Leroy Taylor

Brief Life History of Leroy

When Leroy Taylor was born about 1795, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, James M. Taylor, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Hix, was 26. He married Nancy Burdett on 17 February 1817, in Garrard, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died from 1850 to 1860.

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Family Time Line

Leroy Taylor
1795–1860
Nancy Burdett
1800–
Marriage: 17 February 1817
Elizabeth M. Taylor
1822–1910
Ezekial Taylor
ZachariahTaylor
Emily Jane Taylor
1827–1924

Sources (4)

  • Leroy Taylor, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Leroy Taylor, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • John Taylor in entry for Emily Jane Renfro, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

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.

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