This Davis line may also be my line. I have an Elijah Davis (1828-1861) who died in Jeff Co, IL. He was married to Sarah Upchurch to produce our line. This is info from my Aunt. I haven't documented it but that was her GGfather. Their children were Thomas Martin (my line) & James F. Kathleen Taylor [email protected] Sandy Bauer wrote: > Freida > > I have not been paying very close attention to the Taylor emails until I saw > your mention of the Davis connection. > > My ggg grandfather Henry Elijah Davis b 6 Mar 1810 Surry Co, NC married 27 Nov > 1828 in Surry Co, NC to Susannah Taylor b 1811. Henry Elijah Davis died in > Jefferson Co, IL bet 1861-1865. I believe Susannah's parents may be William > Taylor b 1778 in VA d 23 Jan 1815 in VA in War of 1812 and Susannah Singleton b > 1780 in VA died 18 Nov 1829 in Surry Co, NC. > > Does this Taylor/Davis line fit in with any information you have found? I'm > going to Surry Co, NC over 4th of July and hope to find more information on both > Davis and Taylor families there. > > Sandy (Whalen) Bauer > http://www.geocities.com/sandy_bauer > > taylor wrote: > > > I too am confused with all of the John Taylors, that's why I throw it out to > > the group for discussion. With John Taylor-Susan Mobley, i found info in the > > older Wayne mailing lists that said his father was Jesse. Well, mine is a > > Jesse too, strange isn't it! Jesse's son John was born 1772 died 1857 > > according to the mailing list. I have also John's death as Sept 19, 1859. > > John's Susan Mobley..my John's Susannah Mock...see my questions? > > John the son of Jesse, married to Susannah Mock is buried in Bethel > > Methodist Church cemetary in Muskingum OH.(she quoted sources) She quotes > > many intermarrying family names that were members of Bethel Mehtodist Church > > or the Lutheran Church in Adamsville, Muskingum OH...and that several of > > these families migrated to eastern Illinois. Tracing these families from > > Loudoun Co VA to Muskingum Co OH and now me tracing them to Wayne Co, > > Illinois, I see repeat of Bethel Church, names such as Mocks, Taylors, Davis > > Honnolds, Shrigleys, Shivleys, Virts Roberts, Adams...all in the census > > records in Wayne County. > > As much as I hate to say it, I am working strictly off online census records > > and reading every single posting daily in Taylor Research Yahoo, GenForum, > > Wayne mailing list, Rootsweb archives, anything I can find because here in > > Belgium accessibility to the real documents is archeaic. I then write e > > mails to the "interesting postings" in hope of sharing all the info > > accumulated between us and then someone else connects. I have managed to > > build this (undocumented by me), family existence on my Taylor line by sheer > > luck, contacts and a lot of wonderful people. I in turn keep track of who I > > correspond with, if I run across their surnames when I surf and search, I > > copy and paste and send them the info I find in other surnames. > > I am the baby of the original Taylor line, there are only two Taylor males > > left, they have daughters. I want to build this Taylor line for my youngest > > nephew...so he knows who he is and me, unmarried, and childless...who am I? > > Thanks for the responses! > > Freida > > > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/ > > ==== ILWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the Wayne County, Illinois list, > contact the listowner, Dianna Williams mailto:[email protected] > Visit the Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwayne/