Son of William Taylor & Mary ???. Husband of Eliza M. Smart (10 Sep 1820 - 15 Dec 1882).
"John Taylor was brought by his parents to Appling County, Georgia when they moved there in 1819 or 1820. About ten years later they moved to Lowndes County and settled in the vicinity of what later was called Ousley Station.
"John G. Taylor was employed by Fisher Gaskins to help him drive his herds of cattle to Florida when he moved there in 1832. He worked for other people looking after cattle and doing farm work until his marriage when he began to farm for himself. After marriage, they lived in Lowndes [County] until 1861 when they moved to Berrien County where he bought a farm on Possum Creek, south of Nashville [Georgia]. They lived there until their deaths; Mrs. Taylor dying December 15, 1882, and John on January 15, 1888. They were buried in Pleasant Church cemetery.
"Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. They were originally members of Forest Grove Church, Lowndes County, where he was ordained a deacon about 1850. When they moved to Berrien [County], they transferred their membership by letter to Pleasant Church, May 18, 1861, he being received as an ordained deacon. He continued in this church office until his death."
According to the Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 4, p. 300, John G. Taylor was the son of William Taylor. But it does not state which William Taylor *precisely*. It states that John G. Taylor was brought here by his parents when they moved to Appling County in about 1819, or 1820. This would imply that John G. Taylor is son of the same William Taylor who is listed in Pioneers of Wiregrass vol. 5, p. 444, as the son of Henry Taylor, as in that text it reads, "The children above listed of Henry Taylor moved to Appling County after it was opened up to settlers in 1819, William Taylor being the first to move there in 1819..."
What raises suspicion is that Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 5, p. 446 lists a John Taylor (1795-1866) who was the "oldest of the children of William Taylor, and was a grandson of Henry Taylor, R.S." This John married Matilda Gray in Emanuel County in 1813 and served in the War of 1812. So why would William Taylor have two sons named John? Many researchers list the children of William Taylor without a John G. Taylor who married Eliza Smart.
Pioneers of Wiregrass has many errors, and it is possible that John G. Taylor is the son of either a different William, or the son of a different man entirely.
"John Taylor was brought by his parents to Appling County, Georgia when they moved there in 1819 or 1820. About ten years later they moved to Lowndes County and settled in the vicinity of what later was called Ousley Station.
"John G. Taylor was employed by Fisher Gaskins to help him drive his herds of cattle to Florida when he moved there in 1832. He worked for other people looking after cattle and doing farm work until his marriage when he began to farm for himself. After marriage, they lived in Lowndes [County] until 1861 when they moved to Berrien County where he bought a farm on Possum Creek, south of Nashville [Georgia]. They lived there until their deaths; Mrs. Taylor dying December 15, 1882, and John on January 15, 1888. They were buried in Pleasant Church cemetery.
"Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. They were originally members of Forest Grove Church, Lowndes County, where he was ordained a deacon about 1850. When they moved to Berrien [County], they transferred their membership by letter to Pleasant Church, May 18, 1861, he being received as an ordained deacon. He continued in this church office until his death."
According to the Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 4, p. 300, John G. Taylor was the son of William Taylor. But it does not state which William Taylor *precisely*. It states that John G. Taylor was brought here by his parents when they moved to Appling County in about 1819, or 1820. This would imply that John G. Taylor is son of the same William Taylor who is listed in Pioneers of Wiregrass vol. 5, p. 444, as the son of Henry Taylor, as in that text it reads, "The children above listed of Henry Taylor moved to Appling County after it was opened up to settlers in 1819, William Taylor being the first to move there in 1819..."
What raises suspicion is that Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 5, p. 446 lists a John Taylor (1795-1866) who was the "oldest of the children of William Taylor, and was a grandson of Henry Taylor, R.S." This John married Matilda Gray in Emanuel County in 1813 and served in the War of 1812. So why would William Taylor have two sons named John? Many researchers list the children of William Taylor without a John G. Taylor who married Eliza Smart.
Pioneers of Wiregrass has many errors, and it is possible that John G. Taylor is the son of either a different William, or the son of a different man entirely.
Son of William Taylor & Mary ???. Husband of Eliza M. Smart (10 Sep 1820 - 15 Dec 1882).
"John Taylor was brought by his parents to Appling County, Georgia when they moved there in 1819 or 1820. About ten years later they moved to Lowndes County and settled in the vicinity of what later was called Ousley Station.
"John G. Taylor was employed by Fisher Gaskins to help him drive his herds of cattle to Florida when he moved there in 1832. He worked for other people looking after cattle and doing farm work until his marriage when he began to farm for himself. After marriage, they lived in Lowndes [County] until 1861 when they moved to Berrien County where he bought a farm on Possum Creek, south of Nashville [Georgia]. They lived there until their deaths; Mrs. Taylor dying December 15, 1882, and John on January 15, 1888. They were buried in Pleasant Church cemetery.
"Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. They were originally members of Forest Grove Church, Lowndes County, where he was ordained a deacon about 1850. When they moved to Berrien [County], they transferred their membership by letter to Pleasant Church, May 18, 1861, he being received as an ordained deacon. He continued in this church office until his death."
According to the Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 4, p. 300, John G. Taylor was the son of William Taylor. But it does not state which William Taylor *precisely*. It states that John G. Taylor was brought here by his parents when they moved to Appling County in about 1819, or 1820. This would imply that John G. Taylor is son of the same William Taylor who is listed in Pioneers of Wiregrass vol. 5, p. 444, as the son of Henry Taylor, as in that text it reads, "The children above listed of Henry Taylor moved to Appling County after it was opened up to settlers in 1819, William Taylor being the first to move there in 1819..."
What raises suspicion is that Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 5, p. 446 lists a John Taylor (1795-1866) who was the "oldest of the children of William Taylor, and was a grandson of Henry Taylor, R.S." This John married Matilda Gray in Emanuel County in 1813 and served in the War of 1812. So why would William Taylor have two sons named John? Many researchers list the children of William Taylor without a John G. Taylor who married Eliza Smart.
Pioneers of Wiregrass has many errors, and it is possible that John G. Taylor is the son of either a different William, or the son of a different man entirely.
"John Taylor was brought by his parents to Appling County, Georgia when they moved there in 1819 or 1820. About ten years later they moved to Lowndes County and settled in the vicinity of what later was called Ousley Station.
"John G. Taylor was employed by Fisher Gaskins to help him drive his herds of cattle to Florida when he moved there in 1832. He worked for other people looking after cattle and doing farm work until his marriage when he began to farm for himself. After marriage, they lived in Lowndes [County] until 1861 when they moved to Berrien County where he bought a farm on Possum Creek, south of Nashville [Georgia]. They lived there until their deaths; Mrs. Taylor dying December 15, 1882, and John on January 15, 1888. They were buried in Pleasant Church cemetery.
"Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. They were originally members of Forest Grove Church, Lowndes County, where he was ordained a deacon about 1850. When they moved to Berrien [County], they transferred their membership by letter to Pleasant Church, May 18, 1861, he being received as an ordained deacon. He continued in this church office until his death."
According to the Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 4, p. 300, John G. Taylor was the son of William Taylor. But it does not state which William Taylor *precisely*. It states that John G. Taylor was brought here by his parents when they moved to Appling County in about 1819, or 1820. This would imply that John G. Taylor is son of the same William Taylor who is listed in Pioneers of Wiregrass vol. 5, p. 444, as the son of Henry Taylor, as in that text it reads, "The children above listed of Henry Taylor moved to Appling County after it was opened up to settlers in 1819, William Taylor being the first to move there in 1819..."
What raises suspicion is that Pioneers of Wiregrass, vol. 5, p. 446 lists a John Taylor (1795-1866) who was the "oldest of the children of William Taylor, and was a grandson of Henry Taylor, R.S." This John married Matilda Gray in Emanuel County in 1813 and served in the War of 1812. So why would William Taylor have two sons named John? Many researchers list the children of William Taylor without a John G. Taylor who married Eliza Smart.
Pioneers of Wiregrass has many errors, and it is possible that John G. Taylor is the son of either a different William, or the son of a different man entirely.
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