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Allen Taylor
1789 - 1878 (88 years)-
Name Allen Taylor Born 13 Dec 1789 Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States 
Gender Male Died 13 Sep 1878 Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Buried Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States Person ID I2709 Speirs-Taylor Last Modified 11 May 2017
Father Joseph Taylor, b. 1751, Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America , d. 28 Mar 1818, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States (Age 67 years) Mother Sarah Elizabeth Best, b. Feb 1760, Tyrell, North Carolina, British Colonial America , d. 22 Mar 1834, Warren, Kentucky, United States (Age ~ 74 years) Married 1780 Family ID F838 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lavina Cherry, b. 18 Aug 1794, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States , d. 23 Dec 1853, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States (Age 59 years) Married 5 Feb 1811 Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 Family ID F1027 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 Dec 1789 - Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States 
Died - 13 Sep 1878 - Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States 
Buried - - Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
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
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
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
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
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
1807 Land Warrant and Survey for Joseph Taylor, Jr.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
28 November 1806- Date of Warrant application
30 July 1807- Date of Survey
17 November 1807- Date of Receipt of the Treasurer
State of North Carolina to Joseph Taylor [Jr.]
39 1/2 acres
Adjacent Land Owners: Joseph's land, William Crisp, Jesse Crisp, Coneto Creek
Chain Carriers: William Best, Allen Taylor
Allen Taylor is Joseph, Jr.'s son and William Best is his son-in-law
1808 Deed of Sale from William Best to Joseph Taylor, Jr.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
15 Sep 1807- Date of Deed of Sale
May 1808- Date Deed recorded
William Best to Joseph Taylor, Jun'r
"for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds current money of this state... one Negro woman named Morris and a boy child named Boston"
Witnesses: William Wallace, Sr, Allen Taylor
Histories 
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.