| Name |
John Prevatte Taylor, M |
| Birth |
Oct 27, 1783, New Bern, Craven Co., NC |
| Death |
Feb 13, 1843, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co., MS Age: 59 |
| Burial |
Taylor Cemetery, Montgomery Co., MS7 |
| Burial Memo |
A Primitive Baptist |
| Father |
Moses Taylor Sr, M (~1729-1819) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Prevette, F (~1735-1833) |
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| 1 |
Hughanna "Hannah" Carr, F |
| Birth |
1781, Logan Co., KY |
| Death |
1861, Duck Hill, Montgomery Co., MS Age: 80 |
| Burial |
Taylor Cemetery, Montgomery Co., MS8 |
| Burial Memo |
Wife of Elder J. P. Taylor |
| Father |
Hugh Carr, M |
| Mother |
Ann Hamilton, F |
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Deeds at the Butler County Clerk's office and found in Deed Book A, page 238, a transaction dated Oct. 1, 1814, John P. Taylor and Hughanna his wife sold to Henry Fluellen for $49, 12 1/4 acres on the waters of Big Muddy Creek. The property adjoined Fluellen and was on the NW corner of the Jefre Gough Pattent. The Big Muddy flows into the Green River at Mining City (about one mile down-river and on the opposite from where we live). Sandy Creek flows into Big Muddy about five miles from the river.5
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John Prevatte Taylor was born in New Bern, Craven Co., N.C. on October 20, 1783. The son of Moses Sr. and Elizabeth Prevatte Taylor, he was one of twelve children. In 1795 when he was twelve years old he moved with his family to Warren Co., KY. Kentucky was a new state then, having been established in 1792. When he was a young man he moved to Butler Co., KY. On April 25, 1803 he married Hughanna Carr, who was from Logan Co., KY. Hughanna was the daughter of Hugh and Ann Hamilton Carr. Hugh was from Ireland and Ann was a descendent of James & John Hamilton, who settled in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1742. John & Hughanna's home in KY was approximately eight miles from Morgantown just off the road that goes to Russellville. Very little is know about John Prevatte's early life, except that he was raised in a very religious atmosphere, and became a minister himself. He was ordained to preach in 1812 at Sandy Creek Baptist Church, in Butler Co., KY. In those days there were very few established churches in the Green River area of Kentucky, so ministers had to have other occupations to support their families. John Prevatte farmed to support his family. John Prevatte and Hughanna had eight children while living in Kentucky. One son, Thomas Carr Taylor died while they lived in Kentucky. In 1819 John Prevatte, Hughanna and seven children moved to Washington County, Alabama. After moving to Alabama they had four more children. I have not been able to find any documented history or stories of their life in Alabama. Alabama was a new state when the Taylors settled there or became one shortly after their arrival. Alabama entered the Union as the 22nd state on December 14, 1819. Some of the children married while living in Alabama. In 1836 John, Hughanna and all of their children ( with the exception of Preston and his wife, both of whom had died) along with their families moved to the Carroll County Territory in Mississippi. The Carroll County Territory had just been organized in 1833 from territory secured by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The Taylors settled in an area that is about five miles east of what is now Duck Hill, Montgomery Co., MS. In May of 1871 this became Montgomery County. They built a large log home and acquired considerable land holdings. John Prevatte acquired some of this land for as little as four dollars and fifty cents an acre which included buildings that was already on it. As recent as October, 1999 two-hundred and seventy-two acres were sold at public auction for twelve hundred, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per acre. Some of this land is still owned by descendents of John Prevatte and Hughanna, The land where the homestead and Taylor Family Cemetery is located is now owned by a great-great granddaughter. In 1840 John Prevatte and Hughanna donated land to establish a school and a church in the settlement where they lived. At the time the area was known as Bennett's Settlement. On June 20, 1840 Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church was established, with John Prevatte as the first elder. All of John Prevatte and Hughanna's children married and had large families. They are now known to have descendents in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorada, Florida, Louisana, Mississippi, Nevada, OK, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. John Prevatte died February 13, 1843. Hughanna then lived at the home place with her son, Benjamin Barrow Taylor until her death in 1861. They are both buried at the Taylor Family Cemetery. Written by LaVerne DeLapp 1-30-2000
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History of Duck Hill, Mississippi: Duck Hill is located 13 miles north of Winona, in what was once the Bogue Creek Wilds. The first house erected there was built by John A. Binford. Duck Hill was settled about 1834, and was originally in Carroll County. The first structures were erected between Bogue Creek and the foot of a hill known as Duck Hill. Tradition says that the hill was named for a Native American Choctaw who called himself Chief Duck, and lived on top of the hill. May of 1871 this became Montgomery County |