INTRO FOR ALABAMA
- Written by Robert Taylor, Sr. of Selma from research by a
number of people including
- his son, Robert, Jr., who has compiled extensive
information on the Alabama family.
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- The history of the Taylor's in Covington County Alabama is
written from
- information gathered from the following persons and or
sources. The Taylor
- Book December 20, 1939 compiled by Marion Doby Taylor and
kept by Vernon
- Taylor of Prattville, Alabama; Early History of Covington
County Alabama
- 1821-1871 & The Folks From Pea Ridge by Wyley Donald
Ward and personal
- conversation with the same; Betty Salas, Colorado; Idalyn
McGil Stinson,
- Florida; Martha Marble, Washington DC; Carl Evans US Air
Force; and my son
- Robert Hugh Taylor Jr.
-
- The Taylor's came from Lenoir County North Carolina by way
of South Carolina
- and Georgia following The Three Notch Trail into Southern
Alabama where
- they would eventually settle in the area of the head waters
of the Conecuh
- River. This area became known as Searight Alabama. William
Taylor born
- January 6, 1745/46 married a Catherne Davis born 1750 of
North Carolina in
- 1772. She was the daughter of James Davis and Catherine
Windal and they had
- 8 children; three boys and 5 girls:
- James 1774
- Windal 1781-1845 married Rebecca Arnett in 1804
- Edwin 1785 married Penelope Smith (Family tradition)
- Mary 1782
- Elizabeth 1780
- Nancy 1795 married Thomas Walls
- Matha unk married Wright Walls
- Winnieferd 1780 married Bartholomew Cauley
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- Of these children, James 1774 and Windal 1781-1845 would
migrate to Alabama
- as this territory open up for settlement along with their
sisters. Edwin
- stayed in North Carolina where his descendants can still be
found today.
-
- James Taylor 1774 arrived in Alabama in about 1818 and
being one of the
- first whites to come to Alabama he went to the Cotton Bluff
settlement north
- of Fort Crawford in Conecuh County. After the Indian
hostility settled down,
- James moved into the area now known as Searight where he
settled on 40 acres
- of land to farm. He would later purchase this land in 1835.
He had 5
- children; 3 boys and 2 girls:
- Jacob Taylor 1801 married Elizabeth
- Alfred Taylor 1805
- William Taylor 1826
- Martha Taylor 1822
- Caroline Taylor 1840
-
- His brother Windal Taylor 1781-1845 then joined him before
1820 with his
- wife Rebecca Arnett 1785 and family of 8 children; 5 boys
and 3 girls:
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- John Arnett Taylor 1806-1872 married Rebecca Carter in
1828
- Council Davis Taylor 1812-1885 married Eliza Bozemon
- James E. Taylor 1823-1874 married Mary E. Merrill
- Windal Taylor 1825 married a Jane
- Isaac Taylor 1823-1904 married Charlotte Holly
1832-1904
- Elizabeth Taylor 1808-1866 married Daniel Dozier who became
known as The
- Elder Dozier, minister of the Goodhope Primitive Baptist
Church, Searight
- and for which the town of Dozier is named.
- Mary Taylor 1810-1900 married Leroy Marion Straughn in
1815
- Winneyford Taylor 1818-1905 married Andrew J. Feagin
1816-1884.
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- Windal Taylor 1781-1845 settled on 160 acres in the
Searight area to farm
- which he would later purchase as a land grant. He was a
farmer, a miller and
- served as Justice of the Peace 1828-1830. The Taylor
Cemetery Plot is on
- these acres in Searight. The only standing marker is
Elizabeth Taylor Dozier
- 1808-1866, however, there are between 20 and 30
indentations which indicates
- more graves.
-
- John Arnett Taylor 1806-1872, the oldest son of Windal
Taylor 1781-1845,
- moved south across the Conecuh River into the area known as
Rose Hill. There
- he became a large landowner (over 2800 acres). He bought
and settled land on
- the first dirt road to the north, south of Rose Hill on The
Three Notch Road
- Covington County, Alabama. He built a bridge across the
river from Searight
- to Rose Hill and installed a grain mill on a creek near the
bridge on the
- Rose Hill side. He was a Farmer, Miller, Blacksmith, County
Commissioner and
- a member and the treasurer of The Goodhope Primitive
Baptist Church
- Searight, Alabama. He was an Ensign in the 46th Regiment
Covington and Dale
- Counties, 11th Brigade 4th Division, Alabama Militia from
1828 till 1832. He
- married Rebecca Carter 1808-1884 daughter of Silas Carter
in 1828 at
- Searight, Alabama. They had 6 children; 4 boys and 2
girls.
- Windal William Taylor 1840-1925 married Matilda Ann
Jones
- William Billy Taylor 1831-1862 married E. M. ?
- Washington Taylor 1843-1864 served 42nd Al Inf CSA died
Vicksburg
- John Jeptha Taylor 1847-1925 married Almira Emily
Carter
- Mary Taylor 1838-1925 married Allen Driskell
- Elizabeth Taylor 1828-1866 married Samuel Rodgers
-
- Windal William Taylor 1840-1925, a Farmer and a Miller, was
born in
- Searight, Alabama in 1840. He moved across the Conecuh
River with his father
- John Arnett Taylor to Rose Hill. He always worked hard, was
kind hearted,
- liberal and generous and never accumulated much of this
world's goods. He
- was conservative and reserved regarding public matters, and
was a member of
- the Pilgrim Rest Primitive Baptist Church Dozier, Alabama.
In the civil war
- he served as a private in Company B 18th Alabama Infantry
Regiment which he
- joined at Auburn, Alabama. He spent the first few months on
the coast at
- Mobile and fought with Gen. Hood all the way down to
Atlanta in front of
- Sherman, and back to Tennessee, and on the retreat to
Mississippi, and at
- Fort Blakely and at Spanish Fort, where General Hood
surrendered, in the
- spring of 1865. He was not wounded nor captured until the
final surrender,
- and saw nearly four years of hard service. After the war,
he resumed
- farming and milling and purchased the grain mill from his
father. He owned
- over 400 acres of land. He served as a county commissioner
for 10 years
- (1887?1888). He was founder of "Taylor School House" near
Rose Hill,
- Alabama. He was named for his grandfather Windal of North
Carolina. Windal's
- house, a large log house still stands today on Taylor Road
in Rose Hill,
- Alabama. The house is owned by a Mrs. Ellen Hearn of
Andalusia, Alabama. He
- married Matilda Ann Jones 1840-1889 in 1861, daughter of
John Wright Jones
- and Eliza C. Dauphin. They had 11 children; 6 boys and 6
girls:
-
- John Washington Taylor 1866-1936 married Lola Montez
White
- William Windel Taylor 1872-1926 married Nine McLondon
- James Marion Taylor 1874-1946 married Claudia Mabel
Mahoney
- Samuel T. Taylor 1876-1881
- Alonzo Thomas Taylor 1881-1947 married Nina Mae
Henderson
- High Claud Taylor 1883-1936 married Mamie Virginia
Rainer
- Florance Eliza Taylor 1867-1950 married William David
Caton
- Mary Elizabeth Taylor 1869 married Joel T. Hardage
- Sarah Rebecca Taylor 1871 married James Dunn
- Augusta Eliza Taylor 1878-1955 married Atticus Kindred
Flournoy
- Matilida Alis Taylor 1886 married John S. Rosier
-
- After Matilda Ann Jones Taylor's death, Windel William
Taylor 1840-1925
- married Nancy Wiggins 1852-1922 in 1890 and they had two
children; both
- girls.
-
- Vinne Lee Taylor 1890-1918 married Aubrey Ashley Harris in
1910
- Lala Izabell Taylor 1892- married Wade H. Jones
-
- From Windal William Taylor 1840-1918 children, James Marion
went into the
- automobile business which would go on to become the Taylor
Parts and Supply
- Company in Andalusia. Hugh would sale and repair
automobiles in Florala and
- Andalusia. William Windal became a jeweler in Florala. John
Washington
- became a photographer and then an optometrist in Gaston.
Alonzo moved to
Gaston and became a jeweler.
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