Person:Jonathan Taylor (42)

About Jonathan Taylor

Maj. Taylor was a surveyor, following the profession of his great grandfather, who was Surveyor General of the Colony of Virginia.He accumulated many thousands of acres of land extending in several directions besides the huge tracts in Clark County, Kentucky. So vast were the estates of Maj. Taylor that he was nicknamed "Big Foot Billy" because he was said, "to have owned all the land he put his foot on". He was born in Virginia, and according to the diary of his uncle, Col. Francis Taylor, he remained in Botetourt County until the 23rd of December 1796. He then moved to Kentucky and bought from his uncle one thousand acres on Floyd's Fork, in Shelby County (Oldham not having been formed until 1823). He paid 400 pounds (approximately $1,333.33 in today's currency) for the land. This tract was an original grant to Col. Francis Taylor for his Revolutionary War services, and was at the time of its purchase in 1796 almost entirely a wilderness. Shelby was formerly a part of Jefferson County. Lieut. Jonathan Gibson Taylor was a Lieutenant of a company of the Convention Guards in the Revolutionary War. He was the third of eleven sons of Col. George Taylor and Rachel Gibson. In the summer of 1790, he and his wife Ann Berry Taylor moved from their home in Botetourt County, Virginia, to Clark County, Kentucky. They settled in a place called "Basin Spring" near the present site of Winchester, Kentucky. It is so called because of the natural basin formation. The spring, which is coming from a great basin shaped rock, has never gone dry. Source: Genealogy.com

Records in Botetourt County, VA

• Marriage Record: Finney, John and Rachel Taylor, dau. [of] Jonathan Taylor - Sept. 18, 1787. [Source: Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia, pg. 17].

• Marriage Record: ____ Camron and Lydia Taylor, dau. [of] Jonathan Taylor - 1787. [Source: Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia, pg. 10].

Will Abstract

Will Records of Clark County, Kentucky Book I

Will of Jonathan Taylor

I have given all I intend to to my married children.

My nephew, George G. Taylor, My wife and my unmarried children.

My son, George My brother, Francis

My wife and sons, William and George, Exe.

Written: February 1802

Witnesses: Thomas Martin, Phebe Fishback, and Hannah Taylor

Probated: 5 September 1803

1.   National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

   Name: Jonathan Taylor
   Birth Date: 3 Dec 1742
   Birth Place: Orange, Virginia
   Death Date: 1804
   Death Place: Basic Springs, Kentucky
   SAR Membership: 43650
   Role: Ancestor
   Application Date: 1 Mar 1927
   Father: George Taylor
   Mother: Rachel Gibson
   Spouse: Ann Berry
   Children: Samuel Mitchell Taylor

2.   Genealogy.com.

   Lieut. Jonathan Gibson Taylor was a Lieutenant of a company of the Convention Guards in the Revolutionary War.He was the third of eleven sons of Col. George Taylor and Rachel Gibson.In the summer of 1790, he and his wife Ann Berry Taylor moved from their home in Botetourt County, Virginia, to Clark County, Kentucky.They settled in a place called "Basin Spring" near the present site of Winchester, Kentucky.It is so called because of the natural basin formation.170The spring, which is coming from a great basin shaped rock, has never gone dry.
   Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997).Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, Number 3 - August, 1995.pp. 95-96. Clark County.
   
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