| John Taylor's long will..covering 6 pages in the Mercer Co Will Book was written by him..dated 16 Jan 1841, with a codicil written 28 Feb 1841 & probated April Court 1841.. ..believing that the disease with which I am aflicted must shortly terminate...
ITEM: having given my son SAMUEL TAYLOR upwards of $3,000..I now give him $1.00
ITEM: having given my daughter SALLY MOSBY upwards of $1,200..I now give her $1.00
ITEM: having given my son JAMES TAYLOR, upwards of $2,000..I now give him $1.00
ITEM: having given my son CREED TAYLOR, upwards of $2,000..I now give him $1.00..all right & title to certain lands ..to all my land claims in the state of Arkansas.
ITEM: having given to my daughter SOPHIA CARDWELL, upwards of $1,200..I give her the further sum of $2,000 more and to her son JOHN T. CARDWELL $1,000 and to my said daughter Sophia I give all the interest that may accrue on a note I hold on her husband JOHN W. CARDWELL
ITEM: having given my daughter SUSAN LEWIS $1,000..I give her $1.00
ITEM: after all my debts are paid ..all the rest to my beloved wife MARY TAYLOR and my sons JOHN TAYLOR & WILLIAM TAYLOR and my daughter ANN TAYLOR...this is followed by detailed items for these three children and what they should have when they arrive at the age of 21..including 200 acres in Bullitt Co., Ky. to son JOHN....son WILLIAM, to have the farm where John now lives if it suits his mother..& Ann & John to have items & property to the sum of $10,000 each..and the residue to son WILLIAM. Friend William S. Moberly my exor and guardian to my children. (An earlier will of John Taylor is found in the Mercer Co Circuit Court suit styled Taylor Heirs vs Taylor's Devisees)
from this will: Having given my son Samuel Taylor $3,250 - I now give him $1.00
Having given my daughter Sally Mosby $1,200 - I now give her $500.00
Having given my son James Taylor near $2,000 - I now give him $500.00
Having given my son Creed Taylor upwards of $2,000 - I now give him $500.00
Having given my son Madison Taylor only $870 - I now give him $500.00 + a negro boy by the name of Little Sam & a bridle mare
Having given my daughter Sophia Cardwell $1,200 - I now give her $1,500 but if she died before me it is to go to her child John Taylor Cardwell or her children Having given my daughter Susan Lewis about $1,000 - I now give her $1,000 but to be put into trust in the hands of John Wesley Cardwell until her eldest child, Elizabeth Ann Lewis becomes of lawful age or marries I give to my wife all that she had when I married her & a horse, bridle & household furniture she may chose...(makes a lot of provisions for his underage children John, Ann & William Hughes Taylor). I give to my granddaughter Lucy Ann Mosby one section of land situated in the Territory of Arkansas in the Co of Phillips near St. Francis River begin a section granted to Charles Rifell & sold to me..Deed record in the Clerk's Office of Phillips Co in Bok A, Pg 120 I give to my grandson James Harvey Mosby one section of land granted to John Severn & sold to me recorded in the Clerk's office of Arkansas Co. My son James Taylor, John Wesley Cardwell & Basil Prather my exors. dated 20 Jul 1833 A codicil ..as my son Madison has departed this life the part allotted to him is not to go to his heirs no do I wish the land allotted to my grandchildren Lucy Ann Caldwell and James Mosby is not to go to them but to be sold and equally divided between my first six children, Samuel Taylor excepted.
I now give my granddaughter Lucy Ann Cardwell a negro woman & to James H. Mosby a negro 16 Aug 1835.
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Deed of James Taylor (son of John Taylor) to his sisters. 4 Oct 1842 (Mercer County Deed Bk 23, pg 489-547) for love of my three sisters, Sophia Cardwell, Susan Lewis & Ann Grimes..I give them all interest & title I have in the estate of our dec'd father, John Taylor. signed: James Taylor & wife Georgianna T[imberlake] Taylor | 
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