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Colonel George Taylor

Colonel George Taylor

Male 1711 - 1792  (81 years)    Has 16 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name George Taylor  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 17 Feb 1711  Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Category American Revolution Heroes 
    Death 4 Nov 1792  Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Rowland Taylor,   b. 6 Oct 1510, Rothbury, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1554, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather) 
    Martha Montague,   b. Abt 1655, Of, Orange, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1740,,, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 84 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • Colonel of Colonial troops under Governor Dinwoodie.

      George Taylor was appointed Colonel of Orange Co. Militia. Commission signed 18 July, 1755, and served in the French and Indian Wars. Burgess 1748-9, 1752-8; member of the Committee of Safety 1744-5; member of Convention 1775; Vestryman of the Church of England, and Clerk of Orange Co. for twenty-three years. His son James succeeded him in the position.
    Person ID I39474  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father James Taylor, II,   b. 14 Mar 1673, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1729, Greenfield, Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Martha Thompson,   b. 1679, Carlisle, Cumberland, England, U.K. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1762, Greenfield, Orange, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1699  Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F9412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Taliaferro Conway 
    Family ID F14161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Rachel Gibson,   b. 4 May 1717, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1761, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1738 
    Children 
     1. Lieutenant Jonathan Taylor,   b. 13 Dec 1742, Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1803, Clark Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Nancy Ann Berry  m. 1764
     2. Commodore Richard Taylor,   b. 6 Jan 1749, Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1825, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Catherine Davis  m. 1771
    Family ID F14162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Photos
    AmericanRevolutionHeroes_TaylorGeorge
    AmericanRevolutionHeroes_TaylorGeorge

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Cheryl.FTW.
      Date of Import: Feb 25, 2002

    2. [S201] Leisure Guy, leisureguy@icloud.com, "KinshipTree - Historical Family Database", (Name: Name: http://kinshipcove.com Genealogy Research: Common Historical Roots In South Texas;;).

    3. [S31] Cheryl Davis, Individual Family Tree - Hill-Wilkinson, (Name: Name: Coloradodavis@peoplec.com;;).

    4. [S242] Genealogy.com, World Family Tree Volume 66, Tree 2013, (Name: Name: http://www.genealogy.com/wftonline/v66/2001to2050/v66t2013.html?Welcome=1080001491;;).

    5. [S462] rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/oldham/taylor.wb.txt.



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