Union Provost Files

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

PENNSYLVANIA

John Taylor, June 1865, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Age 21, 5' 6" tall. Born in Philadelphia.

W. H. Taylor, October 22, 1864, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. During the invasion of 1863

furnished supplies and services in connection with volunteers and minutemen not mustered into
the service of the U. S. but called out to repel rebel raids in Pennsylvania.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Robert E. Taylor, no date. M. W. Kiesler. File no. 8187. Company 6, 15th South Carolina Infantry.

TENNESSEE

Doctor A. K. Taylor, June 6, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee. Requesting exemption from effects of Order

No. 65, which requires all citizens of Memphis to take the Oath of Allegiance.

Abner Taylor, March 3, 1863, Prospect Hill, Tennessee. Petition requesting return of property. "I am

blind....I am a good Union man." Letter to District of Jackson, Florida Union Provost Marshall.

Adam Taylor, September 9, 1863, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

Augustus E. Taylor, October 24, 1864, Stewart County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.
Confederate Soldier. Reg. 121 S. A. G. Fair complexion, sandy hair, blue eyes, and 5 ' 11 " tall.

B. L. Taylor, June 8, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee. Refused to allow a party of Guerillas to stay at his

farm April 1863. Not a Confederate. Letter from Jno. T. Taylor.

Brady Taylor, October 18, 1864, Durlaverville - East of Fort Pillow, Landerville County, Tennessee.
Smuggling ammunition to Confederates.

D. Taylor, September 2, 1863, Smith County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

David C. Taylor, April 20, 1863, Henry County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

George W. Taylor, July 12, 1864, Stewart County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

Ira S. Taylor, March 19, 1865, West Tennessee. Horse saddle stolen by soldiers.

James P. Taylor, October 1865, East Tennessee. Hired as Clerk.

Jefferson F. Taylor, September 12, 1863, Davidson County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

Joseph J. Taylor, June 8, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee. Letter to B. S. Taylor.

Milton Taylor, January 1865, Memphis, Tennessee. Freedman.

Robert Taylor, August 31, 1863, Coffee County, Tennessee. Guilty of beating a Negro woman, name

Rettes at or near his residence, three miles from the town of Hillsboro.

S. G. Taylor, January 19, 1863, Stewart County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

Stephen P. Taylor, February 24, 1865, Gibson County, Tennessee. Prisoner.

Walker L. Taylor, no date, Shiloh, Tennessee. Rebel prisoner captured at Shiloh.

William V. Taylor, June 13, 1863, Memphis, Tennessee. ( Asks exemption under Guard Order No. 65 ),

requiring all Memphis, Tennessee citizens to take the Oath of Allegiance. Age 73, wife, a few years younger.

Young Taylor, May 4, 1854, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Oath of Allegiance.

TEXAS

Adam Taylor, May 11, 1865, Refugee from Texas in 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.

Charles Taylor, September 18, 1865, San Antonio, Texas. Seeking compensation for property seized

and sold by J. R. Jefferson, Marshall of the Confederates, at Confederate Court in Gonzales, Texas.

Wife sent beyond the limits. Desires compensation payment of $550 in gold.

Francis M. Taylor, August 19, 1865, Franklin, Texas. Oath of Allegiance. Refugee from Franklin, Texas.

Major Taylor, no date. Guerilla. M. W. Wright. File No. 12765. Company C, 20th Texas Infantry.

Taylor, no date. Rutherford Band. Thomas P. Price. Company B, 10th Texas Calvary.