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- A James Taylor is listed in the 1800 census in Rockingham Co. with 1 male under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 16-25. 1800 U.S. Census, Rockingham Co., North Carolina, Roll 32, p. 438.
James D. Taylor is recorded in the 1810 census in Rockingham Co., NC. His household includes 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 26-44. 1810 U.S. Census, Rockingham Co., North Carolina, Roll 43, p. 230.
James D. Taylor is listed in the 1820 census in Rockingham Co. His household includes 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45, 2 females under 10, 2 females 10-16, and 1 female 26-45. 1820 U.S. Census, Rockingham Co., North Carolina, Roll M33_82, p. 644.
James D. Taylor of Guilford Co. died in 1840 holding 90-95 acres of land along Rockhouse Creek in Rockingham Co. adjoining the lands of James Wright, William Ellington, and John Ellington. His heirs filed a petition to sell the land in 1856. The petitioners were Edward Whit and his wife Martha A., Samuel Apple and his wife Eliza, Alfred Johnson and Judith, Rufus French (son of Mariah Taylor) and John Kemp, who married Elisa (daughter of Mariah Taylor). Record of Estate of James D. Taylor, Rockingham County Estate Records, 1780-1926 (Stubbleffiled - Thomas, Phoebe), North Carolina Division of Archives and History, C.R.084.508.49
James D. Taylor was granted three tracks of land in Rockingham County in 1813 and 1814. Two tracts at an unknown location contained 89 and 155 acres respectively. A third tract along Hogan’s Creek contained 33 acres. Grant Nos. 601,602, 604.
A James Taylor married Polly Moore in Caswell Co. on 18 Feb. 1807. Moses Taylor was the bondsman. North Carolina marriage bond #000018547. Ancestry.com. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977. It is unlikely that he is the same person.
The following notes relate to an older James Taylor. It is not known whether this is the same person
A John Taylor is recorded in the 1840 census. His household includes 1 male 5-10, 1 male 60-70, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 50-60. 1840 U.S. Census, Rockingham Co., Roll 369 p. 151.
In 1838, John Taylor provided an affidavit in support of the pension application of Dorothy Miller Taylor. He stated that he was the brother of Dorothy’s husband, James Taylor.
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Be it known that before me Aaron P. Robertson an Acting Justice of the County Court of please and Quarter [Sessions] for Rockingham County aforesaid Personally appeared John Taylor aged sixty six or sixty seven years sometime in this present year and made oath in due form of Law that he is the Brother of James Taylor deceased whose Widow Dorathy Taylor is Craving the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed July the 7 1838 and maketh oath that his Brother James Taylor was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served for some time as a substitute for some other Person When that time was out he Enlisted for during the War and further swears that he thinks that his Brother James Taylor was in the war for the space of six or seven years without returning home and that he heard his Brother James Taylor state at divers times after his return home which was after the war closed that he James Taylor was in the Battle of the Cowpens in South Carolina [17 Jan 1781] and at the Eutaw Springs [8 Sep 1781] and at the taking of Cornwallis at little York [19 Oct 1781] and that he heard him say that the Soldiers were shipped to little yourk when they received word that Cornwallis was there and that he heard him say that he at some time was under the command of General Wayne and at one time he said that they got into an Engagement with the Indians in South Carolina when General Wayne was the Commander this engagement was by night [see note below] Some lives were lost on that accasion and Further swears that James Taylor was born in Fairfax County virginia and went from that County as a Soldier and when he returned from the war he came back to fairfax County va to the settlement where he left not knowing that his Mother had moved and he further recollects that when his mother heard of her sons return that he sent a Mr George Mason after him to Bring him to her house to which she had moved since he James Taylor had gone in the service and he further states that he thinks his Brother James Taylor was about sixteen years old when he Enlisted and thinks he was twenty two or three years old when he returned home and he further states on oath that his Brother James Taylor after his return from the war went to Alexandria and sold some paper or papers to some Person there for the value of Ten dollars but does not know pesisely what they were but thinks that is was some paper for soldiers land or Bounty Claim for he recalled that he heard his Brother James Taylor state that his Land was not worth anything to him as they would have to Drive the Indians from it before it could be got and complained of the Government because he could not get it without Troubles As it respect the marriage of my Brother James Taylor to Dorothy Miller now Taylor he says that he knows nothing about it of his own knowledge for he John Taylor was in Fairfax at the time of the marriage as he believes and the marriage took place at Richmond in Virginia But he John Taylor became acquainted with James Taylors wife some time after they were married and freque[ntly] saw them both together at her fathers house and they passed for man and wife and were recognized as such in Richmond by his friend and they lived together as man and wife till they day of his death which happened in Rockingham County NCarolina he thinks in the year 1815 and they had the Children named in her declaration Sworn and subscribed before me. NB and that Dorothy Taylor is the widow (now living of the above named James Taylor and Craving the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 And the said John Taylor wishes to correct the statement made above where it is here stated here that he saw his Brother James Taylor with his wife Dorothy at her fathers house this was an Error in the writter But he swears that he Frequently saw them both together in the presence of (Her Dorothy Miller) Father and Friends and that James Taylor his Brother and the said Dorothy were recognized as man and wife in the town of Richmond Va and that he remained acquainted with them both till they day of his James Taylor Decease which happend in Rockingham County NCarolina in the year 1815 And that she remained his Widow ever since that time till the present and that she is now living in Rockingham County NCarolina. Sworn and subscribed to before me February 15th 1840 [signed] John Taylor
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15 March 1756 Granville 144. William NUNN, planter, ten shillings, on fork of Great Creek, begin at a poplar & red oak John WOODS cor. cross creek S63W 7 ch. to a white oak, S 30 ch. to a black oak, W 35 ch to a hickory, N 23 ch. to a hickory, W 10 ch to a red oak, N 35 ch to a hickory, E 60 ch. to a white oak in John WOODS line, his line S 41 ch. to first station, 402 acres, sixteen shillings one pence rent per year, surveyed for THOS. NELSON 8 June 1753, Martin LOVINGSTON & Wm. Combs, SCC, entered 23 Nov 1751 (SSLG 97-C) signed Wm NUNN. Wit. James TAYLOR, CHURTIN.
[Ed note; see also NC Patent Book 12:12] (Extracted from ORANGE COUNTY RECORDS, VOL V GRANVILLE PROPRIETARY LAND OFFICE DEEDS & Surveys, 1752-1760 by William B. Bennett, by Hogan Researcher Louise Overton who adds that this land is in present day Orange County, near the Caswell and Alamance County lines) SW: LIVINGSTON
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August Term 1797. Deed from James Saunders to James Taylor of 96 acres land was proved by Bailey Martin. Rockingham County,North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes, 1796 - 1808, image 80 of 582.
November Term 1800. Robert Boak and James Taylor served on jury on A. Allen Executors v. Southerland L Lemons and returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Rockingham County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes, 1796 - 1808, image 202 of 582.
February Term 1801. James Taylor on jury in John Davie (?) v. B. N. Lacy (?).
Rockingham County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes, 1796 - 1808, image 213 of 582.
August Term 1804. James Taylor served on jury in several cases during August term. Rockingham County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes, 1796 - 1808, image 313 of 582.
February Term 1805. James Taylor appointed overseer of road leading from High Rock towards Hillsborough. RockinghamCounty, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes, 1796 -1808, image 334 of 582.
February Term 1807. Deed from John Nance to James D. Taylor proved in open court by oath of John Lennox (?). Rockingham County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes, 1796-1808, image 472 of 582.
Source: Patriot (Greensboro, NC) Written: 1840 Tues, April 28, 1840 CONVICTION FOR MURDER - State Vs. JOHN WILLIS. On Monday of the second week of the late term of Guilford Superior Court, JOHN WILLIS was put upon his trial for the murder of JAMES D. TAYLOR. The Solicitor-General POINDEXTER appeared for the State and G. C. MENDENHALL and J. T. MOREHEAD for the defendant, by appointment of the Court. It appeared the deceased went to the house of defendant on Tuesday, the 7th inst., both were partially intoxicated, and after some altercation, WILLIS struck TAYLOR on the head with a stick of timber which caused him to die on the Thursday following. After able argument by the counsel and the charge of His Honor, the Jury retired, and after an absence of about an hour, returned with a verdict of guilty as charged in the bill of indictment.
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