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Col. Griffin TAYLOR

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  • Name Griffin TAYLOR 
    Title Col. 
    Birth 10 Mar 1766  "Green Hill," Frederick [now Clarke] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1818  "Clifton," Frederick [now Clarke] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Grace Cemetery, Berryville, Clarke County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: "Riely," a Public Member Tree on Ancestry.com.

      (2) McIlhany, Hugh Milton, Jr., Some Virginia Families, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1962, p. 218:

      Col. Griffin Taylor, inherited "Green Hill", his father's estate; m. Mary Kennon, sister of Sarah Kennon. . . . He is said to have been an officer in the Revolutionary War.

      [Children:]

      I. Sarah Griffin Taylor, m. David Allen, and lived at "Clifton", near Berryville. . . .

      II. Catherine Taylor. m. about 1819, Gen'l. Thomas Marshall of Kentucky, nephew of Chief Justice Marshall. She died in Kentucky the following year, leaving no issue.

      III. John Bushrod Taylor, m. Susan Orick. He inherited the "Green Hill" plantation. . . .

      (3) www.findagrave.com:

      Griffin Taylor
      Birth: Mar. 10, 1766
      Death: 1818, Frederick County, Virginia, USA

      Son of William Taylor and Catherine Bushrod. Married Mary "Molly McKennon (Cannon) in Frederick County, Virginia on September 10, 1789 by Alexander Baldmain [sic; should be Balmain]. He died at the home of his daughter "Clifton".

      Family links: Children: Sarah Griffin Taylor Allen (____ - 1874), Mary McKennon Taylor (1770 - 1852), Catherine Griffin Taylor Marshall (1792 - 1820)

      Burial: Grace Cemetery, Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia, USA

      Created by: stars&bars
      Record added: Jan 23, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 47025146
    Person ID I17695  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father William TAYLOR,   b. Abt 1732, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, Frederick [now Clarke] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Catherine BUSHROD,   b. Abt 1731, "Bushfield," Westmoreland County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1762  Frederick County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary KENNON,   b. 1770, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1852, "Soldiers Rest," Clarke County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 10 Sep 1789  Frederick County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F12833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Davis, Eliza Timberlake, Frederick County,Virginia, Marriages, 1771-1825, Smithfield, VA: 1979, p. 70: Taylor, Griffin and Molly Cannon, Sept. 10, 1789. A. B. [Minister: Alexander Balmain].