John Taylor (1727 - 1787)

Born 7 Sep 1727 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Lynn (Burge) Taylor — married about 1743 in Amelia, Virginia

Died 26 Oct 1787 at age 60 in Townsville, Granville, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

John Taylor and Lucy Burge moved to Amelia County, Virginia, before 1743 where he bought a 900-acre established plantation with houses, barns, stables, and mill. At least three of their eight children were born to the couple in Amelia County.

In 1749 they sold the Amelia County plantation and moved to Richland County in South Carolina. He purchased 300 acres in Back Swamp on the Bluff Road near the Congaree River from John Pearson. Among his neighbors were Simon Hirons, Philip Raiford, William Howell, and Peter Wyche.

At first he was a cattleman as open range herding was a lucrative occupation while plantation agriculture was being developed. He gradually increased his holdings to own several plantations. When he died he left to his heirs 1,232 acres of land.

NOTE: Cannot find a source for a son John born to John Taylor and Catherine Pendleton, although a birth date of 1727 is possible, as it would place him between Isabella, b. 1725 and James, b. 1729. Gravestone indicates he was a Col in NC Militia, Revolutionary War. See wife's bio for more insight into marriage date and children.

Will

Will of John Taylor. Granville Co., NC, Miscellaneous Wills, no page numbers, written 23 Oct 1787, proved Nov Court 1787. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://tinyurl.com/mf7ybrdz

wife Elizabeth Taylor
brother Edmund Taylor
brother William Taylor
brother Joseph Taylor
sister Isabella Hopkins
sister Elizabeth Bullock; the children of her former husband James Lewis & her present husband William Bullock who are living at the time of my said Sisters decease
Col. William Bullock
the three sons of my brother Phillip Taylor deceased Phillip, John, and James
nephew Phillip Taylors children (under age and unmarried)
nephew John Taylor son of Phillip Taylor
nephew James Taylor son of Philip
nephew Samuel Hopkins
nephew Moses Penn and his sister Mary children of my sister Mary Penn
niece Fanny Hunt daughter of my sister Mary Penn
niece Mary Anderson daughter of my decd brother Philip Taylor
Mr. John Penn
my three brothers & two sisters now living, Edmund Taylor, William Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Isabella Hopkins, and Elizabeth Bullock
Exrs: wife Elizabeth Taylor, friends William Bullock Senr, Joseph Taylor Senr & William Penn my nephew
Wit: Barthw Stovall, Ewd (Leavel?), Eliza Taylor, Mary Ann Taylor

Research Notes

As of 18 Apr 2021, two persons were linked as children to this John Taylor:
James Arthur Taylor - b. 1745, d. 1807, Richland Co., SC
Charlotte Elizabeth Taylor - b. 1747
John Taylor's will names no children, nor does the will of his wife, Elizabeth (Lyne) Taylor.

Sources

• Green, Edwin L. A History of Richland County, Volume One 1732-1805. Columbia, South Carolina: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1932, p 61.
• Meynard, Virginia G. History of Lower Richland County and Its Early Planters. Columbia, South Carolina: The R. L. Bryan Company, 2010, p 57.
• Taylor, Benjamin Franklin. John Taylor and His Taylor Descendants. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume VIII. Charleston: The Daggett Printing Co., 1907, p 95.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11279141/john-taylor
• DAR lineage book, Vol 16, p305, No 15802