SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

(Joshua) Taylor Plantation

Location: Rutherford Co., NC
Constructed: ca. 1765

History: ----

Associated Surnames: Camp, Dickey, Gad, Grizzle, Scogins, Steele, Taylor

Associated Plantations: Hogback Plantation (Fanin Co., GA), Robert Taylor Plantation (Rutherford Co., NC)

Associated Free White Names

• (1765 - 1830) Joshua Taylor: owner
  • (- 1825) wife Hannah Taylor
  • son Robert H. Taylor: b. ~1765, d. 1835
  • dau. Mary Taylor Camp: b. ~1765, d. 1839
    • hus. Claiborne Camp: b. ~1770 , d. ~1839
  • dau. Frances Taylor Steele: b. 1772, d. ~1865
    • hus. Abraham Steele: b. 1774, d. ~1865
  • son Jesse Taylor: b. 1774, d. ~1855
  • dau. Rhoda Taylor Gad: b. ~1775, d. aft.1830
    • hus. James Gad: b. ~1775, d. ~1825
  • dau. Hannah Taylor Dickey: b. 1777, d.1868
    • hus. George Dickey: owner of Hogback Plantation (Fanin Co., GA); b. 1776, d. 1842
  • dau. Sarah Taylor Grizzle: b. 1784, d. aft.1860
    • hus. John Grizzle: b.~1780, d. ~1855
  • dau. Olive Taylor: b. ~1786, d. aft.1830
  • dau. Rebecca Taylor Scoggins: b. ~1790, d. ~1826
  • son Joshua Taylor, Jr.: b. 1791, d. 1855
  • dau. Nancy Taylor Christopher: b. 1794, d. aft.1880
    • hus. William Christopher: b. 1784, d. 1860
  • grandson Miller Erwin Taylor: b. 1814, d. aft.1880

Associated Black Slave Names

1730: Slaves of Joshua Taylor
From the 1730 US Federal Census, contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

• 3 slaves

1800: Slaves of Joshua Taylor
From the 1800 US Federal Census, contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

• 5 slaves

1806: Slaves Joshua Taylor received from his father's estate
Contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

• Sam: man
• Mark: man

1810: Slaves of Joshua Taylor
From the 1810 US Federal Census, contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

• 5 slaves

1811: Slaves of Joshua Taylor
From a letter Joshua Taylor wrote tohis daughter Hannah Taylor Dickey in 1811, contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

• unnamed female: belonging to Hannah Taylor Dickey
• unnamed female: sister of slave described above; living at Abram Stell's place; to be given to Hannah Taylor Dickey
• unnamed slave: living at Joshua Taylor's Plantation; belonging to William Christopher
• unnamed slave: living at Joshua Taylor's Plantation; belonging to John Grizzle

1820: Slaves of Joshua Taylor
From the 1810 US Federal Census, contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

• male: age 14-26 (b.1794-1806)
• male: age 14-26 (b. 1794-1806)
• male: age 26-45 (b. 1775-1794)
• male: age 26-45 (b. 1775-1794)
• female: age 0-14 (b. 1806-1820)
• female: age 0-14 (b. 1806-1820)
• female: age 14-26 (b. 1794-1806)
• female: age 14-26 (b. 1794-1806)
• female: age 14-26 (b. 1794-1806)
• female: age 45-older (b. bef. 1775)
• female: age 45-older (b. bef. 1775)

1827: Slaves of Joshua Taylor
From the Will of Joshua Taylor, 1827, contributed by Jason Lee Edwards

Given to Mary Camp (daughter)

• Wilkey: boy
• Caty: girl

Given to Francis Steel (daughter)

• Isbel: girl
  • son Jesse

Given to Olive Taylor (daughter)

• Tom: boy

Given to Hannah Dickey (daughter)

• Sam
• Matty
• Betty

Given to Rhoda Gadd (daughter)

• Linda: girl

Given to Nancy Christopher (daughter)

• Mark: man
• Lewis: boy

Given to Sarah Grizzle (daughter)

• George: boy
• Wilson: boy

Given to Joshua Taylor (son)

• Adam: man
• Eve: woman

Given to Miller Erwin Taylor (grandson)

• Jinney

Distributed to others

• Jenny: given to who she wants
• John: to be sold
• Jack: to be sold
• Sukey: to be sold

Agriculture

• ----

Description of Associated Architecture

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Other People Researching This Plantation

• Jason Lee Edwards (e-mail)

RESOURCES

• (Joshua) Taylor Plantation originally submitted by Jason Lee Edwards. Thanks!!!
• Will of Joshua Taylor, 1827, Rutherford County, NC
• US Federal Census, Rutherford Co., NC, 1790-1820
• Will of Robert Taylor, 1806, Rutherford County, NC