Soldier Information
Name: George Taylor
Alias:
Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1838
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 18, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: L Regiment(s): 5th USCC
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: March 16, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
The enlistment papers for Taylor were found in the USCT Miscellaneous Papers database on Fold3. This page 20 of the Miscellaneous Papers in Fold3.com was combined with the soldier’s CMSR 1 file and linked to the profile in Ancestry’s family tree. The CMSR contains some documents that may be referring to another George Taylor; there is no death document or personal effects paperwork included in this CMSR file.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 20, 1882
Cause of Death: cardiac asthma
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: February 14, 1890
Application No.: 414941 Certificate No.: 296437
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State:
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Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Mary Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Charles Taylor 1867
Family Notes:
George Taylor’s death record was retrieved from Mortuary Records, posted by Louisville, KY. Scant records for widow Mary and son Charles after 1880. Unknown where Charles may have lived as an adult. Julia Taylor, born about 1858, may have been a daughter of George and Mary Taylor. She was only retrieved in the 1870 census household with the family, and no other definitive information was retrieved for her to conclusively identify a family relationship.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: works in barber shop
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1870 Census Notes:
The 1870 enumeration for George Taylor’s household extended over two pages. George and his presumed wife, Mary were listed on the bottom of page 519A, and Charles Taylor age 3 and Julia Taylor age 12 were listed on top of page 519B. No dwelling or household number was noted next to the children’s listing, inferring they were in George Taylor’s household, from the previous page.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: janitor
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
George and Mary Taylor were enumerated at 194 Centre [?] between Broadway and Walnut, listed as family 186 in the dwelling. A son, Charles Taylor age 13, was enumerated in the household. Mary’s age was noted as 23 years, which was the same age listed for her in the 1870 census.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1910 Census
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1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Isaac Hall Location: Oldham County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Isaac Hall was not George Taylor’s enslaver in 1850; he would have been only about 26 years old and was not a property owner (he worked on someone else’s farm). The more likely enslaver would have been Oldham County resident and census enumerator William G. Taylor for two reasons: (1) Provides an explanation for the surname Taylor (2) He had an enslaved male who fit the age profile for George Taylor.
The Isaac Hall family was not located in the 1870 census but his widow is still living in Oldham County in 1880 with four of their children.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: $3500 1860 Personal Estate Value: $1840
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 1
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found