Is this Hezekiah the Hezekiah Taylor born ca. 1790 of Ware County? (Based on 1850 census) >From: Sherryharrell@aol.com >Reply-To: gacoffee@rootsweb.com >To: gacoffee@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Henry Taylor, RS >Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:40:42 EDT > > > > >Henry Taylor through his son William and his son Burrell Taylor. If you >can > help me out with any of that, please email! > > > >~~~~~~~~~~ >Hey Kathy >I can help you a little with that line. Henry Taylor, RS is my direct >ancestor too. I descend from his youngest son James Taylor b 1796. >Please let me >know what it is that you want help with. >Here are my notes for Henry: >Henry Taylor, Revolutionary War ancestor of most of the Taylor family of >Appling and Bacon counties, was born about 1750 in St. George Parish, >Georgia, a >son of William Taylor, a Colonial settler there. His wife, Mary (maiden >name >unknown), was born in this state about 1755. >Henry Taylor served in the Georgia Line in the Revolutionary War as a >private. He was granted 287 1/2 acres of bounty-land by the State of >Georgia in >1785. The land laid in Washington County. At the commencement of the >Revolution >Henry Taylor's family refugeed to South Carolina where they lived in the >Barnwell District for a few years, then returning to Burke County. After >granting >the bounty-land, Henry Taylor moved with his family to Washington County >and >lived there until he was cut into Montgomery County in its creation in >1796 >out of Washington County. He deeded his bounty-land to his son, John >Taylor, >who sold it Dec. 28, 1798, to John Jones; and he (Henry) granted other >lands >from the State and lived on same until his death about 1820. He >participated >in the first Georgia land lottery in 1805, and drew a lot of land in >Wilkinson county. >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, followed a few years later by his brothers, Hezekiah, John, >Isaiah >and Henry, Jr., and brother-in-law, John R. Stone by 1830. >Authority for war service: Rev. Geo. G. Smith's "The Story of Georgia" in >listing Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers, states Henry Taylor was a private >in >the Georgia Line. Knight's "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution" shows he >was >granted the bounty-land referred to. > >Source: Huxford Vol V > >Served as a Private in the Georgia Militia and was certified as a >Revolutionary War Soldier by Colonel Greenberry Lee. He received bounty >land in >Washington County for his services. >See: "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution", p 168, 239. >SOURCE: "Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers' Graves", p 492 > >1798 Tax List Montgomery County, GA > >Bonnie Taylor Baker (Mrs) joined the DAR under # 529527 (I'm not sure if >the DAR is still accepting daughters under his service. They no longer >accept >the Huxford's books for proof of service.) > >Sherry Harrell > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GACOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us