Person:James Taylor (252)

Information on James Patton Taylor

From "Tennessee Cousins" by Worth S. Ray, pg. 55:

James Patton Taylor the grandfather of Governors Alfred and Bob Taylor, married Mary C. Carter, the daughter of Landon Carter and his wife Elizabeth Maclin. His will is on record in Carter County (we failed to note the volume and page, or date) and he named the following children:

1. Nathaniel Greene Taylor

2. Alfred Moore Carter Taylor

3. Eveline Taylor

4. Mary Taylor

Alfred Moore Carter Taylor was married three times and left no descendants; Eveline Taylor married 1) Chas. K. Gillespie (3 children) and 2) John Alford Akin. Mary Taylor, the youngest daughter, was killed by lightning at a camp-meeting being held on the site of present Johnson City, which tragic incident so impressed her older brother Nathaniel Greene Taylor as to turn his thoughts to the ministry and shove aside his former intentions to follow the law.