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  1. John Mcknight Taylor: Birth: 10 Jan 1813 in Franklin County, Ohio, USA. Death: 3 Apr 1898 in Nebraska, USA

  2. Elizabeth Taylor: Birth: 6 Apr 1816 in Franklin Co. Ohio. Death: 4 Oct 1900 in Muscatine, Iowa

  3. Harvey Taylor: Birth: Abt 1819. Death: Abt 1850 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio

  4. Rebecca Archibelle Taylor: Birth: 1820 in Franklin Co. Ohio. Death: 19 Mar 1847 in Harrison Twp. Pickaway County, Ohio

  5. Milton Taylor: Birth: 1821 in Franklin Co. Ohio. Death: 1823 in Franklin Co. Ohio

  6. Matthew Addison Taylor: Birth: Abt 12 Nov 1826 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, Us. Death: 1909 in Austin, TX


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a. Note:   Colonel Matthew Taylor was an officer in the army of General WH Harrison ( http://www.touring-ohio.com/profiles/harrison.html) and was stationed on the south side of the Scioto in the old town of Franklin in command of the army During the winters of 1811 1812 in connection with a brother (John Taylor) and Lyne Starling (http://www.genealogybug.net/FrankPic/starling.htm) he laid off the site of the present city of Columbus Ohio and through the influence of the father and grand father of Colonel M Taylor the State capitol was located there. As we have said, Dr. Taylor's father was Scotch; his mother of English descent, both families coming to America about the middle of the 17th century. Matthew Addison was the youngest. In order of their respective ages, John McKnight, Harvey Milton, Robert, and Matthew Addison; the daughters, Rebecca, who became the wife of Jesse Cherry, and Elizabeth, who married William Watkins. He was an officer in the war of 1812-14, under command of General Harrison. He attained to the rank of Colonel, a distinguished honor at that time, one to which only those could hope to aspire who displayed signal valor and bravery. It was unlike the cheap title of Colonel in these degenerate days; and an officer who won it upon the battle field became illustrious in the annals of his country's history. This officer was stationed at one time at Franklin, on the south side of Scioto river, the county seat of Franklin county, Ohio, and during the winter he and his father and an uncle (John Taylor) and Lyon Starling laid off the site where now stands the city of Columbus, on the east bank of the Scioto; here, through their efforts in securing the co operation and active interest of Hon. John McKnight, State Senator from Zenia, Ohio, and father-in-law of Colonel Taylor's father, the State capitol was permanently located. ungest of four sons and two daughters; the sons were, h: �Ctab�DJan. 16, 1787, USA Death: �Ctab�DSep. 7, 1826 Ohio, USA Family links: Parents: Mathew Taylor (1755 - 1811) Rebeckah Taylor (1761 - 1814) Children: Milton Taylor (1821 - 1823)* *Point here for explanation Inscription: Son of Matt & Rebecca Taylor who was born� Died in the 40th year of his age. Burial: Taylor Cemetery Reynoldsburg Franklin County Ohio, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: VanMan Record added: Dec 31, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 32529615 http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/greene/greeneco_marriages_t.htm Taylor, _eter�Ctab�D Hollinger, Catharine�Ctab�D 1811? Mar. 1_�Ctab�D Haddix, _, J.P. Taylor, George�Ctab�D Smith, Polly�Ctab�D 18__ Dec. 29�Ctab�D Huston, David Taylor, Henry�Ctab�D McCullough, Hannah�Ctab�D 1__7 Nov. 5�Ctab�D Read, Andrew Taylor, John A.�Ctab�D McKnight, Elizabeth�Ctab�D 1811 Jan. 1_�Ctab�D Strong, Reuben, J.P. Taylor, Matthew�Ctab�D McKnight, Ann�Ctab�D 1812 Jan. 16�Ctab�D Carman, Joshua, M. groom's name:�Ctab�DMatthew Taylor groom's birth date:�Ctab�D groom's birthplace:�Ctab�D groom's age:�Ctab�D bride's name:�Ctab�DAnn Mc Knight bride's birth date:�Ctab�D bride's birthplace:�Ctab�D bride's age:�Ctab�D marriage date:�Ctab�D16 Jan 1812 marriage place:�Ctab�DGreene,Ohio groom's father's name:�Ctab�D groom's mother's name:�Ctab�D bride's father's name:�Ctab�D bride's mother's name:�Ctab�D groom's race:�Ctab�D groom's marital status:�Ctab�D groom's previous wife's name:�Ctab�D bride's race:�Ctab�D bride's marital status:�Ctab�D bride's previous husband's name:�Ctab�D indexing project (batch) number:�Ctab�DM51426-1 system origin:�Ctab�DOhio-ODM source film number:�Ctab�D534105 reference number:�Ctab�D
b. Note:   HI2101
Note:   (Research):by In 1805 Lyne Starling a Virginian by birth just 21 years old and six feet seven inches in height came to Franklinton and a few years later forming a partnership with his brother in law Mr Lucas Sullivant opened a general store Mr Starling's head was I think fully as long as his body for in 1809 he bought land on the east banlc of the Scioto and in 1810 entertained strong expectations of getting the State Capital located either on it or in its immediate vicinity Franklinton VVorthington and Dublin were each struggling for the honor of becoming the seat of the State government with the chances decidedly against the former because of the low ground upon which it was situated At one time Dublin seemed to be the favored place and at another time Worthington but the proprietors of the elevated land on the east bank of the Scioto opposite Franklinton were by no means lacking in either vigilance enterprise or tact and uniting in a proposition to the State they succeeded in securing its acceptance and the selection of their land as the site of the prospective city Lyne Starling John Kerr Alexander McLaughlin and James Johnston were the prime actors and beneficiaries in the successful undertaking but it is more than probable that Worthington would have won the prize if Mr Lucas Sullivant General Joseph Foos and other citizens of Franklinton who then thought they had but little if any pecuniary interest in the matter had not finally come actively and earnestly to the assistance of the Starling syndicate The future seat of the State government was by law established at Columbus in 1812 but the act was passed and the city named when the site on which it was to be built was simply a densely wooded tract without even a good wagon road through it and with hardly a clearing or a cabin on it It was not until 1816 that public buildings were completed and made ready for the reception of the State officials But between the time when the legislative act was passed fixing the site of the capital and the date of its occupancy Franklinton for a year or more reached a higher degree of prosperity than it had ever previously attained The war of 1812 was in progress and Hull's surrender at Detroit left the isolated settlements open to the assaults of not only the British but of their savage merciless allies The dispersed and exposed white families of Ohio therefore were for a time in abject terror Settlers from Delaware Worthington Dublin and the surrounding country hurried to Franklinton as to a place of refuge and safety defensive preparations in the way of ditches and stockades were begun in the vicinity of the court house but the panic subsiding they were never completed Then it was that Franklinton became a place of gathering for troops and a base of supplies for the Western Army and in it the roll of the drum and shrill notes of the fife became unremitting Troops from Virginia Pennsylvania Kentucky and Tennessee foot horse and dragoon came marching into the village under flying colors were rested and supplied and then went marching on to the Maumee Ohio recruits assembled here were organized into companies hastily taught a few simple military movements and sent forward to the scene of hostilities Seven hundred men under the gallant Colonel Campbell left the town on horseback fought a winning battle with Indians at Munceytown and obtained as their reward a congratulatory order issued by General William Henry Harrison from his headquarters at Franklinton Parades and reviews took place on the public square in the presence of the commanding general and his excellency Governor Return Jonathan Meigs General Lewis Cass visited the town and General Perkins and General Beall and the chivalrous Governor Shelby of Kentucky The gallant General Left wich marched into it at the head of a brigade of brave Virginians and then in good time marched out again Colonel Anderson came also leading a regiment of Tennesseeans accompanied by General Harrison 4hen on his return from Cincinnati General Joseph Foos and Captain Vance both Franklinton men and good officers were at the head of Franklin county soldiers and were quick either to lead or follow and eager for battle It was within a few rods of where we stand that General Harrison held his conference with the Delawares Wyandots and Senecas when mothers with babes in their arms looking upon the scene trembled with anxiety and suspense Then a great shout of gladness went up from strong men and thankful prayers from women when Tarhe the great Wyandot announced that the tribes represented in the council would stand as a barrier between hostile Indians and the wives and children of the settlers while husbands and fathers were absent on the border fighting the British and their allies It was here alas that a poor wretch a despondent and homesick man may be or one weary of the dull routine of military life and desperate was shot to death for the crime of desertion and it was here also that another a young boy perhaps convicted of the same offense and sentenced to die was led to his coffin blindfolded and then thank heaven reprieved Of course in war discipline must be maintained and examples must be set and army regulations enforced and military law upheld and the orders of commanding officers obeyed but God help the poor boy whose heart strings draw him home He may be as brave as Julius Caesar and yet in a moment of despondency or under the goadings of a personal grievance risk all for a chance of reaching sympathetic friends and sitting by the family fireside again It was in the fields about us that Captain Cushing's battery boomed now and then upon the receipt of encouraging grapevine dispatches from the front and then a little later the whole town went wild with joy and every gun thundered and every flag waved proudly and every man stood more erect and every woman smiled with moist eyes and grateful heart when the news came that that Kentucky boy George Groghan had won a splendid victory at Fort Stephenson and thereby achieved immortality Then in time came Perry's victory on Lake Erie the taking of Maiden and Harrison's great triumph over Proctor and Tecumseh on the Thames And then it was that captured P ritish soldiers were conducted through Franklinton to Chillicothe and by this time the war was virtually over in the West and a little 68 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications later it was wholly ended and Mrs Lucas Sullivant exclaimed Thank God When the war closed the glory of Franklinton disappeared It then became a dull uninteresting hamlet occupied as Judge William T Martin in his history of Franklin county tells us mainly by farmers and laborers who worked Mr Sullivant's extensive prairie fields or labored in the stone quarries The proportion of rough population writes another was very large But even the rough population referred to consisted of strong men and stubborn fighters who had an element of rugged justice in their hearts which prompted them to wage fair battles The old residents tell us of Billy Wyandot an Indian who pursued a bear to the middle of the Scioto killed it and then brought its carcass to the shore This was a fair display of the brutal courage of the time but it was perhaps excelled by a white man named Corbus who having occasion to meet a bear in combat cast aside his weapons so that the bear's friends should be unable to claim he took unfair advantage of the beast and then in a hand to claw square stand up rough and tumble fight to the death he came off finally with the honors of victory These men were not what are called society people and were not profound in their knowledge of theological dogmas and they entertained withal peculiar notions with respect to dietary matters and believed corn whisky better for the human stomach than river water but notwithstanding all this they fought fair fights and asked odds of nobody Let us therefore hope that Billy Wyandot and his bear and Jacob Corbus and his bear are living together to day in royal good fellowship on that happy shore which lies beyond a river broader and murkier than the Scioto Bvjt I am detaining you too long and must conclude with a brief summary of facts Judge Martin in speaking of Franklin township in 1848 says The town of Franklinton has not varied much in population and business for forty years The census reports show that in 1840 it contained only l 4 inhabitants while Worthington at that time had 440 Franklinton was never an incorporated town and never had either mayor marshal or board of councils men indeed it never had a government nor an existence separate apart and independent of Franklin township In IS i it ceased to be the seat of justice for Franklin county Its last postmaster appointed in 1831 served for a few years and then the postoffice was discontinued The territory included within the limits of the town and that south and west of it were annexed to the City of Columbus from time to time as follows In 1862 the territory as far west as Lucas street in 1870 the territory south of Town street as far west as Sandusky street and north of Town west as far as Darby street in 1888 the territory as far west as Central avenue between Sullivant avenue on the south and the P C C & St L Railroad on the north and in 1891 other parts of Franklin township were taken into the city making its western boundary the Sullivant county road and Hague avenue It may be said that if Lucas Sullivant had not founded Frank linton the capital of the State would not have been located where it is and this is true Franklinton on the west bank of the Scioto in 1810 12 called attention to the high ground on the east bank and at the same time supplied a party of shrewd energetic and interested men to urge its acceptance by the State and still with all the influence the Franklinton syndicate could bring to bear upon the General Assembly it came very near losing the prize it was so eager to obtain The committee appointed by the Legislature to examine the country within a certain area and recommend a site reported in favor of Dublin and subsequently pledges were secured from a majority of the members of the General Assembly in favor of Worthington but finally after a long struggle the high bank opposite Franklinton was chosen Worthington lost by a hair and Columbus won by a scratch Time however which makes many if not all things even will soon do for Worthington what it has done for Franklinton namely bring it within the boundaries of the Capital City And ultimately the picturesque region on the Scioto in the vicinity of Dublin will become an elegant suburb of Columbus but thirty minutes ride by electric cars from the State House The changes which have taken place within the past one hundred years are marvelous The first generation planted the second watered and the third gathered in a bountiful harvest What the next three generations to follow us may accomplish and what their harvest will be only infinite wisdom can foretell The intervals of time between the eldest here to day and the fathers of a hundred years ago and the youngest and those of a hundred years to come seem so short that we are prompted to cry to those who have gone before us thanks and farewell and then with anxious but hopeful hearts bid those who shall gather here a century hence hail and godspeed Franklinton An Historical Address 67
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Note:   (Medical):Taylor, Matthews, Jr., 3d, Madison Twp., (Vol. A-179), Ex., Wife, Ann Taylor, Abithar V. Taylor, William Taylor; my brother, Wm. Shields, stone Cutter. Dated April 10, 1826. Wit., John Melsek, Phillip Melsel, Samuel Hamilton. Prob. Dec 19, 1826. Mention-Wife, Ann Taylor; Sons, John McKnight Taylor, Harvey Taylor, Mathew Anderson Taylor; Daughters, Rebecca Archabele TAylor and Elizabeth Taylor. Cod., (Elizabeth TAylor, widow of John A., "the use of one cabin house so long as she remains a widow.")

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