Another possibility is land deeds. A few years ago I found that one or two of my maternal uncles were named after a bank officer that apparently was connected to my grandparent's buying the house that they owned in WV. So check their land deeds and other related records, there might be something there. "singhals" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Did anything in particular happen in 1884 (in SC or GA) that might cause > a man to name his 2nd child TAYLOR when it wasn't a family name on > either his side or his wife's? > > I was thinking Zachary Taylor, but he'd been dead 34 years by then ... :( > > I know a lot of kids were given politically-related names during > election years, and since I can't find ol' Taylor as Taylor after 1900, > I thought maybe if I had a 2nd name to look at/for I might turn him up. > > Cheryl >