Taylor Cemetery
Located apx. ½ Mile South West of Cane Creek Cemetery, near Mt. Pelia,
and in field north of McSpadden Road on private property, formerly Taylor Farm, now
Turner.
James Allen Taylor, April 30, 1841 - Feb 3. 1900
Sarah "Sallie" Neal Morris Taylor, Wife of James A. Taylor, Dec 21, 1849- July
6, 1938
Alonzo. J. Taylor, MD, Sept 9, 1842 - Feb. 25, 1909
Fannie E. Taylor, Wife of Dr. A. J. Taylor, and daughter of L. W. & G. Holland, Feb. 26, 1848 - April 25, 1884
Callie Taylor, Infant Daughter of Dr. A. J. and F. E. Taylor, Died Sept 26 1875 Age 2yrs 4Mo, 8 Days
William F. Taylor, Nov 10, 1816 - May 8. 1875, Lt. Col. CSA 7th Tennessee Cavalry
Elizabeth Atkins Taylor, wife of W. F. Taylor, Jan 13, 1822 - April 15, 1891
Mary Taylor, Daughter of Dr. Emerson A. & Mattie (Martha E. Crittendon) Taylor, Sept 7, 1887 - Sept 11, 1887
Infant Son of Dr. Emerson A. & Mattie Taylor, Born and Died June 28, 1870
The following from; wtaylor@widomaker.com
March 24, 2001
The plot containing the cemetery, belonged to the TAYLOR family, and
was listed as "The TAYLOR Cemetery on the TAYLOR Farm." in family records, but
the location was lost for a time. William F. (Frederick?) is my ggg grandfather. His
father, Frederick 1795-1843, is not in the family plot, and I have references that he is
in the Cane Creek Cemetery, but am not sure. Part of that cemetery is grown up in trees
and bushes and he is not listed
as being buried there.
In July 2000 I was in Martin and went looking for the TAYLOR cemetery.
By almost sheer luck, and knocking on a few doors, I found it. Then I found out
that Eugene McSPADDEN had owned the house in front of it, now owned by Mary Jane and Gene
TURNER.
My sister and I both remember visiting "Mr. Eugene" when we
were children with our Grandfather, Dr. Lemuel Emerson TAYLOR, a Martin dentist. BUT
he never said anything about his Grandmother and Grandfather being buried some 50 yards
away, nor did he ever tell my Father.
My Father was named for Lt. Col. William F. (Frederick?) TAYLOR as far
as we know. I'm still trying to pin down his middle name. Dad knew nothing about his Great
Grandfather, or the location of the family plot, and we all were born and grew up in
Martin.
Lt. Col. William F. TAYLOR was quite a Civil War hero. He is listed 32
times in the history of the Seventh TN Cavalry CSA in a book* that was written by a
Private in Company A, William's company. That might explain why he is mentioned so
many times. The best part about the book -- there is an engraving of William. No one
in the family, to my knowledge had ever seen a picture of him!
I have William F.'s fathers name Frederick TAYLOR 1795-1843. He died in
Obion, but I have been unable to find his grave. Frederick is my Stone Wall. He
moved to Obion Co. from Stewart County about 1826. I know from the 1830 census that he had
5 children and a wife, but William was the only one who we had a name for, nor did I have
Frederick's wife's name either.
In searching the Obion census records I finally saw a notation that
Mary TAYLOR b.1798, and George TAYLOR b.1828, lived next door to William. His Mother and
Brother. Finally.
If anyone comes across their death records I would appreciate hearing
from them. I believe George is buried in the Stovall cemetery near Mt. Pelia. I have no
idea where Frederick and his wife are buried. He was a prosperous
farmer and I would imagine there would be nice gravestones for them somewhere.
*THE SEVENTH TENNESSEE CAVALRY (CLOTH) The Seventh Tennessee
Cavalry - YOUNG, JOHN PRESTON, A History. 227 pp., illus., roster, cloth, Book Number:
2091 /Morningside Bookshop, 260 Oak St., Dayton, OH 45410, 1-800-648-9710, Fax:
937-461-4260; first published in Nashville in 1890 and this is a
reprint and is available for sale. It has a roster of all companies and quite a few
pictures of the men in the companies, officers and privates also. There were Black members
of Company L listed also.
The commander of Company A, Lt. Col. William F. Taylor was from Obion
County, enlisted in Memphis. I am not sure where the other men were from, but
suspect locally. If anyone else had a relative in the Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, CSA,
please feel free to contact me.