Origin of Joseph Sr. and Nancy Taylor of North Carolina, ca 1728-1808

The Taylor Family paid a professional genealogist, William Thorndale, about $6000 to investigate just who "Mr.Taylor", the father of Joseph Taylor is, because there was disagreement among the descendants of William Taylor about this. Some people thought we were related to Zachary Taylor (now thoroughly disproved, but still believed by some descendants who have been out of touch). He concluded that "Mr. Taylor" was Richard Taylor, son of Richard T and grandson of Richard T, but again, many of the family did not think Thorndale had looked hard enough and the proof he found was circumstantial. (That's often the only proof you can get in the South.) At any rate, we were paying, but not near so much, to Bill Linder, who has recently passed away, with contacts near the courthouses. He uncovered some more evidence, but still circumstantial, that supports the Richard theory. We are now digging out information about all the neighbors and witnesses and on and on. The Richard line is already posted in one or two places as if it was fact, but it is still considered a theory by the association.

One reason we're paying professionals is that no one is going to be as upset if the person is a disinterested party (not a blood relation) if they don't agree with the conclusions.

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