Family of Taylor Fluellen and Sally Burt

Taylor Flewellen appears on a 1783 Halifax County tax list [2], and a census taken there in 1786 listed the household of Taylor Fluellen as follows:

12 Feb 1786 District 12: Taylor Fleweling 1m 21-60, 2m <21>60, 2f, 1 black 12-50, 1 black <12>50

The 1790 census of Halifax Co., gives

Taylor Flewellin, Halifax Dist. (R16): 1m <16, 2m >16, 3 f (6 slaves)

While Sally Burt and her husband were alive in 1788 when the will of Joseph Burt was recorded, she had died by 1812 when her mother and her brothers and sisters sold land to Thomas Coleman in Halifax County. [1]

It appears that Taylor Fluellen and Sally Burt moved to Warren County, Georgia before they died: the 1805 Georgia land lottery records that the "orphans of Taylor FlewEllen" as well as Eaton FlewEllen drew one blank, all from Warren County.

Taylor Fluellen died about 1797: on 18 Jul 1797 in Warren County, John Mathews and Shadrack K. Fluellen posted a guardian's bond (with Abner and Alexander Fluellen securities) for the minors of Taylor Fluellen, deceased. The minors listed were Fanny Fluellen, Stephen Fluellen and Taylor Fluellen. (On 3 Nov 1806, John Gibson posted a guardian's bond for T. Fluellen, minor of Taylor Fluellen, deceased). [5]

Children

1. Fanny Fluellen
   b.
   m. John Gibson 22 Feb 1800 Warren Co., GA [3]
   d. ca 1855 Jones Co., GA [4]
   Living in Jones Co., GA in 1813.
2. Eaton Fluellen
   b.
   m.
   d. 1838 or 1839 Russell Co., AL [7]
3. Taylor Fluellen
   b.
   m.
   d.
   Taylor Flewelling appears in 1820 census, Richmond Co., Georgia.
4. Stephen Fluellen
   b.
   m.
   d. before 1812 [1]

Sources

1. Halifax County Deed Book 23, p. 288, 1 May 1812. Among the devisees of Joseph Burt named are "Eaton Fluellen, Taylor Fluellen, John Gibson and Fannie his wife."
2. North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790, vol. 2 by Clarence E. Ratcliff, 1987.
3. Warren County, Georgia Marriage Records 1784-1849 by Frances T. Ingmire.
4. Jones Co., Georgia Will Book C: Frances Gibson, 8/23/1843:2/5/1855, Daus: Elizabeth S. Lowther, Nancy T. Whitfield. Sons: Wiley J., Taylor F. Gibson. Grch: John H., Wiley H. and Virginia Josephine Gibson. To: Friend, Ann Leslie. Exr: Son, Taylor F. Gibson.
   Source 6 gives her children as Nancy who married a Whitfield; Julia Frances; Lizzie who married William Lowther; Wiley who married Miss Bennett; Abner who married Miss Pope; and Taylor who married Miss Womum.
5. Guardians, Administrators, Executors: Ordinary Returns: Guardian Bond: Oaths and Returns 1803-1833 in Warren County, Georgia 1793-1900 Genealogy II by Daniel Nathan Crumpton.
6. Fluellen genealogy in A Typewritten History of Warren County in Six Volumes by Mrs. Virginia Hill Wilhoit, 1930. The information was allegedly taken from the statement of Mrs. Nancy Myrick daughter of Abner Fluellen and Annie Lane, Dec. 23rd 1860, by Edward Archalaus Fluellen, the son of James Fluellen who married Eliz. Persons. This references gives four children: Eaton, Taylor, Stephens (all three died childless) and Fannie who married John Gibson.
7. The will of Eaton Flewellen, dated 22 Nov 1838 and recorded 25 Feb 1839, names niece L. Lowther daughter of Frances Gibson, sister Frances Gibson, other nieces and nephews, names not given. (Source: Abstracts of Wills of Russell County, Alabama Prior to 1900 compiled by Eleanor Duncan Hobbs, nd.).

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