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Note: James Taylor Learn about upgrading this memorial... Birth: �Ctab�DFeb. 10, 1785, USA Death: �Ctab�DJan. 23, 1823 Ohio, USA Family links: Parents: Mathew Taylor (1755 - 1811) Rebeckah Taylor (1761 - 1814) Children: James Taylor (1823 - 1823)* *Point here for explanation Inscription: Son of Mattw & Rebekah Taylor was born� and departed this life Aged 37 Years. 11 Months & 13 days. "In the midst of life, we are in death". Burial: Taylor Cemetery Reynoldsburg Franklin County Ohio, USA Created by: VanMan Record added: Dec 30, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 32523714 James was a captain of infantry, and was stationed, with his company, at a block-house in Delaware (now Marion) county, shortly after Hull's surrender. From: History of Marlborough Township http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/delaware/delco_hist_marlborough.htm FORT MOBROW This fort was built some time during the war of 1812 This structure and Wyatt's hotel were comprised in one inclosure of pickets made from split slabs It contained about one half or three fourths of an acre and was built by Capt Taylor of that war The pickets were about three inches thick and from five to six feet in height Whenever there was an Indian alarm the settlers would lodge in this fort It stood a good many years It contained two block houses one at the southwest corner and one at the northeast one was made of round logs and the other of hewn logs On the top log of the latter was painted Fort Morrow Built by Capt Taylor These block houses were built with a full upper story projecting out all around about four feet over a basement six feet high It had portholes and one cannon was kept at the fort. From: The History of Marion County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; In 1811, Nathaniel Wyatt, Sr., erected the first brick building in the township from brick made on his place. It was a two-story structure, 20 by 36 feet in dimensions, and became famed throughout the State as Wyatt's Tavern, the first conducted in the township. It was situated on the old State Road, and formed a part of the celebrated Fort Morrow, now in Waldo Township, Marion County. This fort consisted of two block houses, one built by the settlers of round logs and the other by the Government, of hewed logs. The latter bore the painted inscription, "Fort Morrow. Built by Captain Taylor." The upper story of these block houses projected out about four feet all around over a basement six feet high. Where the second story projected over the basement, there were port holes in the floor, enabling the defenders to better guard against a close attack. The tavern lay between the two block houses. It was from this fort, Captain Drake and his company of soldiers went forth to the relief of Fort Meigs. Birth: �Ctab�DFeb. 10, 1785, USA Death: �Ctab�DJan. 23, 1823 Ohio, USA Family links: Parents: Mathew Taylor (1755 - 1811) Rebeckah Taylor (1761 - 1814) 1806-Mathew's son, James, claimed the NE1/4 Sec 8 (adjacent to Mathew) FORT MORROW. This fort was built some time during the war of 1812. This structure and Wyatt's hotel were comprised in one inclosure of pickets made from split slabs. It contained about one-half or three-fourths of an acre, and was built by Capt. Taylor, of that war. The pickets were about three inches thick, and from five to six feet in height. Whenever there was an Indian alarm, the settlers would lodge in this fort. It stood a good many years. It contained two block-houses, one at the southwest corner and one at the northeast; one was made of round logs and the other of hewn logs. On the top log of the latter was painted, " Fort Morrow. Built by Capt. Taylor." These block-houses were built with a full upper story projecting out all around about four feet, over a basement six feet high. It had portholes, and one cannon was kept at the fort. Wyatt's Hotel was a brick house 20x36 feet, two stories high, and was run until about 1830. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Mark-B-Welsh/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0047.html ROLL OF CAPT. JAMES TAYLOR'S COMPANY (From Ross County) Served from Aug. 21, until Oct. 10, 1813 Capt. James Taylor Sergt. Henry Cahoon Sergt. Thomas Wood Drummer, Abel Honson Privates Bright, John Clymer, John Cramer, George Hires, Walter Johnson, Barnabus Long, John Pursell, Samuel Ross, Alexander Suddick, James Taylor, John A. Vencamp, William Lieut. Abiatha Taylor Sergt. Amos Cox Corp. James Kile Privates Casey, Thomas Chevergar, William Creamer, John Hires, James King, Phillip Medford, Charles Pursell, Jacob Stevenson, George Swihser, John (s/b Swisher) Taylor, James A. Taylor, James A. Wood, Charles �Ctab�DEnsign John Gufey Sergt. Robert Wilson Fifer, David Taylor Privates Chaney, John Crawford, David Flemming, Joseph Hooper, Phillip Long, Edward Needles, Cubage Ross, James Swaring, William Taylor, Robert Vencamp, John Whitnell, Henry 5th Infantry Capt. Richard Hales Bell's Co. John Cloherty, Ransom Hull, James Neal, Joshua Turner. Capt. Eben (Ebenezer) Child's Co. Gideon Lincoln. Capt. John R. Corboley's Co. Isaac Stroap, Jonathan Thompson. Capt. William L. Foster's Co. Mark Whalen. Capt. John Fowle Jr.'s Detachment Alexander Forguson/Ferguson. William S. Henshaw's Co. William Bell, Traverse Benson, George Bosswell, Jacob Boyer, Matthew Branch, Willis Carter, James Charleston, George Connor, John Crossley, Charlemagn Defour, John Finn [?], William Fowson, Jesse Gowing, Phillip Gowing, James Green, Michael Kitts, Joseph Lippincott, Bernard May, David McKnight, Alexander Murray, Anderson Reynolds, William L. Richardson, George Robinson, Jacob Ross [or Stott or Hoff?], Stephen Simonds, Samuel Stewart, James Taylor, Benjamin Thomas, Samuel Thomas, Tarleton Thomas, Peter Trexler, Cornelius Vencant, William Waterfield, Samuel Welpley [enlisted as Whelpley], William Wood. As you travel from Norton to Waldo and move between U.S. 23 and S.R. 423, imagine this same route being used as a military road. It followed the Scioto Trail, which was already a well-worn path made by Native Americans. During the War of 1812, this was a major route for transporting supplies between Fort Detroit and Fort Meigs. Other names for it were the War Road, Norton Road, Marion-Delaware Pike. S.R. 423 and U.S. 23 eventually reconnect at the Marion/Crawford county lines. WAR OF 1812 Captain Barclay's British fleet transporting General Proctor's British Army sailed up the Sandusky River to make their assault on Fort Stephenson Aug 1 and 2 1813 of which General Sherman wrote The defense of Fort Stephenson by Croghan and his gallant little band was the necessary precursor to Perry's victory on the lakes and of General Harrison's triumphant victory at the battle of the Thames These assured to our immediate ancestors the mastery of the great West and from that day to this the West has been the bulwark of this nation General Harrison sent expert riflemen from his army to help serve the guns on Commodore Perry's ships in the naval battle with the British fleet off this landing from which on Sept 10 1813 Perry sent the following laconic note We have met the enemy and they are ours two ships two brigs one schooner and one sloop General Harrison immediately marched his troops over the old Sandusky Scioto trail to this landing but transported the stores down the Sandusky River and dragged the boats across the de Lery portage from Sandusky Bay to Lake Erie The troops constructed a strong fence of brush and fallen timber across from Portage River to Sandusky River Within this inclosure their horses were turned loose General Harrison's army embarked on Commodore Perry's ships Sept 20 stopped at Put in Bay and Middle Sister Island and landed in Canada Sept 27 where Proctor with his British regulars was defeated and Tecumseh with many of his Indians killed in the battle of the Thames Oct 5 1813 The returning Ohio and Kentucky volunteers with their British prisoners collected their horses here marched to their home over the old Sandusky Scioto trail which has since been known as the Harrison trail of the war of 1812 Erected by the National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812 State of Ohio Monuments of boulders from the Marblehead Peninsula ten feet in height by 5 feet square at the base erected by the Business Men's Association of Port Clinton Inscriptions prepared by Colonel Hayes and tablets manufactured at the Rock Island 111 Arsenal 378 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Ohio Arch�ological and Historical Publications, Volume 21
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