Sarah Dabney Taylor

Sarah Dabney Strother was born on 11 Dec 1760 in Rapidan, Orange Co, Va. She died on 13 Dec 1822 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, Ky. She was buried in Dec 1822 in National Cem, Louisville, Jefferson Co, Ky. She married Richard Taylor (1743-1829) on 20 Aug 1779 in Rapidan, Orange Co, Va.

Parents: William Strother, Vii 1726-1808 and Sarah Bayly 1720-1774

Children:

1. Hancock Taylor 1781-1841
2. William Dabney Strother Taylor 1782-1808
3. Zachary Taylor (President) 1784-1850
4. George Taylor 1789-1878
5. Elizabeth Lee Taylor 1792-1845
6. Joseph Pannill Taylor 1796-1864
7. Sarah Bailey Taylor 1799-1851
8. Emily Richard Taylor 1801-1841

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Col. Richard Taylor was a gentleman of culture and colonel of the 9th Virginia Regiment during the Revolution. Soon after the termination of hostilities he moved from Virginia to Jefferson county, Ky., with his family. They had several children.

Their son, Zachary Taylor, Jr., was born in Orange county, Virginia, in 1786, and was an officer in the U. S. Army, distinguishing himself during the struggle with Mexico, which service made him available to the Presidency, to which position he was elected, but the duties of the office were so taxing that he died before the expiration of his term.

He married Margaret Smith and their son, Richard Taylor, was a lieutenant general in the Confederacy, and skillfully and ably distinguished himself during the Rebellion.

Other children of Col. Richard Taylor and Sarah Strother were Hancock, Wm. Dabney, George, Richard, Joseph P., Elizabeth, Sarah and Emily, all of whom have many descendants in Kentucky and other Southern states, who are prominent in social, political and business circles. This ends the line of Wm. Strother of "Orange" and Sarah Pannill.

-- Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 16 By Kentucky Historical Society, google.com

References

• Wood, Trist. “Taylor and Jones Families.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 4, 1921, pp. 287–289. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1915338. Accessed 23 Apr. 2021
• https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Richard-Taylor/p60085
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 25 2023, 18:56:02 UTC