Roberson County, NC - Samuel Jenkins Taylor Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samuel Jenkins Taylor was my GGGrandfather. His son Samuel Joseph Taylor ran away with a brother to Waycross, Ga in 1895. All of Samuel Jenkins children remained in Robeson or nearby counties except these two. None of our family knew where he was from (except that he was born in N C) until I found some records from one of Samuel Joseph 's daughters about seven years ago. Since that time I have been able to trace this family lineback to 1390. I have written a book on the subject (unpublished) for our family. Here are notes on chapters pertaining to Samuel Taylor and Samuel Jenkins Taylor. Samuel Taylor There is very little documentation of Samuel Taylor, son of Joseph Taylor II. He was considerably younger than his brother Joseph III who was born in 1770 in what is now Lenoir County, N. C. From records, Samuel must have been born about 1780-95 in Lenoir County. He was probably a soldier during War of 1812, however unable to verify at this time. It appears that Samuel relocated to Robeson County between 1820 and 1830 with his brother Joseph. Samuel married A? after 1820 and before 1822. Samuel probably died along with his wife A? due to the a typhoid fever epidemic that swept the area in 1829-30. Samuel and A? had four known children: Samuel Jenkens, Helen, Richard W and Joseph S., Samuel, Helen and Richard are shown on the 1850 census living together in same household. Joseph S Taylor was married to Jemmina (Smith) Walters, who was the widow of Franklin Walters and daughter of James and Ester Glear Smith, on July 30, 1856 in Robeson County. Marriage service was performed by Noah Mercer, Justice of Peace. Samuel Jenkens Taylor was witness and Bondsman. They had one known child, E Sophia Taylor, who was born May 20, 1861 and died May 3, 1941 in Robeson County Joseph S, at the age of 41, enlisted in the CSA on May 29, 1863 in New Hanover County, N.C. along with his brother, Samuel Jenkens, and former brother-in-law of Samuel, John G Smith. They were in Company K, 40th Regiment, 3rd Light Artillery Regiment, North Carolina. Joseph is shown present on the muster rolls on December 31, 1864. Joseph was captured on January 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher, North Carolina. He was confined at Camp Hamilton, Va on January 17. On January 28, he was transferred as POW to prison camp in New York, N. Y. where he died. Helen Taylor married Andrew West on August 11, 1859. No records to indicate what happened to Richard W Taylor ******* CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - COURT - New Bern District Court Records Dobbs Co. and others, part 25, 1805 Folder: 1805 Information: Indictment of Stephen BENNETT, labourer, for killing Jacob TAYLOR in the back of the head with an ax, resulting in a wound of 3 inches breadth and 2 inches depth, of which wound TAYLOR instantly died. Back: Witnesses were Israel HARDING, Saml. TAYLOR, Thomas RICHARDS Date: 2 Feb 1805/ July term 1805 Date of: Event/Indictment County: Beaufort Samuel Jenkens Taylor Samuel Jenkens Taylor, son of Samuel, was born March 18, 1823 in Robeson County, North Carolina. Samuel Jenkens Taylor married Ester Smith, daughter of John and Sarah (Daugtrey) Smith on November 7, 1850. Samuel and Ester had seven children: (1) John Byers Taylor born September 5, 1851 (2) Sarah Caroline Taylor born October 10, 1852 (3) Mary Martin Delight Taylor born August 14,1854 (4) Sally Jane Taylor born April 1, 1856 (5) Mary Bird (Rosebud) Taylor born November 8, 1857 (6) Queen America Taylor born March 8, 1859 (7) James Craway Taylor born June 7, 1860. All were born in Robeson County, N. C. Ester (Smith) Taylor died June 7, 1860 in birth of James Craway Taylor. She is buried in Sessoms Family Cemetery in Robeson County next to daughter Caroline who died in 1854. Tombstone reads: E. Smith, wife of S. J. Taylor April 4, 1832 June 17, 1860 After the death of Ester, Samuel Jenkens Taylor married Harriet Amanda Byrd, daughter of Henry and Helen (Pozier) Byrd, on March 14, 1861. Bond date was March 2, 1861. Witness was A. D. Brown deputy clerk of court. Service was performed by Seth Smith, Justice of peace. Seth was the brother of Samuel’s first wife, Ester. Samuel Jenkens and Harriet had 14 children. Their children were: (1) Giles Watts Taylor, B Dec. 22, 1861, in Robeson County, d. March 5, 1931, in Robeson County. (2) Harriet Amanda Virginia Taylor, b. Aug. 10, 1863, in Robeson County. (3) Thursday Amelia Taylor, b. Oct. 4, 1865, in Robeson County, N. C. d. Feb. 17, 1937, in Robeson County. Buried in Barker Ten-Mile Baptist Church Cemetery. She married William "Bill" Malone, b. June 6, 1857, d. Apr. 18, 1939. (4) Cassie Malinda Taylor, b. Jan 22, 1867 in Robeson County, d. Mar. 18, 1934, in Robeson County, she married William Dockery. (5) Oretta Willow Taylor, b. Aug. 15, 1868, in Robeson County, d. May 10, 1916, in Robeson County. Married W. J. Mercer, b. March 12, 1865, d. Oct. 18, 1925. Both are buried in the Jackson Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery in Robeson County. (6) Charlie Robeson Taylor, b. May 10, 1870, in Robeson County. Moved to Waycross, Georgia. Married a Miss Cara ___. (7) Lanie Caldonia Taylor, b. Dec. 22, 1871, in Robeson County, d. Aug. 14, 1948, Buried in the Kinlaw Cemetery, Robeson County. Married 1st Joe Kinlaw and 2ndly John Wesley Adcox (1871-1929) (8) Samuel Joseph (Joe Dick) Taylor, born Sept. 12, 1873, in Robeson County. Moved to Waycross, Georgia. (9) Eddie Tattisen Taylor, Born Nov. 29, 1874, in Robeson County, N. C. died May 8, 1952 in Robeson County, Buried in the Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, N. C. Married Cornel Powers who died on June 23, 1957. (10) Robert Thomas Taylor, Born July 14, 1876, in Robeson County Died Jan. 13, 1922, in Robeson County. Married Texie Kinlaw. (11) July Anreak Taylor, born April 5, 1877, in Robeson County. (12) Van Hampton Taylor, Born Oct. 4, 1878, in Lumberton, N.C. Died Oct. 27, 1935, in Robeson Co. N. C. Buried Fairmont Cemetery, Fairmont, N. C. Married 1st Lela Bell Belch and 2ndly Annie Sue Covington. (13) Ollivet Byrd Taylor, Born Jan. 2, 1880, died June 10, 1957, and married John Barfield. (14) Samuel Jenkens Taylor Jr. was born February 6, 1883 and died that day. Harriet died in Robeson County on November 9, 1891. Samuel J. Taylor married the third time, Rosa Ann Prevatt, who was born in 1854 and was the daughter of N. Prevatt. They were married on Dec. 27, 1893, in Robeson County, N. C. and there were no children to this marriage. The parents of Samuel Jenkens Taylor are known from his marriage record in Robeson County to Rosa Ann Prevatt. (R. Ann Prevatt, Robeson Co. to S. J. Taylor, Robeson Co. N. C. Her age was 39 and his was 67. License date was Dec. 27, 1893, and they were married the same day by E. J. Kinlaw, J. P. of Howellsville Township. Witnesses were D. C. Wilkins, G. B. Allen, and J. D. Barker. S. J. Taylor was son of S. and A. Taylor.) Samuel Jenkens Taylor died on August 22, 1909, in Robeson County and was buried in a small cemetery near the Big Swamp called the Singletary-Regan Cemetery. His granite monument reads today as follows: "Samuel J. Taylor, March 18, 1823 - Aug 22, 1909." His obituary is found in the Robesonian newspaper dated Monday August 30, 1909, and reads as follows "Mr. Samuel J. Taylor In the death of Mr. Samuel J. Taylor, which occurred at his home on last Sunday night, August 22nd about midnight, Howellsville township lost one of her eldest and most honorable citizens. His death was not at all unexpected, owing to his extreme old age, the doctors having informed his friends that they could render no assistance. He was born in the year 1823 and was 86 years old, has been married three times and was the father of 22 children, V. H. Taylor, Esquire, of the Lumberton Bar, being the youngest one living. His first wife was Miss Easter Smith, second, Miss Harriet Byrd, and his third, Miss Rosa Prevatt, all Robeson County girls. His body was interred at the Howell graveyard Monday afternoon at 3 O'clock. The funeral was conducted at the grave by the pastor of the East Robeson Circuit, Rev. Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Taylor was a kindly disposed man, a good neighbor, and a man of a very fine sense of justice. He leaves his widow--a most consecrated Christian and lovable woman, who stood by him with marked fidelity in his declining years and administered to every want with all skill and proficiency possible for human hands to render and eighteen children to mourn his death." Samuel enlisted in the CSA on May 29, 1863 in New Hanover County, N.C. and was in Company K, 40th Regiment, 3rd Light Artillery Regiment. Deed Records One deed found in Deed Book KE, pg. 148, is for land from Alfred Smith to Joseph Taylor, dated Feb. 4, 1853 who was paid $300.00 for land of 85 acres on the South side of the Bluff Swamp joining William Moore's land and mill which then belonged to Riley Kinlaw. Witnesses were: Jeremiah Smith and John G. Smith. A second deed is that of R. W. Taylor to Joseph S. Taylor, Deed Book EE, pg. 149, dated August 26, 1857. R. W. Taylor paid J. S. Taylor $350.00 for 100 acres of land on the Northside of the Bluff Swamp. Witnesses were Riley Kinlaw and Jeremiah Smith. A third deed is of S. J. Taylor, Administrator of will of Joseph S. Taylor, who sold land to Thomas Allen, Deed Book JJ, pg. 146, and dated September 4, 1867. Deed states that Samuel J. Taylor was the commissioner appointed to sell the real estate of Joseph S. Taylor, dec'd. He sold 123 1/2 acres of land for $150.00 at auction. The land was on both sides of the Bluff Swamp. The deed mentions William Moore Esq.'s mill which then belonged to heirs of Riley Kinlaw and that 61 2/3 acres had been assigned in dower to Jemina Taylor, widow of Joseph S. Taylor. Witness was N. A. McLean and the deed was recorded Feb. 22, 1870. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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