This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SteveStone94 Surnames: TAYLOR Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.abbeville/185.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Joanne, This is a bit intriguing for me. I have absolutely no indication that more than the occasional Taylor of my line ever lived in Abbeville Co. at any time. Which is a bit strange because they lived in all the other counties with some frequency. The question of a hotel is the intriguing part. Several members of my Taylor family were in the hotel or inn business in several states. However, I have no indication that they had one in SC. And I have no reference of any of my Taylors ever being referred to by a military title. I do know that Job Taylor owned an inn in Baldwin Co. GA in the 1820s, that his brother Ward owned a hotel in Greenville, Butler Co. AL, in the 1820-1840 timeframe, and that their brother Joseph M. operated a hotel in Marshall, Harrison Co. TX in the 1850-1870 timeframe. So that business was very well known in the family of that particular generation, but whether or not it was a legacy occupation is very questionable. My inclination is to believe this is a member of a line of Taylors who were known to inhabit the Abbeville Co. area at the same time my family was in Edgefield. We have never established blood kinship with that line. I wish I could be of more help. Good luck as you continue to pursue your family history. Steve Stone Grand Bay AL A Ward Taylor Descendant Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.