FOURTH GENERATION

24. Seraphy Temperance TAYLOR was born in 1793 in , Edgecombe, North Carolina. She died about 1843 in Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois. She was buried in Smart Fam Cmt, nr Troy, Madison, Illinois. !Info from family records of Mrs. H. Jane Smith, Elgin, IL, desc.
Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
L.D.S. Archive FGS by Jesse L. Warner.
Marriage date from Warren County, KY records.
Temperance needed consent of her father, Joseph Taylor at marriage.
Info from records of Nora Young Ferguson, Warren Co. genealogist.
Note: The Smarts moved to Smart's Prairie, Madison Co, IL ca. 1816.
She was also listed as "Temppy Smart" on her father's Will, dtd 1
Dec.1815, and
was known by this nickname.

She was married to Wiley SMART on 4 Apr 1813 in , Warren, Kentucky. Wiley SMART was born in 1789 in , of Franklin, North Carolina. He was buried in Oct 1855 in Smart Fam Cmtry, nr Troy, Madison, Illinois. He died on 25 Oct 1855 in Olive twnship, Madison, Illinois. !Info on Wiley Smart from his desc. H. Jane Smith, Elgin, IL
FamilyRecords.
Info from "History of the Taylor Family", given at Taylor
Reunion,1909.
Archive LDS FGS Sheet by Jesse L. Warner;
Marriage date for Marr. #1 from Warren Co, KY Marriage Records.
Marriage date for Marr. #2 from Bond Co, IL Marriage Records.
Theywere married
by Peter Long, Minister of the Gospel, Baptist Church.
Info from "History of Madison Co, IL."
Info from 1850 Census, Madison Co, IL, Wilie Smart, age 60 yrs,farmer,
value of real estate $2500, born in NC, cannot read or write,
residingwith wife
Elizabeth and children at Household #47, Township 4 N. 7 West.
Info from Will of Wiley Smart, dtd 6 Feb 1855, Madison Co, IL.
Willwas
proven 5 Nov 1855, Madison Co, IL. Alsey S. Smart, brother of
WileySmart, was
Executor.
Estate records listing all his children and stepchildren, dtd 8
Apr1857,
Madison Co, IL.
Note: Wiley Smart was a soldier in the War of 1812, from the
WarrenCo, KY
militia.
The Smarts moved to Smart's Prairie from Warren Co, KY ca.
1817.Abt 1832 he
exchanged farms with Peter Long and then located on the Long
farm,where he
continued to reside until his death. Seraphy Temperance TAYLOR and Wiley SMART had the following children:

+130 i. Amy SMART.
+131 ii. Sarah SMART.
+132 iii. Henry Green SMART.
+133 iv. Peter SMART.
+134 v. Lucinda SMART.
+135 vi. Allen Taylor SMART.
+136 vii. Mary Ann SMART.
+137 viii. Martha SMART.
138 ix. William R. SMART was born about 1837 in Smart's Prairie, Madison, Illinois. He died about 1856 in , of Madison, Illinois. !Info from Mrs. H. Jane Smith, Elgin, IL family records.
Info from LDS Archive FGS by Jesse Warner, Murray, UT. The
birthdatewrong.
Info from 1850 Census, Madison Co, IL, William Smart, age 12 yrs,
bornin
IL, residing with father and stepmother at Household #47, Township
4No. 7
West.
Note: William R. Smart died shortly after his father Wiley
Smart'sdeath on 25
Oct 1855. He had been named in his father's will, dtd 6 Feb
1855,Madison Co,
IL, to receive property. He apparently was unmarried, abt 17-18
yrsold.

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