Well, as Jean/Jane Inman might say, "Reports of my 1807 death have been greatly exaggerated." She married in 1805 to Argyle Taylor (who was born probably in the 1782 to 1785 period). Argyle was a son of Permenas Taylor of Jefferson Co. TN and a brother of the Matilda Taylor who married Ezekiel Inman, son of Abednego Inman. Unfortunately, the Taylor family researchers have tried to marry her to a variety of Taylors, in the process neglecting to do basic research in the Jefferson Co. records of the period. The couple's marriage bond survives and leaves no doubt as to who she married. Her brother Ezekiel Inman was Argyle Taylor's bondsman on the document. The couple (and the Ezekiel Inmans) removed to Madison Co. MS Territory by 1812 and by 1818, when AL was formed, began to make Franklin Co. their home. Argyle Taylor was murdered by a neighbor in 1823, following a dispute arising at the wedding of a daughter -- an event that was detailed in a TN newspaper of the period (the guilty party fled to TN). The widow Jane Taylor appears in the 1830 census for Franklin Co., and the couple clearly had several children. The only child fully identified is Susan Taylor, wife of Guilford/Gilford Stocks. This couple removed to Tishomingo Co. MS just before 1840, and Susan's tombstone recalls both her marriage and her parentage. She was not the daughter whose marriage celebration precipitated Argyle Taylor's death. I am hot on the trail of identifying the Abednego Taylor who appears in the 1870 census of Lee Co. MS as another son. Obviously, the name is a potential giveaway, but there is other important evidence pointing to Argyle and Jenny (Inman) Taylor. By the way, as you probably know, after Ezekiel Inman's ca. 1825 death in Franklin Co. AL, Matilda returned to Jefferson Co. TN for a period -- then inexplicably headed, as a widow with children, to the seemingly remote Dubois Co. IN. Ah -- but it was not as alien a location as it would first appear. Hannah Rose, wife of Bazil Brooke Edmonston and half-sister of Col. Permenas Taylor, had been living in the county since 1818 -- and surviving letters in the Edmonston family reveal they had been trying to get some of their Taylor kin to join them there for years. In the 1850's, probably as a part of trying to establish pensionable 1812 service for her late husband Ezekiel Inman, Matilda (Taylor) Inman sought a copy of her marriage record from Jefferson Co. TN. A court clerk in the period actually made a note of the request on the marriage bond! He further noted that the copy was to be sent to Bazil Brooke Edmonston, clerk of the Circuit Court in Dubois Co. IN. This latter was B. B. Jr., son of Bazil Brooke Edmonston and Hannah Rose. ============================================================ As always, your comments are welcome. It might be best if you would respond to the Discussion Group so all can see the responses. Thanks. Jim --- This email is going to Jim's email list and to the Rootsweb List which is why you might get two copies. Please email inman@surnameweb.org if you wish to be removed from this list.