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Granny Taylor, Nancy Jane Salling or Nancy M. Dorton

April 3, 2008 by Patty 13 Comments

Janet writes, 

I hope you can post this photograph on your website and perhaps someone can help with with a positive identification.

My Mother-in-Law (Alice Joye Taylor Hill) has had this photograph for many years. All she knew was that the photo is of “Granny Taylor.” My Mother-in-Law was the daughter of George Charles Taylor (1907-1933) of Scott County, Virginia.

What Joye did not realize was that she had two great-great grandmothers who could have been called “Granny Taylor.” I will send a family tree in an email to follow this one.

 

Granny Taylor
Granny Taylor, Scott County Virginia

 

The woman in the photograph is either Nancy Jane Salling (1842-1932), who was the wife of Milo Taylor and the mother of George Monroe Taylor…….or she is Nancy M. Dorton (1848-1931), wife of Monroe Taylor and mother of Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Taylor.

Milo Taylor and Monroe Taylor were brothers, both sons of James Andrew and Catherine Stewart Taylor. Milo’s son George Monroe Taylor married his first cousin, Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Taylor, daughter of Monroe on 28 March 1888 in Scott County.

On the 1930 Federal Census in the DeKalb District of Scott County, Virginia Nancy M. Dorton Taylor was living in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, George M. and Mary E. Taylor. Nancy Salling Taylor was living next door in the household of her son Mark Pomeroy Taylor.

Submitted by Janet Hill, Galax, Virginia

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  1. ERNEST WILLIAM HILL says

    October 16, 2008 at 7:32 am

    IF ANY ONE KNOWS ANY THING ABOUT J.W HILL OR HIS WIFE MIMA HILL PLEASE CONTACT ME THANKS.

    Reply
  2. Alice Lawson Randolph says

    November 25, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    I have really enjoyed your site. Thanks so much for all the work you have done. I especially enjoyed seeing the Lawson Confederate Cemetery where many of my ancestors are buried. Keep up the good work.
    ( I have a class picture of my 3rd grade class & 8th grade class from Lynn Garden Elementary 1958 & 1963. if you would like to use them.)
    Keep up the good work! Alice Randolph

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  3. phil says

    February 18, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Granny T sure looks unhappy about somethin…

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  4. Marcie Jackson Pettigrew says

    April 3, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    Hi There!

    I really enjoyed looking at this site. A search of my great great grandfather, Monroe Taylor, brought me here. I was curious to see if anyone knows of why he changed his name and started another family? That is if I have the correct Monroe Taylor. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank You
    Marcie

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    • Bonnie Allison says

      May 9, 2010 at 6:04 am

      Marcie,
      I would love to know the answer to your question also.
      Someone has to know or they couldn’t have made the connection.
      I have an idea who might know and I’m sure you must be related to her.
      Contact me.
      Bonnie Allison,
      bsueallison@yahoo.com

      Reply
    • Tabitha Wallen says

      October 6, 2011 at 4:37 am

      Marcie,

      Did your grandpa, Monroe Taylor, change his name to Joseph Jackson when he moved to Kentucky? If so, he’s my uncle by marriage! I have some information on him and his WIVES as he was married a total of 4 times.

      Tabitha

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    • Janet Hill says

      May 14, 2012 at 11:11 am

      Marcie, my husband is a great-great-great grandson of Monroe “Joseph J. Jackson” Taylor (1845-1929). The Granny Taylor in this photo was his wife, Nancy M Taylor. Monroe left his wife and children, and crossed the mountain to Whitesburg, Kentucky where he changed his name to Joseph J. Taylor, married a woman named Lucy Elswick and had two sons.

      There is a story that he was afraid of being ‘framed’ for a crime he didn’t commit and that is why he ran away.

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    • Holly says

      June 7, 2012 at 7:25 pm

      Well, I’ve heard these stories from my aunts & my dad, but this is something I had found awhile back, can’t remember where though?
      “In the late 1800s a peddler who habitually passed through Taylortown always spent a night at Monroe’s home. It was leaned that he was making counterfeit money and when the Federal Officers were chasing him, he left his ‘wares’ at the Monroe’s home. Monroe, fearing he would be accused as an accessory to counterfeiting also fled. He crossed the countains into Kentucky and settled in Whitesburg. He changed his name to JACKSON and had a second family. Name of wife unknown, but 2 sones were Oscar and David.)”

      Now I don’t know the details or how much of this is true and seems like I’ve heard something about him changing his name because he had murdered a man. If y’all find out anything otherwise, I’d love to hear it. Thanks!

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      • Janet Hill says

        June 7, 2012 at 10:02 pm

        The story about the peddler and Monroe Taylor was printed in the book “From Log Cabins to the White House – A History of the Taylor Family” written by Mary Taylor Brewer. Mrs. Brewer was the daughter of Worley E. and Nanny Mann Taylor…and the great granddaughter of Monroe “Joe Jackson” Taylor.

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  5. Tina Bowman says

    April 27, 2009 at 12:01 am

    Hi, My grandmother was a Taylor from Scott County. I have been trying to find out for years about my family all I know is then her name was Lillian Taylor and she died when my mom was 3 years old and she believes her grandfathers name was C.W Taylor or something like that.

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  6. Yvonne says

    July 15, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Just wanted you to know,I enjoyed your site,have no known relationship here.
    Your site was nicely layed out and easily viewed.
    God Bless….Happy Hunting !

    Reply
  7. Janet Hill says

    May 14, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Several years ago, I shared this photo from my Mother-in-law of a Granny Taylor (her great-great grandmother). The problem was that my Mother-in-law’s great grandparents (George Monroe Taylor and Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Taylor) were first cousins and the Granny Taylor in the photo could have been the mother of either one of them. Both George & Lizzie were born to women named Nancy.

    Thanks to this Scott County website and Laura Hobbs, the mystery has been solved! Laura saw this photo on this website. Laura is a descendant of Milo & Nancy Jane Salling Taylor and has a photograph of Nancy Salling. This information enabled us to positively identify the photograph of Granny Taylor as being Nancy M. Dorton Taylor (1848-1931), the wife of Monroe Taylor and the mother of Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Taylor (Mrs. George Monroe Taylor).

    Thank You Laura Hobbs and Patty Jones for solving a mystery we’ve pondered for decades!

    ~ Janet Goad Hill

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  8. Mechelle Justus Dotson says

    May 27, 2016 at 5:40 am

    I enjoyed reading the comments and seeing the picture. I like Marcie am a descendent of Monroe Taylor aka Joseph Jackson. We are the Joseph Jackson is my GGG Grandfather, his illegitimate son Ben Jackson is my grandfather. After Ben was born he married Lucy Elswick. I have never heard the reason why or and idea of why we left his family and then changed his name. I did not know he was married 4 times! So glad to happen upon your site. dotsonzachkeat@yahoo.com

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