FOURTH GENERATION

22. Allen TAYLOR was born on 13 Dec 1789 in , Martin, North Carolina. He was buried in Sep 1878 in Taylor Fam Cmtry, nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. He died on 13 Sep 1878 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. !Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
"Taylor Family Record", by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
Will of Allen Taylor, 8 Jul 1873, Warren Co, KY.
Info from 1850 Census, Warren Co, KY, Allen Taylor, age 60
yrs,farmer, born in
NC, residing with wife Luvena and children at Household #636, Dist.#1.
Info from 1860 Census, Warren Co, KY, Allen Taylor, age 71
yrs,farmer, born in
NC, residing with two children at Household #242, Dist. #2.
Note: Death date given on Allen Taylor's tombstone was 12 Sep
1878.The entry
in Bible record of Allen's oldest son, William Cherry Taylor,
statesthat
Allen died 14 Sep 1878, Friday morning at 3 o'clock. A hundred year
reference calendar shows that Friday fell on 13 Sep 1878.
L.D.S. FGS by Minnie H. Taylor.
Marriage date from Warren Co, KY Marriage record.
Info from tombstone at Taylor Family Cmtry, near
Richardsville,Warren, KY.
Note: Allen was a farmer by profession who inherited quite a bit
ofhis
father's land near Richardsville. He was one of the founders of
theGreen
River Union Church and on the Board of Trustees.
Nephew Pleasant Green Taylor (son of William) went back to Warren
Co.on an
LDS Mission 1870-72 and visited with this Uncle. He got
muchinformation about
the Taylor family from Allen. We have a picture of him.
Allen was named on his father's Will, dtd 1 Dec. 1815.
Info received from Lloyd Raymer, Anna, KY, which gives appraisal
ofAllen
Taylor, from Warren Co, KY Inv. & Appr. BK R, p. 567-568.
Appraisersof his
estate: Adam Cherry, William Cherry, S. G. Davenport.

!Note: Lloyd Raymer's comments, 25 Jan 1997: "I am far from a
legalexpert
but since he left a will and was apparently uncontested, there
wouldbe no need
to have an estate sale or division of land since his will should
haveachieved
that goal. Note the appraisers were Adam & Wm Cherry and S.
G.Davenport."

He was married to Lavina CHERRY on 5 Feb 1811 in , Warren, Kentucky. Lavina CHERRY was born on 18 Aug 1794 in , Edgecombe, North Carolina. She died on 23 Dec 1853 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. She was buried in Taylor Fam Cmtry, nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. !Info for LaVina's birth from her tombstone, Taylor Cmtry,
nrRichardsville,
Warren, Utah. (New marker placed at her gravesite in 1994.)
Death date from Family Bible of her oldest son, William Cherry Taylor.
Info from direct desc. Dr. Roy Cooksey Goode, Bowling Green, KY.
Archive sheet, L.D.S. Church.
F.G.S. in Western KY Univ. Lib., Bowling Green, KY.
Info from 1850 Census, Warren Co, KY, Luvena Taylor, age 56 yrs,
bornin NC,
residing with husband Allen and children at Household #636, Dist. 1.
Death record from Ky Historical Soc. which said death date was 23 Dec
1853. Her cause of death was listed as "erysipelas", which is
an"acute febrile
disease associated with intense edematous local inflammation of
theskin and
subcutaneous tissues caused by a hemolytic streptococcus." Allen TAYLOR and Lavina CHERRY had the following children:

+117 i. William Cherry TAYLOR.
118 ii. Aaron TAYLOR was born on 15 Sep 1813 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. He died on 20 Jun 1856 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. He was buried in Taylor Fam Cmtry, nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. !Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
"Taylor Family Record" by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
Info from L.D.S. Archive F.G.S.
Info from 1850 Census, Warren Co, KY, Aaron Taylor, age 36 yrs,
bornin KY,
residing with brother, William C. Taylor and wife Franky and
childrenat
Household #226, Dist. 2.
Info from tombstone at Taylor Family Cmtry, near
Richardsville,Warren, KY,
which gave his death date as 15 Jun 1856.
Death date of 20 Jun 1856 given in the Family Bible of older
brother,William
Cherry Taylor and Frances Elizabeth Davenport, in possess. of Dr.
RoyG.
Cooksey, Bowling Green, KY. (Cy in my possess.)
Note: Aaron Taylor was unmarried.
+119 iii. Henry H. TAYLOR.
120 iv. Tabitha TAYLOR was born on 15 Jan 1816 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. She was buried in Dec 1837 in Taylor Fam Cmtry, nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. She died on 10 Dec 1837 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. !Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
"Taylor Family Record" by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
L.D.S. Archives F.G.S.
Info from tombstone at Taylor Family Cmtry, near
Richardsville,Warren, KY.
Note: Tabitha Taylor was ummarried, according to family records.
However, on an old cemetery list of the Taylor Family
Cemetery,recorded in
June 1959, by Nora Young Ferguson, she listed this tombstone
asTabitha Taylor
Burchfield, b. 1816, d. 1837. It sounds like she could have
marriedMr.
Burchfield before she died!
+121 v. Alfred TAYLOR.
122 vi. Frances ("Frankie") TAYLOR was born on 19 Apr 1821 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. She was buried in Oct 1840 in Taylor Fam Cmtry, nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. She died on 27 Oct 1840 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. !Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
"Taylor Family Record" by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
Info from L.D.S. Archive F.G.S.
Info from tombstone at Taylor Family Cmtry, near
Richardsville,Warren, KY.
Note: Frances Taylor was ummarried.
+123 vii. Sarah Jane TAYLOR.
+124 viii. Samuel Dawson TAYLOR.
+125 ix. John Allen TAYLOR.
+126 x. Robert Benjamin Franklin TAYLOR.
+127 xi. Joseph TAYLOR.
128 xii. Etna Ann TAYLOR was born on 26 May 1834 in nr Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky. She died on 9 May 1895 in , Warren, Kentucky. !Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
"Taylor Family Record" by Joseph Bowyer, 1927.
L.D.S. Archive F.G.S.
Info from 1850 Census, Warren Co, KY, Etna Ann Taylor, age 15
yrs,born in KY,
residing with parents at Household #636, Dist. 1.
Info from 1860 Census, Warren Co, KY, Aetna Taylor, age 21 yrs,
bornin KY,
residing with widowed father and brother at Household #242, Dist. 2.
(Didn't see her on the 1870 Census, Warren Co.)
Info from 1880 Census, Warren Co, KY, Etna A. Taylor, sister, age
44yrs, at
home, single, born in KY, residing with brother Joseph Taylor,
hiswife Nancy
and children at Household #272, Green Castle.
Info from Allen Taylor's Will, Warren Co, KY, where he
makesprovisions for
Etna Ann. She never married.
Info from LaVelle Moates Vaughn, LaMesa, CA who furnished a cy of
EtnaAnn's
funeral program cover.

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