Matthew Taylor (1747 - 1823)

Born 1747 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1823 at about age 76 in Kishacoquillas, Brown Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Matthew Taylor is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112737.

Biography

Matthew Taylor is the grandfather of Civil War General John P. Taylor

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• TAYLOR, MATTHEW
• Ancestor #: A112737
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA
• Rank(s): PRIVATE
• Birth: 1747 CUMBERLAND CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Death: 11-12-1828 MIFFLIN CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Description: 1) CAPTS JOHN FLEMING,ROBERT SAMUEL; 2) CUMBERLAND CO MILITIA
• RESIDENCE: Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: , By: Conversion 1) City: ARMAGH TWP - County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
• SPOUSE: SARAH SAMPLE MAYES; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• Child son: JOHN TAYLOR, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] ELIZABETH MCMONIGLE

Number 21 in the 1810 US Census of Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB4-K52?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXH2F-PKQ&action=view&groupId=TH-1942-25147-16438-80

HISTORY OF MIFFLIN COUNTY

From Franklin Ellis' History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder. Philadelphia, 1886.

CHAPTER XVI.

BROWN TOWNSHIP.

A log still-house was built by Matthew Taylor, Sr., on his property, which was used for several years and abandoned about 1821.

National Historical Association, Inc., A History of the Juniata Valley, 1936, The Telegraph Press, Harrisburg

Still-houses were built by William Brown, 1790; William Henry, 1791, John Fleming about 1795 and Samuel Milliken about 1800. Stills were operated at an early date by Matthew Taylor, John Cooper and Kyle&Milliken. James, Jonas and George Spangler began the manufacture of gun barrels in 1812. John Fleming had, a grist and woolen mill and John Taylor, a tannery yard about 1813.

Born 1747

Died 12 NOV 1823. Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. Age: 80-81.

On FamilySearch.org 3 sources of information for: Name • • Matthew Taylor • • Sex • • Male Birth • • Incorrect: 1742 Incorrect: South Milford Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland Christening Death • • 12 November 1823 Kishacoquillas, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States Burial • • Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

On findagrave.com:

Matthew Taylor BIRTH Incorrect: 1742 Cecil County, Maryland, USA DEATH 12 Nov 1823 (aged 80–81) Kishacoquillas, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Church Hill Cemetery Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 43716400 ·

Gravesite Details 81y Revolutionary War

Sources

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• Source: S500084 Richard Williams Richard W. Williams Web Site

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43716400/matthew-taylor
• http://www.pagenweb.org/~mifflin/ellis/ellis-14.htm
• https://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Mifflin_County/Brown_Township.html