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Home of Samuel Pendleton Taylor and Amanda Bishop Taylor

June 7, 2020 by Patty 1 Comment

Gary Hilton writes: Hi Patty – attached is a photo. I received this photo a few years ago, and can’t remember who provided it. I was told that this is the home of Samuel Pendleton Taylor and his wife, Amanda Bishop. Samuel died in 1930, and Amanda “Polly” died in 1950. Before Samuel died, they… [Read More]

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Bishop, Taylor

The Death of Ira N. Taylor

June 7, 2020 by Patty 1 Comment

Held for Murder Body of Wealthy Farmer is Found in Field on Christmas Day The Post: January 5, 1921 Harry Lawson, aged 26 years, ex-service man was arrested yesterday at his home near Rye Cove, Virginia, charged with the murder Saturday, of Ira N Taylor, wealthy farmer, age 74 years, after bloodhounds went from the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Death Certificates Tagged With: Frasier, Lawson, Pendleton, Taylor

Robert Lee Taylor and Louisa Creech Taylor

February 3, 2019 by Patty 7 Comments

Submitted by Micah Cox My grandfather Henry Taylor told me the story of a murder, as his father Robert Lee Taylor, the shooter, told it to him.  Robert Lee Taylor had a moonshine still in VA with a partner.  His partner got a woman pregnant and was forced to marry her.  The partner cheated on… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Creech, Taylor

Henry Stewart Taylor

February 3, 2019 by Patty Leave a Comment

Submitted by Micah Cox Henry Stewart Taylor, son of Robert Lee Taylor and Louisa Creech. Henry S. Taylor U.S. Army veteran, was an anti aircraft gunner in WWII. Henry served from 1939-1945 and was the holder of six Bronze Stars, having participated in the battles of Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, southern France and Germany. This… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Taylor

Orpha Ann Nash

February 3, 2019 by Patty 18 Comments

Submitted by Micah Cox

Orpha Ann Nash was the wife of John Taylor, and the mother of Robert Lee Taylor.

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Nash, Ramsey, Stallard, Taylor

Ella TAYLOR and the Home Where She Lived

January 27, 2013 by Patty 14 Comments

Gary Hilton writes, Here you go Patty – The first picture is Ella Taylor, who was my grandmother’s sister. My grandmother was Ida Taylor, who married Fitzugh Lee Neely, and their second child was my mother, Oma, who is in the next picture with Ella.   This is the house in Duffield where Ella lived until… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces, Places Tagged With: Bishop, Neely, Taylor

Gleanings from Chancery Court Case File

November 24, 2010 by Patty 11 Comments

This information is extracted from A.J. Lane et al vs J.C. Taylor, Chancery Court Records, 1879-1882, Index No. 1882-023, Library of Virginia, Richmond. William Taylor 1794-1849 and Mary Catherine Horton 1790-1873 children are: Benjamin B., John C., Nelson H., Isaac S., W.W., Sallie, Mary, James W., Eliza. Sallie maried Owen Wade and died before 1879…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Legal, Transcriptions Tagged With: Bloomer, Bowen, Bowens, Carter, Cecil, Collins, Davidson, Flanary, Horton, Lawson, Pendleton, Rhoton, Spear, Stallard, Taylor, Tipton, Wade

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… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces, Unknown Tagged With: Dorton, Salling, Taylor

George Charles Taylor family tree

April 3, 2008 by Patty 4 Comments

Janet writes, This is a family tree for my husband’s grandfather, George Charles Taylor (1907-1933). George was married to Glema Virginia Warf (1911-1986), daughter of Robert Jordan Warf and Lora India Burnett originally from Carroll County, Virginia. George and Glema were married in McDowell County, West Virginia on 18 June 1929. George Charles Taylor was… [Read More]

Filed Under: Family History Files Tagged With: Taylor

1846 Muster Roll for 124th Va Infantry Commanded by Hezekiah P. Neal

October 10, 2006 by Sheila 18 Comments

I was contacted by a dealer in Historical documents who has the original Muster Roll for sale. The picture here shows enough to see it is authentic, however not large enough to read. The transcription is below the picture. There are 70 names on the muster roll. It is entitled “A list of the commissioned… [Read More]

Filed Under: Transcriptions Tagged With: Barker, Bays, Booker, Broadwater, Carter, Culbertson, Day, Draper, Ewing, Flanery, Fleenor, Franklin, Frazier, Fugate, Gillam, Godsey, Goode, Gray, Greear, Green, Gulley, Harris, Haynes, Hensley, Herron, Horton, Jenkins, Jones, Larkins, Lawson, Lea, Mann, McMullin, McMurry, Moore, Morell, Morrison, Neely, Neil, Price, Purcell, Quillin, Rainey, Ratliff, Richmond, Roach, Shoemaker, Smith, Speer, Starnes, Taylor, Templeton, Vinyards, Wade, White

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