Rachel West [Andrew3, Levi2 (for more information see Levi West ), George1] was born 15 November 1794 in Jones Co, North Carolina, and died 05 August 1862 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married John M. Taylor 21 September 1811 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Thomas Taylor and Mildred Markham. He was born 27 September 1786 in Cumberland Co, Virginia, and died 26 April 1863 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Rachel West and John Taylor are:

1. Bledsoe Taylor, born 1813 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. Probably died young.
2. Kesia Taylor, born Abt. 1815 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. Living at home, unmarried, in 1850.
3. John Taylor Jr., born Abt. 1818 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. Living at home, unmarried, in 1850.
4. Tryphena Sophia Taylor, born Abt. 1818 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. Married Isham Gant, Jr.
5. Thomas W. Taylor, born Abt. 1822 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Sarah West 25 December 1854 in Robertson Co, Tennessee; born Abt. 1825. Sarah West was his first cousin, daughter of Thomas West and Rachel Eubanks.
6. Clarinda Ann Taylor, born 21 February 1824 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 17 February 1893 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
7. Durham David Taylor, born 06 March 1831 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 10 July 1853 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
8. Mildred Adeline Taylor, born 06 October 1833 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 18 October 1889 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Tryphena Sophira Taylor (daughter of John Taylor and Rachel West) was born Abt. 1818 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Isham Gant Jr. 22 November 1838 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Isham Gant and Sally Rippy. He was born 17 July 1807 in Orange Co, North Carolina, and died September 1879 in Allen Co, Kentucky.

Children of Tryphena Taylor and Isham Gant are:

1. Anthony Albert Gant, born Abt. 1839 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Margaret H. Thompson 05 October 1871 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
2. Tryphena Louisa S. Gant, born Abt. 1841 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
3. Sophia B. Gant, born 21 April 1843 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
4. Rachel M. Gant, born Abt. 1844 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
5. Andrew B. Gant, born Abt. 1848 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
6. Milly Artelia Gant, born Abt. 1850 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
7. Jesse F. Gant, born October 1852 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
8. Mary H. Gant, born Abt. 1854 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
9. Sarah Gant, born Abt. 1856 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Clarinda Ann Taylor (daugther of John Taylor and Rachel West) was born 21 February 1824 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 17 February 1893 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Andrew West Hunter 17 November 1844 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Lewis Hunter and Phebe West. He was born 14 October 1820 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 06 December 1897 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee. Clarinda Burial: Mount Vernon Cem, Sumner Co, Tennessee. Andrew West Hunter: Burial: Mount Vernon Cem, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children are listed under Lewis Hunter and Phebe West.

Mildred Adeline Taylor (daughter of John Taylor and Rachel West) was born 06 October 1833 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 18 October 1889 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Littleberry B. Moncrief 04 October 1855 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Sanders Moncrief and Susannah Phillips. He was born 15 April 1825 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 06 March 1907 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Mildred Taylor and Littleberry Moncrief are:

1. Thomas W.6 Moncrief, born 1856 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
2. Rachel Alice Moncrief, born 1859 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 30 August 1905 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
3. John ("Booker") Wesley Moncrief, born 1861 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died in Tennessee.
4. Joseph Lee Moncrief, born 15 April 1866 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 07 March 1944 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
5. Clarinda Susan Moncrief, born 1868 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died January 1902 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
6. Sidney ("Jack") Jackson Moncrief, born 1871 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died in Scottsville, Allen Co, Kentucky.
7. Ida Samantha Moncrief, born 18 October 1877 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1925 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
8. Ada Texas Moncrief, born 02 May 1879 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 02 April 1921 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.