Sarah Elizabeth Best

1760 - 1834  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Sarah Elizabeth Best
  Born	Feb 1760	Tyrell, North Carolina, British Colonial America
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Mar 1834	Warren, Kentucky, United States
  Buried	Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States
  Person ID	I2706	Speirs-Taylor
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Best, III,   b. Abt 1731, Tyrrel, North Carolina, British Colonial America ,   d. 10 Mar 1791, Martin, North Carolina, United States  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Smith
  Family ID	F1472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Last Modified	30 Apr 2019
  Family ID	F1636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph Taylor,   b. 1751, Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America ,   d. 28 Mar 1818, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1780
  Children	+ 1. Frances Taylor,   b. 1783, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 17 Nov 1852, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 69 years)   2. Amy Taylor,   b. 1784, Martin, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1865, Bumpus Mills, Steward, Tennessee, United States  (Age 81 years) + 3. William Taylor,   b. 21 Mar 1787, Martin, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 9 Sep 1839, Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, United States  (Age 52 years)   4. Allen Taylor,   b. 13 Dec 1789, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 13 Sep 1878, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 88 years)   5. Mary Ann Taylor,   b. 1791, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 31 Aug 1852, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 61 years)   6. Temperence Seraphy Taylor,   b. Abt 1793, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1843, Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States  (Age ~ 50 years)   7. Nancy Taylor,   b. 1797, Conetoe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 2 Feb 1812, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 15 years)   8. Sarah Best Taylor,   b. 5 Jan 1800, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 16 Jan 1837, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 37 years)   9. Joseph Taylor, Jr.,   b. 10 Sep 1801, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 11 Aug 1864, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 62 years)   10. Elizabeth Ann Taylor,   b. 10 Sep 1803, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 15 Mar 1861, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 57 years)   11. Charlotte Taylor,   b. 8 Oct 1805, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 5 Jun 1867, Warren, Kentucky, United States  (Age 61 years) + 12. Delilah Taylor,   b. 1806, Tennessee, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 22 Mar 1834 - Warren, Kentucky, United States Buried - - Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		The Will of Thomas Best, 1791 Thomas leaves an inheritance to his sons Thomas, Henry, and William; his wife Mary Ann; and his daughters Amy, Mary, and Nancy. Sarah, his other daughter, is not listed. Name: Thomas Best Probate Date: 10 Mar 1791 Probate Place: Martin, North Carolina, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1791 Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA Item Description: Wills, 1774-1867 Source: Wills; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Martin County); Probate Place: Martin, North Carolina
  		Kentucky, Will and Probate Record for Joseph Taylor Joseph Taylor Will April 1819 provd by J Huderal July proved by Lewis Recorded in Book B page 222
  		1815 Joseph Taylor will In the presents and name of almighty god I Joseph Taylor of the State of Kentucky Warren County being very sick and low in helth but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to god Calling into mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is once appointed for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say princpally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of almighty god that give it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decently Christian buriel at the discrestion of my Excurtors nothing doubting but at the jeneral resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of god and as Touching such world by Estate where with it has pleased god to bless me in this life I give bequeath and dispose of the same in the following maner and form first I give and bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife the two tracts of land one of which she is now liveing on the other is joining with the Crop that is now on the place also all the stock of horses cattle and hogs and household furniture and one Negro man named Jack dureing her lifetime or widowhood my land I leave to my three sons after my wifes death Each to have ninety two acres William my son William Taylor to have his part on the west side of sd land my son allen Taylor to have his part on the East side of sd land and
  		1815 Joseph Taylor will my son Joseph Taylor is to have his part of sd land betwen the other two parts before named also[n] I leave my son Joseph a good young horse to be worth fifty dollars when he is twenty years old also I give and bequeath unto my Daughter maryan Cherry a good two year ole heifer also I give to my Daughter Temppy Smart a good two year ol heifer and small pot also I give to my daughter Sarah on feather bead and furniture one two year heiffer and small pot also I give to my daughter Elizabeth one feather bead and furniture one two year old heiffer and one small pot also I give to my Daughter Charlotty one featherbead and furni-ture one two year ole heiffer and one small pot my above named Children is to have this property before thear is and division in any of my Estate also I give and bequeath all of my Estate Except the land to be sold and divided Equally betwen all of my Daughters after the death of my beloved wife also [?] home I likewise Constitute make and ordain one of Executors and my son William Taylor and allen Taylor I Constitute and ordain Executors with my beloved wife of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands and tenaments by her freely to be possessed and Enjoryed and do hereby disannul all and Every other former will legacies Bequest[ink] by me in anywise before mentioned willed and bequeathed
  		1815-1819 Joseph Taylor will and probate Ratifying and affirming this my last will and Testament in witness where of I have here unto sit my hand and seal this first day of December in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and fifteen Joseph^ his X ^mark Taylor Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Exum Lewis James Hudnall Warren County Gct April County Court 1819 This last will and testament of Joseph Taylor Deceased was produced in Court and proved by the oath of James Hundall and at the July County Court 1819 was proved by the oath of the within named Esum Lewis two of the subscribing witnesses thero-to and Ordered to record Just Jon C Kelson
  		1800 Census Edgecombe County, North Carolina for Joseph Taylor Name Joseph Taylor Sr Home in 1800 Edgecombe, North Carolina Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15 2 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 4 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1 Number of Slaves 5 Number of Household Members Under 16 7 Number of Household Members Over 25 2 Number of Household Members 16
  		1810 census Warren County, Kentucky for Joseph Taylor Name Josph Taylor Home in 1810 Bolin Green, Warren, Kentucky Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 2 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 2 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 2 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1 Numbers of Slaves 1 Number of Household Members Under 16 7 Number of Household Members Over 25 2 Number of Household Members 12

  
  

  Headstones

  The Headstone of Joseph and Sarah (Best) Taylor in the Taylor Cemetery Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky, USA Joseph Taylor, Jr. Birth: Mar. 4, 1751 Edgecombe County North Carolina, USA Death: Mar. 22, 1818 Richardsville Warren County Kentucky, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 12626727 Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Best Taylor Birth: Feb., 1760 Edgecombe County North Carolina, USA Death: Mar. 22, 1834 Richardsville Warren County Kentucky, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 7368145

  
  

  Histories

  1993 Newspaper Article of Taylor Reunion The descendants of Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth (Best) Taylor gather for a national reunion in Warren County, Kentucky. The children of Joseph and Sarah are listed along with their spouses. Source: Daily News Newspaper of Bowling Green Kentucky; September 20, 1993.