Will Peek, I don't know the reason that Thomas Taylor migrated to Baldwin County, Alabama. He was in the 1860 census of Baldwin but not the 1850 census. I would guess that he came sometime between 1850 and 1860. Significantly, in 1860 he was 36 years old and living with a Martin Taylor, age 68. There is no female in the age bracket that could have been a wife to either of them but there were 4 small children. It sounds as if they were both widowers. They were both born in South Carolina, and probably both in the Lexington District. One soource has said that there were 4 different Taylor families in the Lexington area. You might want to consider looking there for your Robert Taylor. Quite honestly, I don't know enough about Thomas' family to know if he had a Robert in his line. I really wish that I did. Where in Alabama was your Taylor/Peek family located?? He was in the Home Guard during the War but I don't know what he did with this group. B.W. Carlson