When George Taylor was born in 1786, in Tennessee, United States, his father, James Taylor, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca McDonald, was 27. He married Rhoda Smith on 7 February 1816, in Chismville, Logan, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Marrs Hill Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and Jackson Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died in 1862, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Washington, Arkansas, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a tailor, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor, tailleur; Late Latin taliator, from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America, it has absorbed equivalents from other languages, many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews, for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms, such as Therrien and Terrian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesGeorge Taylor Name George Taylor Sex Male Age 63 Birth Year (Estimated) 1787 Birthplace Tennessee Race White Ethnicity American Event Type Census Event Date 1850 Event Place Marrs Hill Township, Wash …
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