biographies/Biography.asp?ID=174&Char=T
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15617551

CHILDREN

Amy (Anna) Smart
Born  22 Jan 1814 Warren County, Kentucky
Married Ezekiel Titsworth 23 Mar 1830 Madison County, Illinois
Note:  Son of Abraham Titsworth and Elizabeth Badgley, Ezekiel became a Methodist minister
Children:  Elizabeth, Temperance, Lucinda, Sarah, Melvina, May, David, Francis, James, William, John
Died  Grisham Township, Montgomery, Illinois
Sources
1830 US Census Montgomery County, Illinois (Of 20 years and under 30 with one female of 15 years and under 20 years of age)
1850 US Census Montgomery County, Illinois (age 36)
Note:  name extracted as Anna Littsworth and her husband Ezekiel was incorrectly extracted as Elizabeth
1860 US Census Montgomery County, Illinois page 170 (age 46)
1870 US Census Illinois (age 59)
Note:  her name is recorded as "M" in census
For those looking for information on Ezekiel: http://genforum.genealogy.com/titsworth/messages/648.html
For a descendancy list: http://genforum.genealogy.com/titsworth/messages/2.html
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Sarah Smart
Born  Aug 1815 Warren County, Kentucky
Married Carey Allen Robertson 27 Mar 1834 Madison County, Illinois
Children: Henry, Margaret, Temperance, William, James, Alexander, Sarah, Mary, Eliza
Died 4 Mar 1860 Herrick, Shelby, Illinois
Buried Myers Cemetery, Herrick, Shelby, Illinois
Sources
1840 US Census Shelby County, Illinois
1850 US Census Becks Creek, Shelby, Illinois (age 35)
Note:  surname extracted as Roberson
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15584907
Henry Green Smart
Born 1817 Illinois
Married Cynthia Powell abt 1840 Illinois
Children: William, Alexander, Henry, Mary Jane, Harriet, Sarah, Martha
Died Between 1860 and 1870 - he doesn't show up in any more census'
Buried Illinois
Sources
1850 US Census Madison County, Illinois (age 32, staying at his parents with Mary Ann and two children)
1860 US Census Shelby County, Illinois (age 42)
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Lucinda (Lucy) Smart
Born 1819 Troy, Madison, Illinois
Married 1) Joseph E Gaskill 3 Jan 1841 Madison County, Illinois
Note:  Joseph died in 1852
Children:  Sarah, Silas, Sidney, baby
2) Williamson Jones abt 1854 Illinois
Children: George, Laura, Lucy
Died  Alton, Madison, Illinois
Sources
1850 US Census Alton, Madison, Illinois (age 29)
1880 US Census Alton, Madison, Illinois (age 55, widowed)
Note:  name spelled Lussie in record
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Peter Smart
Born 1820 Troy, Madison, Illinois
Married Catherine Elizabeth Hignight 30 Aug 1849 Madison County, Illinois
Children: Allen, Sarah, Julia
Died 25 Aug 1864 Christian County, Illinois
Buried
Sources
1820 US Census Troy, Madison, Illinois page 144
1830 US Census Madison County, Illinois page 176
1840 US Census Ridge Prairie, Madison, Illinois page 97
1850 US Census Madison County, Illinois (age 26)
1860 US Census Madison County, Illinois (age 36)
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Martha Smart
Born Feb 1823 Troy, Madison, Illinois
Married Reiley Bartlett 28 Sep 1848 Madison County, Illinois
Died 1917 Vancouver, Clark, Washington
Buried Mt Zion Cemetery, La Center, Clark, Washington
Note:  stone claims her birth year is 1831 
Sources
1870 US Census La Center, Clark, Washington (age 39)
1880 US Census La Center, Clark, Washington (age 49)
1900 US Census La Center, Clark, Washington (widowed)
Note:  Census claims her birth year is 1831 
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37250130
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Allen Taylor Smart
Born 7 Dec 1826 Troy, Madison, Illinois
Occupation:  Livestock Farmer (hogs).  He drove them to St. Louis to sell.
Military: Civil War, 14th Illinois Infantry Regiment (Union).  POW in Charlottesville, North Carolina
Married 1) Harriet Burrus 1848
Children: Ansley (male)
2) Elizabeth Hinton 1861
Died: 18 Mar 1901 Herrick, Shelby, Illinois
Buried: Myers Cemetery, Herrick, Shelby, Illinois
Brief History (available on findagrave:  On 18 August 1853 Allen bought land in Herrick, (N2NW Sec 15, Twp 9N Range 2E meridian)  Before the Civil War he owned 1200 acres and began a general merchandise Store at Herrick Illinois.  During the war, the store was left in  the hands of another person.  When he returned from the war three years later, he found it bankrupt.  He sold all but 160 acres to pay off the debts.
Sources
1850 US Census Fayette County, Illinois (age 24)
1855 Illinois Census page 67 (number in family: 5)
1860 US Census Shelby County, Illinois page 25 (age 33)
Picture and headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34838767
US Civil War and Pension Index
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Mary Ann Smart
Born 1828 Troy, Madison, Illinois
Married Jonathan Franklin Hussong 14 Oct 1852 Madison County, Illinois
Note:  her husband was in the Civil War
Children:  George, Julia
Died
Sources
1850 US Census Madison County, Illinois (age 22, with her parents)
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William Smart
Born 14 Dec 1831 Troy, Madison, Illinois
Married Catherine Burrus 28 Jul 1855 Shelby, Illinois
Children:  Joseph, Alice
Died 30 Jun 1899 Herrick, Shelby, Illinois
Buried Myers Cemetery, Herrick, Shelby, Illinois
Sources
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44781676
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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

Joseph Freeman 1706-1770 Grace Smart 1710-1771

End of the line for Freeman family

Joseph Freeman
Born abt 1706 England
Married Grace Smart 8 Jun 1731 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Died May 1770
Buried 27 May 1770 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Marriage: IGI Film 0503787 Batch M059112 dated 1663-1771
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ancestry.com


Grace Smart
Parents:  William Smart and Alice Hoe
Christening 13 June 1706 Kettleby, Leicestershire, England
Died: April 1771 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Buried 19 Apr 1771 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Christening: England, Leicestershire Parish Registers
England Marriages 1538-1973
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN

*Ann Freeman
Christened 21 Apr 1732 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Married George Calcraft 6 Jul 1756 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Children: Elizabeth, Ann
Died
Buried 13 April 1773 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
Joseph Freeman
Christened 10 Nov 1734 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Married Ann Crofts 3 Dec 1761 Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England
Children: Joseph, Ann, Grace 
Died
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
Marriage:  Book: Marriages at Lenton, 1540-1812
Nottinghamshire Register of Marriages
William Freeman
Christened 28 Aug 1737 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Died 10 March 1752
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
John Freeman
Christened 11 Jun 1739 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Died 16 June 1739
Buried
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
John Freeman
Christened 27 Aug 1740 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
James Freeman
Christened 9 Sep 1744 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Married Ann Draper 1 Sep 1768 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Children: James, Ann 
Died
Buried 5 Feb 1770 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
Marriage: IGI Film 0503787 Batch M059112 dated 1663-1771

George Calcraft 1735-1777 Anne Freeman 1732-1773

George Calcraft
Christened 11 Feb 1734 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: Surname is spelled Calcroft in record
Parents: Edward Calcraft and Elizabeth Houghton
Married Anne Freeman 6 Jul 1756 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Buried 9 Feb 1777 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
Marriage: IGI Film 0503787 Batch M059112 dated 1663-1771
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Anne Freeman
Christened 21 Apr 1732 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Parents: Joseph Freeman and Grace Smart
Sources
IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771

CHILDREN

Elizabeth Calcraft
Christened 9 Jan 1757 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Source
IGI Film 0503787 Batch C059112 dated 1663-1771
Ann Calcraft
Christened 12 Nov 1758 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Note: didn't find her on IGI for Lenton - the Ann listed belongs to Ed and Jemima
Married Thomas Cox 29 Oct 1780 Lenton, Nottingham, England
Source
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