Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire/1320 Surname: TAGGART, PUGH, SPIELMAN, PARSONS ------------------------- Seeking info on the family of FRANCIS and LUCY (PUGH) TAGGART of Frederick Co. VA (a portion of which may now be Hampshire Co. WV) in the mid- to late-1700s. Children of the couple are reported to be: 1. JONATHAN TAGGART 2. ANN TAGGART 3. FRANCIS TAGGART, JR. 4. SAMUEL TAGGART - born circa 1781 and twice married; info on first wife and children unknown; second marriage circa 1822 in Marion Co. VA to Elizabeth Spielman, with five children all born in Hampshire Co.: Charles (1825), Mary (1827), Samuel Jr. (1829), Reuann (1831, m. JAMES C. KELLER 1856 in Marion Co. WV, died 1906 in Marion Co. WV); and William (1832); Samuel Sr. died 1842 in Hampshire Co. 5. DANIEL TAGGART 6. ELIZABETH TAGGART 7. JOHN J. TAGGART - born 1789 Hampshire Co.; married 1809 to MARY PARSONS, with 12 children all reportedly born in Randolph Co. VA: Catherine and Julia (twins 1810), Lorenzo (1811), Soloman (1812), Martha (1814), Nancy (1819), William (1822), Annie (1823), Mary (1825), David (1827), Harriet (1830) and James (1833); John migrated first to Highland Co. OH in the mid- to late-1830s, then to Tazewell Co. IL, where he died in 1859. The father FRANCIS TAGGART died in 1795 or 1796 in Frederick Co. VA/Hampshire Co. WV. He may have had a brother named DANIEL TAGGART, appearing as joint owner in 1781 land records of Frederick Co. The son DANIEL TAGGART apears to have been living in Winchester, Frederick Co. in 1838, as his name appears in land records of that year. The 1830 census lists a Daniel Taggart of Winchester with a woman of similar age and one female under the age of five (born 1825-1830).