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Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor 1744–1826 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 MAR 1744

Birth Location: Orange County

Death Date: 1826

Death Location: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Zachary Taylor

Mother: Elizabeth Allerton

Spouse(s): Sarah Strother

Children(s): William Taylor, President Taylor, Elizabeth Lloyd, Emily Taylor, Hancock Taylor, Richard Taylor, George Taylor, John Taylor, Brigadier Taylor, George Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Mary Taylor

In 1744, Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor entered the world in Orange County, born to Zachary Taylor And Elizabeth Allerton. Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor married Sarah Dabney Strother, and had children including Brigadier General Joseph Pannell Taylor, Elizabeth Lee Lloyd, Emily Taylor, George Taylor, George W Taylor, Hancock Strother Taylor, John Gibson Taylor, Mary Taylor, Matilda Taylor, President Zachary Scott Taylor, Richard Strother Taylor, Sarah Bailey Taylor, William Taylor. Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor passed away in 1826 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1744, Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor entered the world in Orange County, born to Zachary Taylor And Elizabeth Allerton.
  • Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor married Sarah Dabney Strother, and had children including Brigadier General Joseph Pannell Taylor, Elizabeth Lee Lloyd, Emily Taylor, George Taylor, George W Taylor, Hancock Strother Taylor, John Gibson Taylor, Mary Taylor, Matilda Taylor, President Zachary Scott Taylor, Richard Strother Taylor, Sarah Bailey Taylor, William Taylor.
  • Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor passed away in 1826 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Zachary Taylor
1707–1768
Birth Location: Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
ZT
Elizabeth Allerton
1735–1815
Birth Location: Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States of America
EA

Spouses(s)

Sarah Strother
1760–1822
Birth Location: Orange County, Virginia, USA
SS

Children(s)

William Taylor
1782–1808
Birth Location: Hare Force, Orange, Virginia
WT
President Taylor
1784–1850
Birth Location: Montebello, Orangy County (VA) USA
PT
Elizabeth Lloyd
1792–1845
Birth Location: Orange County, Virginia, United States of America
EL
Emily Taylor
1801–1841
Birth Location: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
ET
Hancock Taylor
1781–1841
Birth Location: Montebello, Orange, Virginia, USA
HT
Richard Taylor
1787–1829
Birth Location: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
RT
George Taylor
1786–1788
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
GT
John Taylor
1781–1829
Birth Location: –
JT
Brigadier Taylor
1796–1864
Birth Location: KY
BT
George Taylor
1770–1841
Birth Location: Virginia
GT
Sarah Taylor
1799–1851
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
ST
Mary Taylor
1780–1863
Birth Location: Orange, Virginia
MT

Lt Taylor's Ancestors

Self
Lt Taylor
1744–1826
Birth Place: Orange County
Parents
Zachary Taylor
1707–1768
Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Allerton
1735–1815
Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
Col. (James) Taylor
1673–1729
New Kent, VA
Martha (Montague) Thompson
1679–1762
Orange, Orange, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Taylor
1627–1666
Mary Walker
1633–1666
Roger Thompson
1655–1704
Ellen Montague
1654–1738
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Capt. III
1607–1653
Elizabeth Horton
1610–1659
John Walker
1609–1665
Sarah Fleet-Burden
1604–1679
James Thompson
1593–1682
Susanna Thompson
1598–1661
Peter III
1634–1695
Maritje Doodes
1630–1702

Lt Taylor's Descendants

1.
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Lt (Col Richard Lee) Taylor (22 MAR 1744–1826) m. Sarah (Dabney) Strother (1760–13 Dec 1822)
  1. 1. William Taylor 1782–1808
  2. 2. President (Zachary Scott) Taylor 1784–1850 m. Margaret (MacKall) Smith 1788–1852
    1. 1. Octavia (Pannill) Taylor 1816–1820
    2. 2. Mary (Ann) Raymond 1829–1912 m. Philip (Pendleton) Dandridge 1817–1881 m. Lt. (Col. William Wallace Smith) Bliss 1815–1853 m. Rev. (George Ripley) Bliss 1816–1893
      1. 1. E (Raymond) Bliss 1847–1923
      2. 2. General (Tasker Howard) Bliss 1853–1930
      3. 3. Lucy Bliss 1843–1935
      4. 4. Henry (Harmon) Bliss 1852–1922
      5. 5. Ward (Raymond) Bliss 1855–1905
      6. 6. Mary (Carrington) Bliss 1844–1913
      7. 7. Susan (Esther) Bliss 1859–1947
      8. 8. George (Worthington) Bliss 1848–1906
      9. 9. Frances (Cornelia) Bliss 1864–1928
      10. 10. Mariah (Anderson) Bliss 1867–1929
      11. 11. Robert (Pratt) Bliss 1861–1943
      12. 12. Harriet (Emily) Bliss 1857–1940
      13. 13. John (Raymond) Bliss 1850–1853
    3. 3. Sarah (Knox) Taylor 1814–1835 m. Jefferson (Finis Davis) Sr 1808–1889
    4. 4. Margaret (Smith) Taylor 1819–1829 m. Jesse Hall 1815–1896
    5. 5. Ann (Margaret MacKall) Taylor 1811–1875
    6. 6. Richard (Strother) Taylor 1826–1879 m. Louise (Marie Myrthe) Bringier 1834–1875 m. Margaret Taylor 1862–
      1. 1. Louise (Margaret 'Betty') Taylor 1852–1901
      2. 2. Zetta Taylor 1852–
      3. 3. James (Z.) Taylor 1850–1922
      4. 4. Louise (Ann) Taylor 1856–1936
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Betty) Taylor 1854–1936
      6. 6. Richard Taylor 1857–1863
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Lee) Lloyd 1792–1845 m. John (Gibson) Taylor 1786–1829
    1. 1. Sallie (Strother) Taylor 1816–1888 m. Lt (Col William Robards) Jouett 1795–1852
      1. 1. Frederick Jouett 1852–1928
      2. 2. Landon Jouett 1834–1920
      3. 3. Richard (Taylor) Jouett 1836–1843
      4. 4. Mary (Stockton Jouett) Dudley 1838–1903
      5. 5. Lee (B) Jouett 1845–1867
      6. 6. Tomasine (Lawson) Jouett 1845–1920
    2. 2. Sarah (Strother) Jouett 1814–1888 m. Lt (Col William Robards) Jouett 1795–1852
      1. 1. Landon (P.) Jouett 1850–
      2. 2. Mary (Stockton) Jouett 1838–1903
    3. 3. Ann (Pendleton) Taylor 1813–1898 m. Frederick (Gieger) Edwards 1806–1871
      1. 1. John (F.) Edwards 1833–
      2. 2. Alfred Edwards 1837–1915
      3. 3. Jennie Edwards 1854–
      4. 4. Sallie Edwards 1845–
      5. 5. Mary (Montgomery) Edwards 1849–1911 m. Edward (Postell) King 1859–1941
        1. 1. Frederick (Taylor) King 1881–1881
        2. 2. Edward (Postell) King 1884–1958 m. Elizabeth (M) King 1885–
        3. 3. John (Olmstead) King 1888–1943 m. Elizabeth (Wilson) Osborne 1888–1979
        4. 4. Mary (Edwards) King 1892–1969
    4. 4. Richard (Hancock) Taylor 1816–1893 m. Margaret Taylor 1824–
    5. 5. Peter Taylor 1801–
    6. 6. Virginia Taylor 1818–1906
    7. 7. Emily (Allison Elizabeth) McLaws 1824–1890
    8. 8. John (Gibson) Taylor 1828–1862
    9. 9. Elizabeth (MacKall) Taylor 1826–1887
    10. 10. Josephine (Pannill) Taylor 1820–1860
    11. 11. Margaret (Lewis) Taylor 1823–1901
  4. 4. Emily Taylor 1801–1841 m. John (Stadler) Allison 1801–1831
    1. 1. John (Henry) Allison 1823–1843
    2. 2. Richard (Taylor) Allison 1824–1846
  5. 5. Hancock (Strother) Taylor 1781–1841
  6. 6. Richard (Strother) Taylor 1787–1829
  7. 7. George Taylor 1786–1788 m. Florence Graham 1789–1856
  8. 8. John (Gibson) Taylor 1781–1829
  9. 9. Brigadier (General Joseph Pannell) Taylor 1796–1864
  10. 10. George (W) Taylor 1770–1841
  11. 11. Sarah (Bailey) Taylor 1799–1851
  12. 12. Mary Taylor 1780–1863

Lt Taylor's Timeline

11 Records

1741
12 APR 1741
Birth of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Rapidan, Orange Co (VA) USA
Rapidan, Orange Co (VA) USA
1744
22 March 1744
Birth of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, USA
Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, USA
1744
3 APR 1744
Birth of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Rapidan, Orange Co (VA) USA
Rapidan, Orange Co (VA) USA
1744
3 APR 1744
Birth of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor
None
1744
22 MAR 1744
Birth of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Orange County
Orange County
1779
20 August 1779
Age 35
Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor was married in Orange, Virginia, USA
Orange, Virginia, USA
1821
10 JAN 1821
Age 77
Death of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Louisville (KY) USA
Louisville (KY) USA
1826
1826
Age 82
Death of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor
None
1829
19 JAN 1829
Age 85
Death of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Nr. Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
Nr. Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
1829
19 JAN 1829
Age 85
Death of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
1829
19 JAN 1829
Age 85
Death of Lt Col Richard Lee Taylor in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 March 1744
    Event Place: Rapidan, Orange, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 APR 1744
    Event Place: Rapidan, Orange Co (VA) USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 APR 1744

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 APR 1741
    Event Place: Rapidan, Orange Co (VA) USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 MAR 1744
    Event Place: Orange County

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 August 1779
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Education
    Event Place: William and Mary

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 JAN 1829
    Event Place: Nr. Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Age:
    84

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 JAN 1829
    Event Place: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Age:
    84

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 JAN 1829
    Event Place: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: Age:
    84

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 JAN 1821
    Event Place: Louisville (KY) USA
    Record Source: Age:
    76

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1826
    Record Source: Age:
    81-82

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
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