In a message dated 2/12/00 8:50:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, NCHALIFA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << John L. Taylor to determine if he is the father of Sylvanus Taylor.>> Between the dates you gave 1830 -1840, J. L. Taylor is mentined only as a witness to a will. On the 1850 census he is listed as being 45 years old and Sylvanus is not lsited as onew of his children. This John L. Taylor is also noted as being born in Tenn.