Union Provost Files

Union Provost Files – Activity by State Records maintained on Civilians during The Civil War

MISSOURI

Aaron T. Taylor, citizen, no date, St. Louis, Missouri. See Neil Lafferty.

Adam Taylor, May 11, 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Adam Taylor, wife, and four children. Union refugees from Texas.

Issue of pass to travel from St. Louis, Missouri to Naples, Illinois, where relatives live.

Mrs. C. Taylor, ( Mrs. Clay Taylor ) , December, 186_, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter to Provost Marshall complaining

about the misconduct of Union Safeguards at her farm in Campbranch, Warren County, Missouri. Soldiers took four blankets,

hay, and her father's riding saddle. Her father, Mr. Bernard Pratt, was at the farm.
( Letters of Colonel Clay Taylor ) and ( Letter of wife Mrs. Louise Pratte Taylor )

Charles Taylor, September 8, 1862, Springfield, Missouri. Paroled. To Report to St. Louis office.

Charles Taylor, October 8, 1862, Mary's, Texas County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Formerly of Texas.

Lived there two years. Belonged to Rebel Army. Charles Henry Taylor, of St. Louis, signed Oath as a witness.

Charles Taylor, November 4, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Charles Taylor, October 4, 1864, Department of Missouri. Special Order No. 258. "I, Samuel L. Jones, U. S. Police

Officer, will proceed to Mrs. Dickson's on Market Street and near 7th Street and search for one Charles Taylor,
a colored boy, and bring him back to this Office." Prussian by birth. Came to United States in 1853/54.

Brother-in-law of Carrie King, Columbia, Georgia.

Charles Taylor, August 9, 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Memo. "I, Arthur Wilkinson, Captain, 30th Missouri

Infantry, send you under guard, the prisoner, Charles Taylor."

Christopher C. Taylor, February 28, 1862, Iron County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Clay Taylor, December 186_, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter to Provost Marshall complaining about Union

Soldiers behavior at his farm in Campbranch, Warren County, Missouri.

Clay Taylor, January 1, 1862, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter to Major General Hallock. Commander of Department
of the West from Jno H. Dickerson, Captain. "On reaching home yesterday I learned from Clay Taylor,
my brother-in-law, the misfortune that has befallen him by the depredations of the U. S. Troops.
Discussion about clothing found at Clay Taylor's home and how it had come into his possession.

Columbine Taylor, May 31, 1865, Lafayette County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Age 26, blue eyes,

5' 10" tall.

Columbus A. Taylor, activity dated between October 9, 1864 to May 23, 1865, Lexington, Missouri.

Captured at Prices Raid in Lexington, Missouri. Imprisoned.

D. T. Taylor, May 25, 1865, Springfield, Missouri. Letter. Claim for mare taken by soldiers.

David G. Ward Taylor, December 17, 1862, St. Louis, Missouri. Memo. Received November 11, 1863,

$1.00 for services as Clerk, Office of the Mayor, for Provost Marshall.

Dubart M. Taylor, November 28, 1864, St. Francois, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Dubart M. Taylor, March or May 11, 1865, Potosi, Missouri. Asks for permit to purchase whiskey and

medicines. Co-signed by J. G. Taylor. (Letter of Permission )

Mrs. E. Taylor, May 6, 1865, Cooper County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Age 23, dark eyes and

hair. 5 feet tall.

Eli Taylor, citizen, no date, Randolph County, Missouri. See letter in case of Missroe (Sp?)

Frank Taylor, December 1862, Lipton, Missouri. Disloyal. Gives address as 104 West 38th, New York.

G. F. Taylor, January 16, 1862, Sedalia, Missouri. Member of Convention, requesting passage from

Sedalia to convention in Harrisonville.

George A. Taylor, February 24, 1862, Miller County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

George R. Taylor, October 21, 1861, St. Louis, Missouri. President of Pacific Railroad. Employees

to take Oath of Allegiance.

George R. Taylor, September 28, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter to Provost Marshall. Concerned

about the safety of citizens near Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.

George W. Taylor, April 10, 1865, Liberty Township, Marion County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Parole letter. Request to go to Louisville, Kentucky.

Gustavus N. Taylor, name originally entered as George Taylor. George crossed over and Gustavus

written in. March 25, 1862, Tuscumbia, Miller County, Missouri. Charges of treason against the

United States. Stole mare valued at $200, and a money saddle. Sent to Old Capitol Prison,

Washington. Released December 2, 1865.

Henderson Taylor, May 1865, Green County, Missouri. Horse stealing. Statements: 1) from David T. Taylor:

"Dark bay mare taken August 2, 1864." 2) from Miss Malicia Taylor, March 22, 1865; and 3) from

Elisha Taylor, fully substantiating the testimony of Henderson Taylor.

Henry Clay Taylor, January 6, 1862, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Letter from John Hancock, stating

that Henry Clay Taylor is a loyal citizen.

Henry Clay Taylor, December 13, 1861, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Jayhawker.

Arrested January 11, 1862. In 5th Street military prison, St. Louis, Missouri. Memo. "H. C. Taylor is

selling stolen goods in California."

(Henry?) Clay Taylor, January 6, 1863, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. Sworn statement from T. C. Pierce.
"Clay Taylor made cursing remarks at the Union Flag" (United States vs. Clay Taylor suspect)

Horace Taylor, April 25, 1864, Ralls County, Missouri. Member of Rebel Army.

Horace Taylor, April 25, 1864, Ralls County, Missouri. Slave of Abraham McPike. Of lawful age, freed.

Allowed to have own place.

I. Taylor, January 16, 1862, Cooper County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Irving T. Taylor or Irving F. Taylor, December 3, 1862, St. Genevieve, Missouri. Accused of trying to

evade the enrollment. Pleads not guilty.

Mrs. J. G. Taylor, no date, Rolla Township, Philips County, Missouri. Permit for selling firearms.

J. S. Taylor, February 27, 1862, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Application for

Pass to go to Baton Rouge. Needs to pick up 418 bales of cotton he owns at Bayou Sara.

James Taylor, January 9, 1862, Sedalia District, Boone County, Missouri. Charged with act of aggression.

Went with gun to house of ________ and demanded debt notes to be signed over to his 12 year-old son,

William Taylor. Witness: wife Elizabeth. Testimony dated November 1862. James Taylor is 57 years old,

blue eyes and gray hair, 5' 11" tall.

James D. Taylor, January 31, 1865, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. Rebel Soldier. Paroled.

James E. L. Taylor, May 25, 1865, Warrensburg, Missouri. Horse taken by Captain Walker on

January 27, 1865. Mr. Taylor now in the state of Kansas.

James K. Taylor, January 1, 1863, St. Louis, Missouri. Released from the obligations of his parole.

Callaway County, Missouri.

Jerry Taylor, citizen, no date, Scott County, Missouri. Captured by General Paine in Missouri. Will

take Oath of Allegiance.

John Taylor, December 1863, Callaway County, Missouri. Petition from brother Thomas Taylor, asking

for prisoner release.

John Taylor, February 1, 1863, Callaway Co., MO. Age 49

John Taylor, February 28, 1862, Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

John Taylor, January 16, 1865, Carter County, Missouri. Asks permission to bring cotton raised in

Howell County, Missouri and sell it at Pilot Knob.

John A. Taylor, April 5, 1862, Liberty Township, Crawford County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

John D. Taylor, December 6, 1862, Randolph County, Missouri. Parole. Age 24. Letter to brother.

Tells his brother he is in poor health.

John H. Taylor, April 18, 1862, Knox County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

John H. Taylor, January 19, 1863, Jackson County, Missouri. Imprisoned for disloyalty. Released from

jail and instructed: "Must proceed to Kansas and stay there during the war."

John P. Taylor, February 1865, Kennell, Dunklin County, Missouri. Guerilla, Bushwhacker, Murderer.

1^st Lieutenant-Confederate Army. Burned bridges in Dunklin Co., Missouri. Arrested January 7, 1864.

Burned farmhouse of farmer, Edward Richardson, who was killed in fire. Witnesses to event:
Geo. N. Dickerson, Barnett Sherly, Haney Gier (Guier?) who lives across the river in Illinois.
Thomas B.. Scarborough, and Mrs. George Richardson, a daughter and a step-son.
List of the names of those that murdered a __ Mr. Richardson near Kennett, Dunklin:

County, Missouri, 9th April 1863: Nathan Bird, Benjamin Tulis, Jesy Bratton, P. Tailor,
John Mcwerlis (Sp?), John Williams and John Cagil. ( Letter of John P. Taylor )

John P. Taylor, February 9, 1865, New Madrid, Missouri. Daniel Riddle testifies that John P. Taylor

is a guerilla.

John P. Taylor, April 6, 1865, Jefferson City, Missouri. Transfer of John P. Taylor to Jefferson City,/

Missouri. Respectfully referred to the Surgeon in charge . Returned to Captain R. C. Allen, 4th Missouri

Infantry.

Joseph Taylor, December 24, 1861, Sturgeon, Boone County, Missouri. Joseph Taylor, storeowner, filed

letter stating United States army damaged his property. Lieutenant George Taylor was searching his property

for stolen iron from railroad. An eight-foot section of iron buried about 18 inches beneath the surface was

found. Soldiers took two horses, two mules, eight bushels of corn, and six chickens, worth $207. Joseph

Taylor is 62 years old, living in Livingston County, Missouri. Has two sons in the service. ( George Taylor letter )

Joseph Taylor, March 3, 1865, Livingston, Missouri. Paroled.

Joseph A. Taylor, April 21, 1862, Ralls County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Joseph H. Taylor, no date, Knox County, Missouri. Statement about riders and horses.

Mrs. Joseph W. Taylor, April 10, 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Memo issued by St. Louis Provost Marshall.

Mrs. Jos. W. Taylor appointed matron at the Gratiot, St. Fernando Mill Prison.

Joshua Taylor, June 10, 1862, Reynolds County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Larking Taylor, June 23, 1862, Rocheport P. O., Boone County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Witness: Thomas T. Taylor.

Levi Taylor, July 15, 1865, Green County, Missouri. A boarder at his house, Miss Louisa Langston,

from Barry County, Missouri filed a claim stating that Levi Taylor took her property, a mare.

Lewis D. Taylor, January 30, 1862, near Winchester, Clark County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

M. A. Taylor, February 18, 1862, Pettis County, Missouri. Statement from Henry Woodward stating

that M. A. Taylor is loyal.

M. G. Taylor, November 24, 1864, Pilot Knob, Missouri. In Myrtle Street Prison. Lives in St. Genevieve.

Margaret Taylor, January 9, 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Special Order No. 9. Issued from St. Louis

Headquarters pertaining to the banishment of Margaret Taylor beyond the line of the U. S. Forces.

Signed: Margaret Taylor, Mary Ann Taylor, Marianns T. Taylor.

Martin B. Taylor, November 9, 1863, Lewis County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Mary E. Taylor, no date, St. Louis, Missouri. Made and displayed a Confederate Flag. Age 24.

Born and raised in Kentucky.

Morgan A. Taylor, March 25, 1862, Bonne's farm, Howard County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Mrs. N. Taylor or M. Taylor or W. Taylor, May 4, 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Permission to pass from

St. Louis to Rock Bluffs, Nebraska, with two children. Refugees from Mississippi.

Nathaniel S. Taylor, January 9, 1864, Macon County, Missouri. Violated conditions of his bond.
"N. S. Taylor, in the County of Knox and the state of Missouri, arrested on the charge of having been
with Porter Guer (Guier?). $1,000 Bond signed by N. W. Taylor and John K. Taylor 13 March 1863.

Norris Taylor, May 27, 1864, St. Louis, Missouri. permit to keep firearms and ammunition for

sale to citizens.

Pallas Taylor, March 5, 1864, Independence, Missouri. No detail.

R. H. Taylor, February 14, 1863, St. Francois County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Age 30.

Richard Taylor, April 18, 1862, Knox County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Richard H. Taylor, February 1863, St. Francois County, Missouri. Paroled. Age 80.

Richard J. Taylor, January 4, 1862, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter from Isaac P. Donaldson giving

Richard J. Taylor a recommendation for Government employment as a clerk. "He has been

engaged as Recruiting Officer for the Lyon Regiment."

S. W. Taylor, May 4, 1864, Carter County, Missouri. Applied for transportation of Mr. S. W. Taylor

and three small children from St. Louis to Jonesboro Hill to find and protect six small children whose

parents were murdered by Dick Boon and his Confederate Rebels 8th of March last in Carter County,

Missouri (.i e. his brothers children)

Samuel Taylor, September 15, 1862, Dade County, Missouri. Held for suspicion. Oath of Allegiance.

Simon Taylor, March 29, 1862, Central, Missouri. No detail.

Doctor Taylor, May 29, 1863, Camp Stockton, Missouri. Job recommendation from E. C. Hillier,

Captain, 12th Battery.

Thomas Taylor, March 17, 1862, Saverton Township, Ralls County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

Thomas Taylor, December 6, 1864, St. Louis, Missouri. "The guard will deliver Thomas Taylor,

night watchman on the Steamer "Jsettea." Was found asleep at his post at 10 p. m. of the 5th of

December. Hold for determination of punishment." Memo from Office of Military Harbour Master.

Received from Henry Lachmiller Grier, signed: George H. Richardson, Lieutenant and Assistant

Provost Marshall, St. Louis, Missouri.

Thomas H. Taylor, October 28, 1864, Mora, Cole County, Missouri. Was robbed September 30, 1864.

Two Roan mares 6 years old were taken. Rebels left one mare that belongs to a German. A mule was

left by the Rebels at the Germans' place. Letter received at Jefferson City, Missouri.

Thomas P. Taylor, December 1864, Ralls County, Missouri. Paroled.

Thomas P. Taylor, October 31, 1862, Randolph County, Missouri. Paroled.

Thomas R. Taylor, August 5, 1862, Roanoke, Taney County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Post

bond of $2,000. Charge with giving aid and comfort to the enemies; and acts of disloyalty. Thomas R.

Taylor filed a statement: "I live in Taney County and have not been in the Rebel Army." Arrested

June 25, 1862 at home by Colonel Wrights command. After arrest accompanied unit when they

searched the houses of Mr. Morris and Mr. Lyons.

Thomas R. Taylor, August 5, 1862, S. W. District, Missouri. Having been discharged upon oath and

bond will be entitled to the return of any personal property taken from him when arrested upon making

proper proof of identity.

Thomas R. Taylor, August 6, 1862, Springfield, Green County, Missouri. Receipt for horse, mare,

colt and saddle taken by Colonel Wrights command about the 25th of June, 1862.

Thomas S. Taylor, March 1862, Cooper County, Missouri. No detail

W. A. Taylor, March 14, 1862, Sedalia, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

W. G. Taylor, November 8, 1862, St. Louis, Missouri. Letter to W. G. Taylor from Dr. B. J. Stephens,

4th and Market, St. Louis. "It is my painful duty as your mother's physician to inform you of her illness;

and request of you if possible to come to St. Louis for a few days."

Walter S. Taylor, January 16, 1864, St. Louis, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Post bond of $1,000.

Age 36, farmer, parents dead. Never married. Without education. Born and raised in Kaunsboro,

Virginia. Has lived in St. Louis, Missouri for 16 years. Arrested September 26, 1862. Refused to

take the Oath of Allegiance.

William Taylor, September 26, 1863 Buchanan County, Missouri. Safeguard for William Smith,

age 37, paroled.

William Taylor, September 19, 1862, Cole County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

William Taylor, October 19, 1862, Crawford County, Missouri. Employee of Pacific Railroad.

Promises to not perform acts of damage against the Pacific Railroad.

William Taylor, October 25, 1864, Jefferson City, Missouri. Stock taken from me by the rebel

enemy during the late raid. Received one horse.

William Taylor, December 6, 1864, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Voucher recorded.

William Taylor, April 18, 1864, Knox County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Age 21, 5' 10" tall.

Reverend William Taylor, 1863, Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Missouri. Accused of speaking

words of a secessionist. ( Letter from Loyal Citizens vouching for Reverend Taylor's loyalty )

William Taylor, July 1, 1863, Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri. Arrest Order for William Taylor, a

teamster in William King's Train.

William Taylor, October 5, 1864, St. Louis, Missouri. Reports his moves on the 5th. Visited several

hotels in St. Louis. Submits fill for travel expenses.

William D. Taylor, June 3, 1862, Benton County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance. Age 45, blue eyes

and dark hair, 5 ' 8" tall.

William D. Taylor, 1862, Johnson County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

William H. Taylor, March 1862, Cooper County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

William H. Taylor, February 1, 1862, St. Charles County, Missouri. Oath of Allegiance.

William M. Taylor, no date, Cooper County, Missouri. Age 56. Captured at Blackwater with his

15-year-old son.

William S. Taylor, October 10, 1863, Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. 14th Kansas Volunteers.

U. S. Army took four horses.

Zachary Taylor, colored, June 1, 1863, Springfield, Missouri. Age 14, dark brown

complexion, 5' 2" tall. Army deserter - entitled to amnesty under ( General Order No. 35 )