James Taylor (abt. 1739 - abt. 1801)

Born about 2 Mar 1739 in Drumleck, Armagh, Ireland

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Descendants

Died about 23 Feb 1801 at about age 61 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

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Corporal James Taylor served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

James Taylor is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112628.

Biography

James Taylor was born in Drumleck, Armagh, Ireland on 1739 to John Taylor and Nancy Barens. In 1760, James and his 4 brothers, George, William, John, and Caufield, came to Rockbridge County, Virginia. His brother John was killed in battle on 25 Apr 1778. Caufield was taken prisoner but released after the surrender of Cornwallis. William is said to have married Janet Paul, the sister of John Paul Jones (John was a Paul and added the surname of his foster father). The brothers settled in the valley at the head of Cedar.

James married Ann Paul, the daughter of Capt. Audley Paul. (His brother, Caufield, married Rebecca, also a daughter of Capt. Paul). James and Ann had 14 children. Among those children (not necessarily in birth order) are:

• Rebecca
• Hugh, a bachelor, was an attorney and surveyor. He wrote Hugh Paul Taylor's Sketches, a historical work covering the years 1740-1781; buried at Rockbridge Baths.
• Nancy
• Phoebe
• Stuart, a tanner and currier by trade, lived on the brow of Hogback Mountain; m. Martha E. Hickman in 1819;

Military Service

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• TAYLOR, JAMES
• Ancestor #: A112628
• Service: VIRGINIA
• Rank(s): CORPORAL
• Birth: 3-2-1740 IRELAND
• Death: 1801 ROCKBRIDGE CO VIRGINIA
• Service Source: NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #72
• Service Description: (1) PVT, CAPT JOSEPH SMITH; (2) COL NATHANIEL GIST
• Residence: County: 1) AUGUSTA CO - State: VIRGINIA; 2) County: ROCKBRIDGE CO - State: VIRGINIA
• Spouse: ANN PAUL;
• Child son: WILLIAM M. Taylor, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SARAH TAYLOR
• Child daughter: NANCY TAYLOR, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] AMOS THOMAS
• Child daughter: PHOEBE CAROLINE TAYLOR, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JOHN PATTON
• Child son: STUART TAYLOR, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1]: MARTHA E. HICKMAN
• Child daughter: REBECCA , [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] HENRY GREEN
• Child son: HUGH PAUL TAYLOR, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY ANN WOLTZ

Sources

See Also:

• DAR Patriot Record A112628
• Morton, Oren Frederic, A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, McClure Co., publisher, Staunton, Virginia, 1920. Pages 274-276
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120211941/james-taylor : accessed 10 June 2022), memorial page for James Taylor Sr. (2 Mar 1740–23 Feb 1801), Find A Grave: Memorial #120211941 citing Taylor Family Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Pamela M. Steele (contributor 46535208) .
• Geni contributors. "https://www.geni.com/people/James-Taylor-Sr/6000000000969828838." Geni.com Website. Accessed 18 July 2018.
• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A112628

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mcmurtriecfr/genealogy/richard/taylorfamnarrative.htm