Taylor Family Book Vol 1
THE ORIGINAL TAYLOR COMING FROM SCOTLAND/IRELAND
TO AMERICA CIRCA 1790
it has been told that the original Taylors came from Houston House Scotland. Houston House is located in Renfrewshire, west of Glasgow.
See maps.*
Because of religious repression, many Scots emigrated to Northern Ireland in the mid
1700’s and thence to Virginia where they settled in the Shenandoah Valley, the Valley of the
James, and on either side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Perhaps, Mr. Taylor and Rachel were among them; however, of this we have no verification, until the birth of their son. James Milton
Taylor, in Campbell County in 1790/1792.
Since we do not have the first name of Mr. Taylor nor the maiden name of his wife
Rachel, and no one knows what ship they sailed on to America, it has been impossible to
research.
Thomas Ulvan Taylor, grandson of James Milton Taylor writes in his autobiography.
“Fifty Years on Forty Acres, that the father and mother of James M ilton Taylor, left the
northern part of Ireland to found a home in America, but the father died enroute and was buried
at sea. The mother continued her journey and settled in Campbel I County, Virginia, near
Lynchburg, where James Milton Taylor was born.