Taylor-Hatteras
Island Group
Information from Paul
Heinegg's site:
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com
extracted by: Jen
Genealogy
Report
TAYLOR
FAMILY
1. Susannah Pickett,
born say 1718, was called Susannah Pickett alias Taylor when her children:
Sarah, Edward, Lydia, and James were bound out by the Surry County, Virginia
court in January 1745/6 [Orders 1744-9, 108]. She was the mother of
i. Sarah, born say
1739.
2
ii. Edward, born say 1741.
3
iii. Lydia, born say 1743.
iv. James, born say
1745.
2. Edward Pickett,
born say 1741, complained to the Surry County court on 16 January 1754 against
his master Joseph Eelbeck. The
court noted that Eelbeck had moved to North Carolina and ordered the
churchwardens of Southwarke Parish to take him under their care [Orders 1753-7,
43]. He may have been the Edward Taylor whose son Aaron Taylor registered as a
"free Negro" in Surry County in 1796. His children were
i. Aaron Taylor,
born say 1770, taxable in Surry County from 1786 to 1816: called Aaron Peters
in 1789 and 1790; listed in Armstead Peters' household in 1791; called a
"M"(ulatto) in 1811; listed with 2 "free Negroes & Mulattoes
above the age of 16" in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1782-90, frames
399, 461, 482, 557, 603; 1791-1816, frames 15, 68, 118, 245, 577, 601, 639, 676,
696, 728, 869]. He married Milly Scott, 24 December 1793 Surry County,
Virginia bond, Armstead Peters surety, 29 December marriage. On 23
January 1796 he registered as a "free Negro" in Surry County: son
of Edward Taylor, resident of this County, a bright mulattoe man aged about 26
years, straight & well made, 6'1/2" high - born of free parents
[Back of Guardian Accounts Book 1783-1804, no.18]. He married, second, Elsey Charity,
23 December 1799 Surry County bond and was head of a Surry County household of 9
"other free" in 1810 [VA:617].
ii. ?John Taylor,
married Arry Williams, 25 December 1797 Southampton County bond. John
apparently died before 19 February 1803 when his widow Aira Taylor
married Aaron Byrd, Southampton County bond, Burwell Gardner
surety.
3. Lydia Taylor, born say
1750, was a "Mulatto" living in Surry County, Virginia, on 19 June
1753 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Albemarle Parish to bind her
out [Orders 1751-3, 443]. She may have been the mother of
i. James, born about
1783, registered in Surry County on 26 August 1805: a negro man aged about 22
years, 5'7-1/4" high, of a complexion more bright than otherwise ... born
of a free woman late of this county [Hudgins, Register of Free Negroes,
27]. He registered in Petersburg on 23 July 1806: a dark brown Negro man,
five feet seven inches high, twenty three years old, born free & raised in
Surry County by Cert [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 389]. His
Surry County tax was charged to Armstead Peters in 1801 and 1802
[Personal Property Tax List, 1791-1816, frames 459, 496].
Richmond and Essex counties
1. Ann Taylor, born say
1725, was the servant of Captain William Brockebrough in Richmond County,
Virginia, on 5 October 1747 when the court ordered her to serve him an extra
year after her time of indenture for having an illegitmate "Molatto"
child. And the court ordered the churchwardens of Lunenburg Parish to bind the
child to her master [Orders 1746-52, 86]. She may have been the mother of
i. Prince, born say
1745, head of an Essex County household of 6 "Blacks" in 1783 [VA:52].
He was head of an Essex County household of 8 "other free" in 1810
[VA:197] and was listed as a "Free Negro" or "Mulatto" in
the tax list for 1814 [PPTL 1782-1819, frame 552].
Other members of a Taylor family in Virginia
were
i. John, born say
1740, in jail for eighteen months in Norfolk County and in the public jail in
Williamsburg but freed in May 1762 when no one appeared to claim him [McIlwaine,
Executive Journals, VI:220]. He may have been the John Taylor who was
head of a Norfolk County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:923].
ii. Thomas, head of
a Petersburg Town household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:127a].
iii. Dick, head of a
Southampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:54].
iv. Phil, head of a
Southampton County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:60]. He was
living on Ben Jordan's land in Southampton County with his wife Patty and with
Bitha & Lisha Artis in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List].
v. Dicey, wife of
David Bird of Southampton County in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List].
vi. John, head of a
Prince George County household of 1 "other free" and 5 slaves in 1810
[VA:541].
vii. Charles, born
about 1794, registered in Sussex County on 12 October 1816: light complexion,
5'3-1/2", free born, 22 years old [Register, no.89].
Members
of the family in North Carolina were
i. Burwell, head of a Nash County household of 6
"other free" in 1790 [NC:71].
ii. Keziah, head of a Halifax County household of 6
"other free" in 1800 [NC:346] and 4 in 1810 [NC:52].
iii. Malachi, head of a Halifax County household of 7
"other free" in 1810 [NC:52].
iv. Margaret, head of a Halifax County household of 2
"other free" in 1810 [NC:52].
v. George, born before 1776, head of a Cumberland County
household of 10 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:216].
vi. Harry, born before 1776, head of a Cumberland County
household of 4 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:158].
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