Thanks for the info! I'll look into it! >I know that an Isaac Taylor and I think James Taylor "chained" land >(surveyed it) for several folks up in Overton County in the early 1800's, >among them being a John Rice in old Smith County on roaring river >(present-day Algood, Putnam County), and Elijah/ElishaChisholm/Chisum. I'm >pretty sure these are the same Taylors who later wound up in White County on >Taylor's Creek. > They surveyed the Rice land in 1802, and it wasn't far from the land owned >by Chisum. Curiously, both a John Rice and this same Chisum fellow lived >pretty close to each other back in Hawkins County in the 1790's, foot of >Bay's Mountain near the Sullivan County line. >Will >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Angela Markwalter" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:04 PM >Subject: [TNDEKALB] Taylors in Indian Creek/Caney Fork area > > >> Hi--- >> >> I am a descendant of Isaac Joshua Taylor (b. 10/24/1863) and >> Elizabeth Phelps of Indian Creek, Dekalb Co., TN. His son, John >> Douglas Taylor (b. 7/15/1882 in White Bluff, Dickson Co., TN) >> remembers poling a raft across the Caney Fork River with his father >> for a living when he was a young man. >> >> Anyway, I have been working on this Taylor branch of genealogy and >> recently received information that Isaac was the son of Barzilla J. >> Taylor of Indian Creek, and the grandson of David Jacob Taylor of >> Smith Co. This line originated with Thomas Taylor who was born in >> 1637 in Isle of Wight Co., VA. >> >> Does any of this sound familiar? I would love to correspond with you >> regarding this family. >> >> Thanks, >> Angela >> >> >> ==== TNDEKALB Mailing List ==== >> If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Dekalb Co., TN list, >use >> [email protected] or [email protected] if >> you are on the Digest list. >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> > > >==== TNDEKALB Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. >Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett >[email protected] > >============================== >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 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Southern Roots site: http://www.mindspring.com/~cathexis/roots/roots.html Researching: Bearden, Berryhill, Byars, Caffee, Davis, Dupriest, Goode, Hogan, Langford, Leatham, Lee, Lewis, Lowrey/Lowry, Lyon, Phelps/Felts, Pratt, Ramsden , Riley, Shaffield, Stedham/Steadman, Taylor, Thomas, Watkins, Wilson, Wood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~