Mississippi Family Group Sheet for the John Marcus Taylor Family *********************************************** Copyright Karolyn Klaes. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Karolyn Klaes Email address: Husband: John Marcus Taylor Birthdate: February 1776 Birthplace: Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA Death date: October 20, 1864 Place of death: Reinzi, Alcorn Co., MS Burial: Rienzi Cemetery, Rienzi, Alcorn County, MS Father: Mother: Marriage date: May 21, 1801 Marriage place: Granville Co., NC Wife: Mary Polly Knott Birthdate: December 23, 1784 Birthplace: Granville Co., NC Death date: August 04, 1827 Place of death: Georgia Burial: Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Francis Taylor Sex: F Birthdate: August 08, 1803 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: October 03, 1827 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: December 24, 1822 Marriage place: Jackson Co., GA Spouse's name: George Swain, Jr. Child No. 2: Robert Knott Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: May 03, 1804 Birthplace: NC Death date: July 1820 Place of death: Georgia Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Franklin Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: May 03, 1805 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: January 09, 1831 Marriage place: Jackson, GA Spouse's name: Elizabeth Ann Boring Child No. 4: Elizabeth Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: November 22, 1806 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: John Marcus Taylor, Jr. Sex: M Birthdate: May 08, 1808 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: September 03, 1875 Place of death: Reinzi, Alcorn Co., MS Marriage date: Burial: Rienzi Cemetery, Rienzi, Alcorn Co., MS Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Mary Ann Taylor Sex: F Birthdate: December 01, 1809 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: November 29, 1892 Place of death: Rienzi, Alcorn Co., MS Burial: Rienzi Cemetery, Rienzi, Alcorn Co., MS Marriage date: October 10, 1835 Marriage place: Jackson Co., GA Spouse's name: Cody Fowler Child No. 7: Martha Taylor Sex: F Birthdate: May 26, 1812 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: February 1813 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 8: Calvin Alexander Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: January 06, 1813 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: July 03, 1891 Place of death: Reinzi, Alcorn Co., MS Burial: Rienzi Cemetery, Rienzi, Alcorn Co., MS Marriage date: December 13, 1854 Marriage place: Booneville, Old Tishomingo Co.,, MS Spouse's name: Sarah Elizabeth Heigh Child No. 9: Elsie Taylor Sex: F Birthdate: 1814 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: 1890 Place of death: Memphis, Tennessee Burial: Marriage date: 1839 Marriage place: Spouse's name: James Rosamond Child No. 10: Luther Rice Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: 1816 Birthplace: Caswell Co., NC Death date: 1880-1900 Place of death: Alcorn Co., MS Burial: Marriage date: December 21, 1843 Marriage place: Alcorn Co., MS Spouse's name: Louisa Brusta Child No. 11: Sarah C. Taylor Sex: F Birthdate: September 28, 1818 Birthplace: NC Death date: September 13, 1876 Place of death: Alcorn Co., MS Burial: Marriage date: January 07, 1840 Marriage place: Prentiss Co., MS Spouse's name: Andrew Boyd Dilworth Child No. 12: William Augustus Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: January 26, 1821 Birthplace: Jackson Co., GA Death date: December 12, 1904 Place of death: Prentiss Co., MS Burial: Ingrim Cemetery, Prentiss Co., MS Marriage date: June 05, 1849 Marriage place: Prentiss Co., MS Spouse's name: Hanna P. McCrory Child No. 13: James Marcus Taylor Sex: M Birthdate: January 12, 1827 Birthplace: Jackson Co., GA Death date: December 28, 1895 Place of death: Corinth, Alcorn County, MS Burial: Henry Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn Co., Mississippi Marriage date: October 08, 1851 Marriage place: Mississippi Spouse's name: Mary Elizabeth Cox Documentation: 1. D.A.R. Library; 2. Tombstone Inscription; 3. "Reading Backwards on My Knott Heritage", by Barbara Knott Horsman 4. book "History of Old Tishomingo County', page 322-324 5. "The Granville Co., NC marriage book" SLAVES OWNED BY JOHN MARCUS TAYLOR, SR. according to his will: Andrew, Kelly, Netty and child Stephen, Caroline, children Ellen, Ralijh and John, my woman Raney has a child, William, Richmond. Lived in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. While in Louisiana, owned land in Monroe County (1850's) Calvin A. Taylor was born on January 6, 1832, in Casewell County, North Carolina. The son of James Taylor and his wife, Mary Knott. He emigrated to Georgia with his parents when he was 6 yr. old, and in 1838, he moved to Mississippi. Calvin A. Taylor was educated in the common schools and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. He was elected to the State Legislature of Mississippi, in 1861 and held many political offices at different times. In 1869, he moved to Rienzi, Mississippi. About 1855 he married Miss Elizabeth Haigh, a native of Tuscumbia County, Alabama. The wedding took place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. The records show Elizabeth Haigh's birth to have taken place in the year 1830, in Tuscumbia County, Alabama. Calvin Taylor passed away on July 4, 1891 in Rienzi, Mississippi. Elizabeth died in Boonville, Mississippi on January 1, 1914 twenty-five years after her husband. "The last years of Mr. Taylor's life were spent in Rienzi, he being Mayor of that town from 1884 until the time of this death, July 3, 1891. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and lived the life of a conscientious and consistent Christian." (source: book, "History of Old Tishomingo County" pages 323-324.)