TAYLORS in Northeastern Missouri

 The following Taylor families, though not inclusive of all Taylors living in northeast Missouri during the early 19th century, were found in the federal census, court, wills, probate, marriage, and cemetery records. Other sources included biographies, county history books, and RootsWeb family files.

Carter Taylor, Fountain Boular Taylor, & Mary Taylor, Audrain County

Catherine Vaughn was married to Isaac Taylor, the son of William Taylor and Sarah Scroggs. Their children were Carter, Fountain Boular, (1809-1881) and Mary Taylor. Mrs. Catherine (Vaughn) Taylor died in Stokes County, North Carolina. Catherine's brother Martin Vaughn, of Audrain County, Missouri, adopted her three children and brought the children to Missouri in 1830. Carter Taylor married Minerva Callock and settled in Howard County. Fountain Boular Taylor m. Anna Wilburn and settled in Callaway County. Mary Taylor married James Duncan and settled in Monroe County. (Ref: William S. Bryan & Robert Rose, "Pioneer Families of Missouri," 1935, Lucas Brothers, St. Louis, MO; pages 379-380; DAR ID Number 81344 & 99750).

Other children of William Taylor, Revolutionary War Soldier, and Sarah Scroggs: Joseph, Robert, William, John, and Sarah. Sarah married Bowles Abington, son of John Abington, from Scotland, living in Henry Co., VA and wife Mary Watson of Montgomery County, Maryland. (Ref. William S. Bryan & Robert Rose, "Pioneer Families of Missouri," Lucas Brothers, St. Louis, MO; page 127)

Archibald Taylor & Senora A. Carr, Lincoln County

Archibald Taylor, b. 28 Sept 1814-KY, d. 22 Dec 1898; and wife Senora A. Carr, b. 25 Dec 1818, d. 4 Oct 1882. Married 1 December 1836. They had five children: Martha E., b. 1837; Mary S. b. 1839; Susan A. b. 1843; William A., b. 1845; and Virginia A., b. 1847. Archibald and wife Senora are buried in Taylor Cemetery, Lincoln Co., MO, on the L.B. Houston farm.

Cordelia M. Taylor & Zachary Taylor Woolfolk, Lincoln County

Cordelia M. Taylor b. 1810, is the daughter of Francis "Frank" Taylor and Mary Peay/Peary, Jefferson County, Kentucky and St. Charles, Missouri. Granddaughter of Reuben Taylor and Rebecca Moore, Orange County, Virginia.. Great-granddaughter of George Taylor and Rachel Gibson, Orange County, Virginia. Zachary Taylor Woolfolk, b. 1806, Davies Co., KY, is the son of Richard Woolfolk and Sarah Taylor. Sarah Taylor is the daughter of Zachary Taylor, Jr., and Alice Chew. Granddaughter of Zachary Taylor, Sr. and Elizabeth Lee, Orange County, Virginia.

Cordelia M. Taylor  and Zachary Taylor Woolfolk had four children: Nicholas Alexander, Richard Frances, Margaret Mildred, and Cordelia Zerelda. (Ref. Will of Rueben E. Taylor, son of Francis, Sr. and step-mother Sarah S. "Little" Taylor Ross, St. Charles Wills, Book 2, page 64, recorded 12 May 1837).

Jacob Taylor & Juliet Martina Berkhead, Lincoln County

Jacob Taylor, b. 13 May 1819, d. 10 Aug 1900; and wife Juliet Martina Berkhead, b. 3 March 1823-KY, d. 12 Oct 1875. Married 21 November 1839, Lincoln County, MO. They had five children: William W; b.1842-d.1843; Joan E. b. 1843; Mary E. b. 1844; George N. b. 1847; and Sarah F. b. 1847. (Reference: 1850 Lincoln Co. Federal Census). Jacob and Juliet and son William W. are buried in Jacob Taylor Cemetery located in Township 49 North Range 2 East.

James Cyrus Taylor & wives (1) Elizabeth Baskett, (2) Elizabeth G. Reid, Lincoln County

James Cyrus Taylor, b. 12 August 1809 VA, d. 15 March 1888. Son of John B. Taylor and Nancy Cunningham of Rockbridge Co, VA. Grandson of William Taylor and Ruth Stapleton. Elizabeth Baskett, b. 28 Nov 1816 KY, d. 17 Jan 1842 MO, had two children both born in Shelby Co., KY: Job Eli, b. 1836 and John, b. 1839. James secondly married Elizabeth G. Reid, b. 12 Feb.1821-KY, d. 10 Sept 1887. Married 13 September 1842 in Lincoln Co., MO. Four children were born by the 1850 census: George, b. 1843; Andrew, b. 1845; Mary, b. 1846; and James, b. 1848. Four additional children are buried in the family cemetery: Melinda G., d. 1850, age 21 days, William d. 1853, aged-6 months, Cyrus V. 1855-1939; and Archibald 1857-1936. Son Cyrus V. married to Susan A. Raney daughter of Ruben Felix Raney, KY, and Hannah Morris of Giles Co., VA. Reid Cemetery, Section 17, Township 50 North, Range 1 East, Snow Hill Township.

Sarah Taylor & George W. Hardesty, Lincoln County

Sarah Taylor, b. 1806-VA, and husband George W. Hardesty, b. 1811-KY, arrived in Missouri in 1836. Sarah's parents were John and Sarah Taylor of Ireland who both died in Shelby Co., Kentucky from cholera. Their son Elder Benjamin F. Hardesty was minister of the Old Baptist Church in Lincoln Co., MO. (Ref. "Lincoln County History," Goodspeed Pub. Co., Chicago, 1888, page 548).

Richard Taylor, Lincoln County

Richard Taylor, Kentucky, held a Spanish Land Grant in Lincoln County, for 640 acres in Township 48 North, Range 1 East. the Missourian dated 22 August 1821 lists notices to nonresidents for taxes owed in the St. Charles Territory. R. Taylor is included in this list.

Isaac Taylor & wife Sally Holeman, Marion County

Isaac Taylor, b. 1796, Howard Co., MO, married Sally Holeman, b~1800, Madison County, KY, on 17 March 1818 in Howard County, MO, which became part of Marion County. Sally was the daughter of Joseph Holeman, Jr. 1775-NC, d. Nov 1836, Marion County, MO, and wife Rebecca Barnes, b. 1779-KY. Sally Taylor is listed as a child of Joseph Holeman in his will dated 5 October 1836.

Reverend Jeremiah Taylor & Elizabeth King, Marion County

Reverend Jeremiah Taylor (b.~1772-21 May 1848, Fabius Twp., Marion Co., MO) and Elizabeth King (b.1778) both from North Carolina arrived in 1833. Seven children are listed in the Reverend's will dated May 1848: Caleb Taylor m. Margaret McCoy; Samuel K. Taylor m. Hettie Smoot; John Taylor; Joseph Taylor m. Phebe Turpin; Jeremiah Taylor Jr., m. Clara Luvless; Sally Taylor m. Mr. Stepheson; and Elizabeth Taylor m. Inskeep Forman.

Jeremiah Taylor, Jr. and Vincent Forman were involved in a Supreme Court case in 1848. The case involved the "right to tax the costs of the trial of the right of property." The lower court, at Palmyra had ruled that the sheriff, of Marion County, had legally seized William Forman's horse, valued at $60, but the bureau worth $25, and bedding worth $7, were illegally seized, in order to pay for court costs incurred in a trial that Jeremiah Taylor had won against William Forman, Inskeep Forman (husband of Elizabeth Taylor), and Cacy Forman. The sheriff sold the horse for $71.65 and used the proceeds to pay for court costs incurred in the trial. The Supreme Court reversed the lower court decision, stating the sheriff had no authority to seize property. (Ref: Supreme Court Case 1848. 20 pages. Missouri State Archives)

Johnson Taylor, Montgomery County

The earliest recorded Taylor in Montgomery County was Johnson Taylor, who died in 1827. Johnson Taylor is listed in the 1819 Montgomery Tax list for the Territory of Missouri. Mr. Taylor had uncollected letters at the St. Charles post office as of 1 July 1821. Isaac Fulkerson and William Hayes made the final settlement of his probate 18 May 1827, St. Louis.

Daniel Taylor, Revolutionary War Soldier, and wife Jane McMillan, Montgomery County

Daniel Taylor, b. 18 September 1748 in Jersey about forty miles from New York City, married Jane McMillan, in Madison County, Kentucky 30 March 1790. Daniel was the son of William Taylor of Frederick Co., Virginia. This was a second marriage for Daniel, he previously married Mary Kackley, in 1773, Winchester, Frederick Co., VA and had four children: William, Eli, Solomon, and Mary. By second wife Jane McMillan, he had seven children: Daniel Jr., James W., Joseph, Joshua, Elizabeth, Tilford, and one female-name unknown. Living in Bridgeport, which became part of Warren County in 1833, are Daniel and daughter Elizabeth and sons James W., Joseph, and Tilford. (Ref: "Bailey Copenhaver Archives" genealogy RootsWeb.)

Tilford Taylor, filed a claim at the St. Louis land patent office 16 January 1836, for land situated in Township 47, Range 5 West and mistakenly entered the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 2, which turned out to be a barren section of land at least a mile from that which he intended to enter in Section 35, the east half of the southwest quarter. The error was resolved 20 March 1838, by a House of Representatives Bill H.R. 663, which allowed Tilford to enter any other half quarter section of unappropriated land in the said district, which shall be liable to entry at private sale, and to relinquish to the United States the east half of the southwest quarter of Section 2, in Township 47, Range 5 West. (Source: 25th Congress, 2nd Session, House of Representatives Committee Report No. 691 and Congressional Report H.R. 663)

Caleb Taylor & Margaret Piercell, St. Charles

Caleb Taylor, b.1757/61, and wife Margaret Piercell, arrived in Femme Osage, St. Charles, Missouri, before 1831. Both died of cholera in Femme Osage, Margaret in 1831 and Caleb in 1832. Caleb Taylor, was the son of Colonel Thomas Taylor and Martha Woodward of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Caleb and Margaret's son, Anthony Wayne Taylor, b. 1797, Hardy Co, WVA and wife Malinda Trumbo, b. 1800 Brock's' Gap, Rockingham Co., VA, moved on to Franklin County, Ohio. (Ref. Nancy R. Taylor, "Biography of Dr. Anthony Perfect Taylor," Livermore, CA).

George Washington Taylor & Patience Stapp, St. Charles County

George Washington Taylor, (d. 1848) married Patience Stapp,(d.1872), 16 March 1826 in St. Charles County. They had nine children: Amanda, b.1827; Mary Frances, 1827-1859; Christopher Columbus, 1829-1848; Francis Marion, 1831-1898; Clayton Stapp, 1834-1838; Hiram Golston, 1836-1838; Catherine Elizabeth, 1839-1859; Jemima, b.1843, and John Washington (1846). In 1836 Washington Taylor sold 138 acres of his land: 125 acres to Phillip Miller and 13 acres to George Pursley. George Washington Taylor died in early 1848. In the 1850 St. Charles census, widow Patience Stapp is living with her children: Francis Marion, Amanda, Catherine, Jemima and John. Family is buried in the Taylor Cemetery, St. Charles.

John Milton Taylor & Nancy G, St. Charles County

John Milton Taylor and George Washington Taylor are brothers. John Milton b. 1790/1800- d. 1833. Married Nancy G., b. 1790/1800. Married about 1811. Letters of administration were granted to Nancy G. Taylor & William N. Fulkerson in the estate of John M. Taylor, deceased, 30 July 1833. Heirs age 14 years and older were: Decatur and Elizabeth. Heirs less than 14 years old: Jemima, Melinda, and Hiram. Four years later, February 1837, Decatur & Elizabeth chose Nancy G. Taylor as guardian. In August 1837, Commodore Bainbridge Taylor, orphan minor, also chose Nancy G. Taylor as guardian. Commodore Bainbridge died in April 1898 and is buried in the Taylor Cemetery with the family of George Washington Taylor above. In the 1850 St. Charles Census Decatur, b. 1812, Jane, b. 1831, and Bainbridge, b. 1826 are living together.

William Taylor & Susan Crow, St. Charles

William Taylor married Susan Crow 2 November 1828 in St. Charles County. The 1830 federal census indicates both William and Susan were born between 1800-1810. No children listed in the household. Susan Crow's father Henry Crow died intestate 25 August 1828. William Crow administrator of Henry Crow's estate paid William Taylor $8.00 for a note owed, St. Charles Co., probate records, dated 23 February 1830.

William Taylor & Elizabeth Barnes, St. Charles

A second William Taylor living in St. Charles arrived in the year 1810. This William married Elizabeth Barnes, daughter of Amos Barnes, of Madison Co., KY and formerly of Boone Co., NC. (Ref. William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, "Pioneer Families of Missouri," 1935, Lucas Brothers, St. Louis, MO, pg. 314).

Colonel Nathaniel P. Taylor, St. Louis

Colonel Nathaniel P. Taylor, b. Orange Co., VA, came to St. Louis, Missouri in 1832 where he held the office of U.S. Register of Lands, a position he held until his death in 1848. Colonel Nathaniel P. Taylor, officer in the War of 1812, was married three times. Nathaniel first married Elizabeth Catherine Martin in 1816 in Clark County, Kentucky. They had two girls Laura Taylor (b. 1817), and Eliza Catherine Martin Lewis Taylor (b. 1819) Wife Elizabeth died in Kentucky in 1819. (Ref: "History of St. Charles, Montgomery, & Warren County," National Historical Company, St. Louis, MO. 1885. pages 1116-1117).

Nathaniel in 1825 secondly married in Clark Co., Kentucky, Eleanor Hart Clay, the daughter of Reverend Porter Clay and Sophia Grosch. Reverend Porter Clay was a pioneer settler of Kentucky and an able minister who did missionary work in the West. It is believed Rev. Porter Clay gave the first sermon ever preached in the English language west of the Mississippi. Three children were born to Nathaniel and Eleanor: Clay Taylor, (b. May 1826-KY), Ellen Medora Taylor, (b. 1827-KY), and Sophia Grosch Taylor, (b. 1829-KY-d. April 1838-buried North St. Louis Cemetery).

Colonel Nathaniel P. Taylor thirdly married Matilda Nicholas Christy in 1832. Six children, all born in St. Louis: Martha Taylor, (b1833); Mary Taylor (b.1837); James Christy Taylor (b.1838-d. 11 Oct. 1845); Julia Wash Taylor (b. 1839-d. April 1844-buried Episcopal Cemetery); Matilda Taylor (b. 1841); and Mary E. Taylor (b. 1843).

Colonel Clay Taylor & Marie Louise Pratte, Warren County

Colonel Clay Taylor, b. May 1826-KY-d. after 1900, and wife, Marie Louise Pratte, b. 1833-St. Louis, MO, moved to a 600-acre farm in Campbranch, in 1856. They were married in 1853 in St. Louis. Four children were living as of the 1870 census: Richard, b. 1855; Porter C, b. 1858; Laura b. 1860 and Dora, b. 1866. Three deceased children are Nathaniel P, Robert W., and Tulie G. Taylor. Colonel Clay Taylor was the son of Colonel Nathaniel P. Taylor, Orange Co., VA, and Eleanor Hart Clay, Clark Co., Kentucky. Marie Louise Pratte was the daughter of Sergeant Bernard Pratte, ex-mayor of St. Louis and president of the Missouri Bank.

Colonel Clay Taylor served in the Mexican War and was a member of Captain Weightman's company of Missouri light artillery, in which he served for about a year. He was on Kearney's expedition to New Mexico, and was with Colonel Doniphan on the latter's march to join General Zachary Taylor at Buena Vista. Colonel Clay Taylor served in the Civil War under the Confederate army. Colonel Clay Taylor wrote out the "cartel" for the exchange of prisoners between the Confederate States of America and the United States March 15, 1862. (Ref: "History of St. Charles, Montgomery, & Warren County," National Historical Company, St. Louis, MO. 1885. pages 1116-1117).

During the Civil War, raids were conducted against the farm of Colonel Clay Taylor by Union Troops of Colonel Hutton and Brockmeyer's Regiments in spring 1862. A letter written to Brig. General Schofield, by Mrs. Clay Taylor stated:

"Some time last March I obtained from General Hallock an order insuring one year protection. I applied to you and you gave me a Safeguard, which I thought would enable me to live on my farm near Pendleton in Warren Co., undisturbed. I have frequently been annoyed by the soldiers since then.... they have been here three times searching for arms, pulling and throwing down carelessly everything ......set fire to a stack of rye.... their search proved fruitless. On a second search they demanded blankets, comforters, horses and saddles....I assured him I had four blankets in the house to cover myself and four little babies the youngest but 3 months. They took one blanket, also Mr. Tracy's saddle. My father who....has come up here to spend sometime with me....he is getting old and cannot work the plantation.....they took his saddle.  At present General your protection is all I have to save me from ruin. I think I fairly contributed my share to the Union cause last Winter. I beg of you that you send me another order. The same kind but a later date. Do General send it by return of mail, it is all that will protect me. I know you will not pass a favor for which I shall ever be grateful." Yours very Respectively,         Mrs. Clay Taylor,               Pendleton, Warren Co., Missouri.   (Source: Union Provost Marshal's File of papers relating to Individual Civilians, M345, Roll 263.)

Colonel Clay Taylor, at age 74, is living with his son Porter C. Taylor, b. Jan 1858, in Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri in 1900 Federal census. . Porter C. and wife Georgie B. have six children: Porter C., Jr., b. 1881; Thomas B, b.1885; Celeste P, b. 1887; Medora, b. 1889; Foreman, b.1893; and Bernard, b. 1897.

Roger Taylor, and wife Hannah Fishback, Warren County

Roger Taylor and wife Hannah Fishback resided in Hickory Township, Warren County. Roger & Hannah came to Missouri in 1817, living first in St. Charles County until 1830 when they moved to Elkhorn, Montgomery County, which later became part of Warren County in 1833. Roger operated a tavern five miles east of Warrenton and just west of Pitts on the Boone's Lick Road. Roger, b. 1781-VA, was the son of Commodore Richard Taylor (1749-1825) Orange Co., VA and Catherine Davis (1750-1809) of King George, VA. Commodore Richard Taylor, was the son of Colonel George Taylor and Rachel Gibson who had seven sons serve in the Revolutionary War. Hannah Fishback, b.1785-KY) was the daughter of Jacob Fishback and Phoebe Morgan, of Culpepper Co., VA were of German descent. Roger and Hannah Taylor had twelve children:

(1) Lucinda Frances Taylor (1802-KY) m. William Ross and resided in St. Francois Co., MO.
      They had no children.

(2) James Thompson Taylor (1805-KY-1849-CA) m. Ann M. Wright, daughter of Richard and Ann Smith Wright. James T. Taylor died in 1849 in California. Widow Ann M. Taylor resided in Hickory Township in 1860 census with four children: Sarah b.~1838, Ann, b.~1841, Richard b.~1842; and Henry C. b~1844.

(3) Sarah S. "Little" Taylor (1807-KY) married three times: Lawrence Ross (b~1800), Francis Taylor, and Dr. Benajah English.

    Spouse 1: Lawrence Ross (d. ca. 1830), m. October 17, 1822, in St. Charles County,
                     Missouri.  Two children living as of 1830: Lawrence Ross, Jr. and Nancy Ross

    Spouse 2: Francis Taylor (d. 1834), m. December 29, 1831, in St. Charles County, Missouri.
                     One child born to this couple: William Francis Taylor, b. ca 1832; d. 1839.
                    Francis Taylor was previously married to Mary Peay, and had two surviving
                    children as of 1834: Mrs. Zachary Taylor Woolfolk (nee Cordelia Taylor),
                    and Reuben E. Taylor, both residing in St. Charles County, Missouri.

    Spouse 3: Dr. Benajah English (b. 1791 Woodstock, Vermont)
                    m. August 20, 1836, Lincoln County, Missouri.
                    Three children:
                    1) Helen Tryphena English, b. 1837, who m. Benjamin C. F. Pratt,
                         a native of of Plymouth, MA, son of Benham K. Pratt, and
                         resided in St. Charles County;
                    2) Richard Henry English, b. 1840, who m. Mary A. Clark, a
                        native of Ohio, and resided in the City of St. Louis as of 1880
                    3) Joel Lathrop English, b. 1846-d. 1856.

Widow Sarah S. English (nee Taylor) is last found living in Cuivre Twp, St. Charles County,
Missouri in the 1880 census.  Sarah is living with daughter Helen Tryphena and son-in-law
Bernard C. F. Pratt, and grandchildren: Adelaide, Sarah, Benjamin, Lela, Henry, and Albertina Pratt.

           
(4) Eliza Ann Taylor (1809-KY). Married (1) Colburn Woolfolk, (2) Norbern Woolfolk. Elizabeth's first husband Austin Coleburn Woolfolk died in 1836 in Warren County, MO. Elizabeth Ann secondly m. Norbern Woolfolk and they moved to Grant County, Wisconsin. Norbern Woolfolk died March 1841 in Grant County, Wisconsin.

(5) Mary Jane Taylor (1811-KY), married James Clark.

(6) Samuel Davis Taylor (1813-KY) died between 1853 and 1863 having drowned in McCoys Creek;

(7) Letitia Taylor (1815-KY), married on 1 December 1836 in Warren County, Missouri, Doctor Daniel McFarland (b. ca. 1814-TN).  Dr. McFarland earned his medical degree from Cincinnati Medical College in 1836.  Daniel & Letitia removed to Arkansas where their first three children were born: Walter B., (b. ca. 1838); Harriet R., (b. ca. 1841); and Missouri (b. ca. 1843)  They settled in Minden, Claiborne County, Louisiana shortly before 1845 and had three more children: Victoria (b. ca.1845), Wilson (b. ca. 1847) and Mary C., (b. ca July 1850). Walter B. McFarland worked as a clerk for the Railroad in 1860; Harriet R., married a Walker and had one child named Green Patrick Walker born in 1863; Missouri married Lemuel Bethel Phillips before the 1860 census at about the age of 17; and Mary C. McFarland married a Latham between 1870-1880; and subsequently moved back home by 1880. 

(8) Caroline Virginia Taylor (1817-KY) m. Lawyer Robert J. Hueston, and resided in Warren County.

(9) Eleanor Matilda Taylor (1819-MO) m. George W. Porter and resided in Warren Co.

(10) Colby Harrison Taylor (1821-MO) m. Frances Hamilton in 1842. They had one child Augustus b. 1845/6. Colby H. Taylor died July 1848, in Westport, Lincoln County. Widow Frances Hamilton Taylor secondly married merchant, A. P. McConnell, and resided in Hickory Grove, Warren Co. (11) Hon. William Roley Taylor (1823-MO), a lawyer, m. Susan Garrard Peers and resided in St. Francois Co., MO with four children: Roger P., Marie Eleanor, Birdie, and William R. (12) Jacob Fishback Taylor (1826-MO). m. Unknown.

1. "Pioneer Families of Missouri-St.Charles," by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, 1935ed, Lucas Brothers, St. Louis, MO, 1876, Roger Taylor & Hannah Fishback, page 189; Ann M. Wright, page 224.
2. "Forks of Elkhorn Church," by Ermina Jet Daniel, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980, Commodore Richard Taylor, page278.
3. "Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri," 1880, Hon. William R. Taylor, pages 674-675
4. "Virginia Genealogist," Jan-March 1957. Volume 1, No.1, Catharine Davis, pages 11-12.
5. "Historic Sites of Warren County," by the Warren County Historical Society. 1976, Roger Taylor Tavern and DAR Marker, page 86.
6. The Family of Harry Owen Martin-RootsWeb file. Colburn Woolfolk, Norbern, Woolfolk, & Eliza Ann Taylor.
7. Montgomery County 1830 Federal Census, page 218, Elkhorn Township. Roger Taylor. 1201001-0030001=9 and 11 slaves (4 males/7 females).
8. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 1, page 143. Lawrence Ross, deceased. 24 August 1831. Letters of administration granted to Roger Taylor.
9. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 1, page 292. Francis Taylor Sr., deceased.27 August 1834. (2nd husband of Sarah Taylor). Letters of administration granted to William Porter.
10. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 4. Lawrence Ross. 28 Feb. 1837. Benajah English appointed guardian of Nancy and Lawrence Ross.
11. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 18. Francis Taylor, Sr., deceased. 4 March 1837. "Court appoints Wm M. Campbell, Esquire......"
12. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 24. Francis Taylor, Jr., deceased. 4 March 1837. Carty Wells.
13. St. Charles County Wills Book, Book 2, page 64. Rueben E. Taylor. Will date 12 May 1837.
14. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 39. Rueben E. Taylor deceased. 25 May 1837. Will presented to Probate Court by Zachary Taylor Woolfolk.
15. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 71. Francis Taylor, Sr. deceased2 Dec 1837. Slaves to be sold at public auction in Troy, Lincoln County, MO: Names of slaves: Betsy, Ann, Eliza, Horace, and Jim.
16. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 95. Francis Taylor, Sr. deceased. 3 March 1838. William Porter, administrator, files in court a report of the sale of the Negroes belonging to said estate.
17. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 138. Mary Ross deceased. 30 Nov 1838. William Porter, Esquire of Troy having suggested the death of Mary Ross. It is ordered that the Administrator of Francis Taylor deceased distribute the amount ordered to be paid out to the estate of Francis Taylor Jr. on the final settlement of the estate of Francis Taylor, {Sr.}, among her legal representatives in equal portions."
18. St. Charles County Probate Records, Book 2, page 155. William Francis Taylor deceased. 1 March 1839. Court appoints Benajah English administrator of the estate. Securities: Edward S. Eanes, Caleb Rice, and William Eckert. Witnesses: Richard Woolfolk and Hiram Boyd.
19. Warren Co. 1840 Fed. Census, page 169, Hickary Grove, lines 17. Roger Taylor 00101001/00000001.
20. Warren County Wills Book, Part A, pages 179-180. 2 December 1842. Roger Taylor died intestate. Adm: Hannah Taylor, Colby H. Taylor & Robert J. Huston. Securities: Thomas N. Graves and Josiah Walton.
21. Warren County Court Records, Volume B, 1847, page 269. Edward Ford vs. Samuel D. Taylor.
22. Warren County Court Records, Volume B, 1853, page 500. Frances Taylor widow of Colby H. Taylor.
23. Warren County Probate Records, Volume C, page 33. November 1853. Hannah Taylor deceased. Adm: Robert L. Allen. Estate closed February 1855, page 124.
24. Warren County Probate Records, Volume C, page 326. November 1857. Robert J. Hueston, decsd. Administrator Caroline (Taylor) Houston. One daughter. Robert J. Hueston was guardian of George R. Jones. New guardian appointed John Jones, page 332,333, &336.
25. Warren County Probate Records, Volume D, page 167. Samuel D. Taylor claim. November 1863.

Theodore Taylor & wife Tobellah Owsley, Warren County

Theodore Taylor married Tobellah Owsley 9 December 1841. Francis Beavin, named Theodore Taylor, executor of his will along with Charles A. Kuntze, 5 December 1843. Theodore filed a refusal and was dismissed as an executor. (Ref. Warren County Wills Book, Part B, page 10). Theodore Taylor and Charles A. Kuntze were witnesses to the will of Rudolph Eberling, 1 May 1848. (Ref. Warren County Wills Book, Part B, page 251). Theodore possibly the son of Theodore, Sr., "a printer who apprenticed on the Argus, was thrown from his horse and killed near Manchester," west of St. Louis. (Reference: MORE 1 Nov 1841, "Death Records of Missouri Men," page 150).

Vincent Taylor & wives Sallie Durham, Mary Shrum McCann, Sicily Jane Dickerson Garrett, Warren County

Vincent Taylor (1798-1865) married Sallie Durham (b.~1795-1800) about 1817 or 1818 in Virginia. Vincent was the son of Caleb and Nancy Ann Taylor of King & Queen County, Virginia. The family, enumerated in the King & Queen County, Virginia Federal Census, left the county between late September 1835 and early Spring 1836. Vincent lived in Elkhorn, Warren County. Children of Vincent Taylor and Sallie Durham: 1) Flory Fountain Taylor, b. 1818-VA, married Delilah McCANN and moved to Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin. 2) Kitturah Taylor, b. 1820-VA, married William BRISCO and moved first to Sneedville, Hancock County, Tennessee and then Bowen, Powell County, Kentucky. 3) Miranda Taylor, b. 1827-VA, married Nathaniel MORRIS and moved to Potosi Township, Wisconsin. After the death of Nathaniel, Miranda accompanied her eldest son William Eleazor Morris and wife Ann Bonham to Kansas and homesteaded on land in Farmer Township, Rice County, Kansas. 4) Eli Patterson Taylor, b. 1829-VA, moved to Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin during the Civil War and married Elizabeth PERRIN; 5) E. A. (Elizabeth Ann?) Taylor b. 1830/31-VA. Female. Deceased by 1840; and 6) Stephen Bernard Taylor, b. 7 Sept 1832, Halifax County, VA- 1st May 1913 Warren County, MO., Married Martha HARMON. Stephen died at the home of his eldest child, Mary Frances Taylor and husband William Prosper Tesson in Truesdale, Warren County, Missouri. Vincent's first wife, Sallie Durham, died sometime between September 1835 and 1839. Vincent secondly married Mary Shrum McCann, widow of Neal McCann in November of 1839. Mary S. McCann died in about 1842. Vincent thirdly married Sicily Jane Dickerson Garrett in November of 1857. Sicily was first married to William D. Garrett, in 1842 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. No children were born to the second and third marriage. Vincent died in April or early May 1865 in Warren County. . Sicily Jane D. Garrett moved to Arkansas with her son Benjamin Franklin Garrett.

Thomas Taylor & Sarah J. Cook

Thomas Taylor, single, b. between 1810-1820, is a resident of Warrenton, in the 1840 Federal census, page 172. 

Unidentified Taylors, Warren County

There is one Taylor family that has not been identified: Washington Taylor,  who arrived in Warren County, Missouri between 1830 & 1840. Washington Taylor, of Elkhorn Township, and Thomas Taylor, town of Warrenton, both born between 1810-1820. Washington is married, wife b. bet. 1810-1820 and two girls under age 5. Washington purchased 153.72 acres in Section 18, Township 47 North, Range 2 West.  Both Washington and Thomas are not enumerated in the 1850 census.

In a now extinct town of Pigeon, (near Lancaster), Grant Co., Wisconsin Territory a Sarah J. Taylor, consort of Thomas J. Taylor, formerly of Missouri, died August 2, 1843. Sarah J. Taylor, born 1 February 1814, is buried in Westwood Cemetery, in Lancaster Co., WI. Sarah J. Taylor was the daughter of Nathaniel Cook and Honour Madden of St. Francois, Missouri. Sarah J. Cook married Thomas J. Taylor, October 4, 1838. The Missouri Republican on the 5th July 1845 reported that Thomas J. Taylor, of Pigeon Park, Grant County, Wisconsin, married Laura B. Ward, on the 24th of June 1845.

This Thomas J. Taylor, married in 1838 to Sarah J. Cook; while the Thomas Taylor found in the 1840 census in Warrenton, is single.

Suggested Readings

1. Pioneer Families of Missouri. By Wm. S. Bryan & Robert Rose. Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, MO. 1876. Reprint 1935. Also Reprint 1977-Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD.
2. Historic Sites of Warren County. Published by the Warren County Historical Society. Warrenton, MO. 1976.
3. History of Lincoln County, Missouri. Goodspeed Pub. Co. Chicago, IL. 1886.
4. Portrait and Biographical records of St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren counties. Chapman Publishing, Chicago. 1895. Reproduction published by W. C. Cox. 1974.
5. Warren County History. Senior Thesis; submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Department of History, Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri by Marion M. Meyers, 1921.
6. Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri. Ramfre Press, 1964. Originally published 1888.
7. 800 Missouri Families. By Don Vincent. Heritage Quest Press, Puyallup, WA, 1989. Vol. 1-2.
8. Early Settlers of Missouri as taken from Land Claims in the Missouri Territory. By Walter Lowrie. Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC. 1986. Reprinted from Volume 2 of the Duff Green edition (1834) of American State papers.
9. Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources. By Elizabeth Gorrell Kot & Shirley Pugh Thomson. Indices Pub, Vallejo, CA 1995.

Research Sources

1. Missouri State Archives, P.O. Box 1747, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (573)-751-3280.
2. Western Historical Manuscript Collections. Columbia & St. Louis, MO.
3. Missouri Court, Probate, Wills, and History Books. LDS Family History Centers.
4. Land Records. Bureau of Land Management-Eastern Division.

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