In Genealogy we must never assume and must always prove what we have and document thoroughly. Until it is proven, it remains a "possible", and most of us have several of those as we continue to search for the proof. > [Original Message] > From: <Ivalonf@aol.com> > To: <TAYLOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/3/02 4:31:46 PM > Subject: Re: [TAYLOR] RE: Taylor in Maury Co. TN > > I would assume them to be the same family. > > In some of my family lines, I have had much bigger differences on the census > records. For instance on my Hill line, my Riley H. Hill was shown as Grenade > on the 1850 census, 1860 he was Royal and by 1870 he had finally turned into > Riley. How in the world the census taker ever got Grenade out of Riley, I > don't know. > > IvalonF@aol.com > > > I do not think that it is safe to assume that these are the same families. > Do you have any information to put them at the same homesite? Taylor is > such a common name and the given names that these families share are also > very common. The are many discrepencies which suggest to me that these are > not the same families. > > John Bulger > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray" <clearwater@workfam.com> > To: <TAYLOR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:34 PM > Subject: [TAYLOR] RE: Taylor > > > > This are some findings in the sensus for Maury Co. Tn. Carters Creek, > > Dist. 19, note that the same families, the ages of some parents, change, > > Sensus 1850. > > > > James Taylor age 55 born abt 1795 > > Margaret wife age 45 born abt 1805 > > Sara daug. age 16 born abt 1834 > > Haywood son age 14 born abt 1836 > > Samuel son age 12 born abt 1838 > > Samantha daug. age 09 born abt 1841 > > John son age 06 born abt 1844 > > > > Sensus 1860 > > > > James Taylor age 69 born abt 1791 { age change } > > Margaret wife age 60 born abt 1800 { age change } > > Sara { no longer, may have married in those 10 yrs. } > > H. P. { maybe Haywood } age 24 born abt 1836 { same as in 1850 } > > Samuel age 22 born abt 1838 { same as in 1850 } > > E. J. { female } not listed in 1850 age 18 born abt 1842 > > John son age 16 born abt 1844 { same as in 1850 } > > > > > > > > Ray { Clearwater } & Nez > > > ==== TAYLOR Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBCRIBE from LIST - mailto:TAYLOR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBCRIBE from DIGEST - mailto:TAYLOR-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Leave Subject Line empty; Put Only: UNSUBSCRIBE in body of message > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Don Taylor --- jodontaylor@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.