Sarah Elizabeth Best

Female 1760 - 1834  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Sarah Elizabeth Best 
    Born Feb 1760  Tyrell, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 Mar 1834  Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2706  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2018 

    Father Thomas Best, III,   b. Abt 1731, Tyrrel, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1791, Martin, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Smith 
    Family ID F1472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Last Modified 30 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F1636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Joseph Taylor,   b. 1751, Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1818, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1780 
    Children 
    +1. Frances Taylor,   b. 1783, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1852, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Amy Taylor,   b. 1784, Martin, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1865, Bumpus Mills, Steward, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. William Taylor,   b. 21 Mar 1787, Martin, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1839, Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     4. Allen Taylor,   b. 13 Dec 1789, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1878, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     5. Mary Ann Taylor,   b. 1791, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1852, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     6. Temperence Seraphy Taylor,   b. Abt 1793, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1843, Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     7. Nancy Taylor,   b. 1797, Conetoe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1812, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
     8. Sarah Best Taylor,   b. 5 Jan 1800, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1837, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     9. Joseph Taylor, Jr.,   b. 10 Sep 1801, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1864, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     10. Elizabeth Ann Taylor,   b. 10 Sep 1803, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1861, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     11. Charlotte Taylor,   b. 8 Oct 1805, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1867, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +12. Delilah Taylor,   b. 1806, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2017 
    Family ID F838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Mar 1834 - Warren, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    The Will of Thomas Best, 1791
    The Will of Thomas Best, 1791
    Thomas leaves an inheritance to his sons Thomas, Henry, and William; his wife Mary Ann; and his daughters Amy, Mary, and Nancy. Sarah, his other daughter, is not listed.
    Name: Thomas Best
    Probate Date: 10 Mar 1791
    Probate Place: Martin, North Carolina, USA
    Inferred Death Year: Abt 1791
    Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
    Item Description: Wills, 1774-1867

    Source:
    Wills; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Martin County); Probate Place: Martin, North Carolina
    Kentucky, Will and Probate Record for Joseph Taylor
    Kentucky, Will and Probate Record for Joseph Taylor
    Joseph Taylor Will
    April 1819 provd by J Huderal
    July proved by Lewis
    Recorded in Book B page 222
    1815 Joseph Taylor will
    1815 Joseph Taylor will
    In the presents and name of almighty god I Joseph Taylor of the State of Kentucky Warren County being very sick and low in helth but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to god Calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is once appointed for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say princpally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of almighty god that give it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decently Christian buriel at the discrestion of my Excurtors nothing doubting but at the jeneral resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of god and as Touching such world by Estate where with it has pleased god to bless me in this life I give bequeath and dispose of the same in the following maner and form first I give and bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife the two tracts of land one of which she is now liveing on the other is joining with the Crop that is now on the place also all the stock of horses cattle and hogs and household furniture and one Negro man named Jack dureing her lifetime or widowhood my land I leave to my three sons after my wifes death Each to have ninety two acres William my son William Taylor to have his part on the west side of sd land my son allen Taylor to have his part on the East side of sd land and
    1815 Joseph Taylor will
    1815 Joseph Taylor will
    my son Joseph Taylor is to have his part of sd land betwen the other two parts before named also[n] I leave my son Joseph a good young horse to be worth fifty dollars when he is twenty years old also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter maryan Cherry a good two year ole heifer also I give to my Daughter Temppy Smart a good two year ol heifer and small pot also I give to my daughter Sarah on feather bead and furniture one two year heiffer and small pot also I give to my daughter Elizabeth one feather bead and furniture one two year old heiffer and one small pot also I give to my Daughter Charlotty one featherbead and furni-ture one two year ole heiffer and one small pot my above named Children is to have this property before thear is and division in any of my Estate also I give and bequeath all of my Estate Except the land to be sold and divided Equally betwen all of my Daughters after the death of my beloved wife also [?] home I likewise Constitute make and ordain one of Executors and my son William Taylor and allen Taylor I Constitute and ordain Executors with my beloved wife of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands and tenaments by her freely to be possessed and Enjoryed and do hereby disannul all and Every other former will legacies Bequest[ink] by me in anywise before mentioned willed and bequeathed
    1815-1819 Joseph Taylor will and probate
    1815-1819 Joseph Taylor will and probate
    Ratifying and affirming this my last will and Testament in witness where of I have here unto sit my hand and seal this first day of December in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and fifteen
    Joseph^ his X ^mark Taylor
    Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
    Exum Lewis
    James Hudnall
    Warren County Gct April County Court 1819
    This last will and testament of Joseph Taylor Deceased was produced in Court and proved by the oath of James Hundall and at the July County Court 1819 was proved by the oath of the within named Esum Lewis two of the subscribing witnesses thero-to and Ordered to record
    Just Jon C Kelson
    1800 Census Edgecombe County, North Carolina for Joseph Taylor
    1800 Census Edgecombe County, North Carolina for Joseph Taylor
    Name Joseph Taylor Sr
    Home in 1800 Edgecombe, North Carolina
    Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 4
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
    Number of Slaves 5
    Number of Household Members Under 16 7
    Number of Household Members Over 25 2
    Number of Household Members 16
    1810 census Warren County, Kentucky for Joseph Taylor
    1810 census Warren County, Kentucky for Joseph Taylor
    Name Josph Taylor
    Home in 1810 Bolin Green, Warren, Kentucky
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
    Numbers of Slaves 1
    Number of Household Members Under 16 7
    Number of Household Members Over 25 2
    Number of Household Members 12

    Headstones
    The Headstone of Joseph and Sarah (Best) Taylor in the Taylor Cemetery
    The Headstone of Joseph and Sarah (Best) Taylor in the Taylor Cemetery
    Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
    Joseph Taylor, Jr.
    Birth: Mar. 4, 1751
    Edgecombe County
    North Carolina, USA
    Death: Mar. 22, 1818
    Richardsville
    Warren County
    Kentucky, USA
    Find A Grave Memorial# 12626727

    Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Best Taylor
    Birth: Feb., 1760
    Edgecombe County
    North Carolina, USA
    Death: Mar. 22, 1834
    Richardsville
    Warren County
    Kentucky, USA
    Find A Grave Memorial# 7368145

    Histories
    1993 Newspaper Article of Taylor Reunion
    1993 Newspaper Article of Taylor Reunion
    The descendants of Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth (Best) Taylor gather for a national reunion in Warren County, Kentucky. The children of Joseph and Sarah are listed along with their spouses.

    Source:
    Daily News Newspaper of Bowling Green Kentucky; September 20, 1993.