I need some information on William S. Taylor. Was a state representative. Need to know his ancestors. Descendants of William S. Taylor 1 William S. Taylor 1795 - 1858 b: 1795 in GA d: 1858 in Cherokee CO, TX .. +Elizabeth ...... 2 George Taylor 1825 - b: cir 1825 in AL ...... 2 F. Marion Taylor 1828 - b: cir 1828 in AL ...... 2 Samuel P. Taylor 1829 - b: cir 1829 in AL ...... 2 Oliver C. Taylor 1831 - b: cir 1831 in AL ...... 2 Windfield L. Taylor 1832 - b: cir 1832 in AL ...... 2 Lutia P. Taylor 1835 - b: cir 1835 in AL ...... 2 Libby R. Taylor 1836 - b: cir 1836 in AL ...... 2 James R. Taylor 1837 - b: cir 1837 in AL ...... 2 Cinderella Taylor 1839 - b: cir 1839 in AL ...... 2 Abagail Taylor 1841 - b: cir 1841 in MS ...... 2 William S. Taylor 1840 Census - age 44-GA; 1850 Census - age 54-GA; living with William (54-GA), Elizabeth (49-Ga), George (25-AL), F. Marion (22-AL), Samuel P. (21-AL), Oliver C. (19-AL), Winfield L. (18-AL), Lutia P. (15-AL), Libby R. (14-AL), James R. (13-AL), Cinderella (11-AL), Abagail (9-MS). "Eunice said that Samuel first moved to Cherokee Co TX near his relatives. He is on the 1864, 65, and 66 tax list there, along with William S Taylor's family and Levi Taylor family. William S had the distinction of serving in the State Legislatures of three states-AL, MS, and was Speaker of the house in the Texas legislature when he died in 1858." - Naomi Cundeiff Welsh (granddaughter of Mattie Alice Taylor) 1128962 Taylor, William S. 1795-1858 American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910. Edited by Charles F. Ritter and Jon L. Wakelyn. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. (AmLegL) TAYLOR, WILLIAM S. (1795-1858). William S. Taylor, attorney, state legislator, and planter, was born in Georgia in 1795 and lived in Fayette County, Alabama, and Tippah County, Mississippi, before moving to Texas in May 1847. He fought in the Seminole Wars in Florida in 1817-19 and was a captain in 1836. In 1841 he was appointed brigadier general of the Alabama State Militia. Taylor served in the state legislatures of Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, where he became speaker of the House. He was first elected to the Texas legislature in 1855 as a representative of Cherokee and Anderson counties. He was reelected in 1857 and was chosen as speaker when the legislature convened on November 2, 1857. He served until December 26, when illness prevented his attending. He formally resigned because of illness on January 18, 1858. He died on July 22, 1858, and was buried in Larissa, Texas. His portrait hangs in the speaker's committee room at the Capitol.qv Taylor and his wife, Elizabeth, had fifteen children, one of whom, William S. Taylor, Jr., fought in the battle of San Jacinto. -The Handbook of Texas Robert Lynn Taylor