Colby H Taylor (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer)
b. 1837-01-15 d. 1916-01-08
Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Clark County, Kentucky, native. Son of Herbert M. Taylor and Catharine Taylor. Married to Addie L. Brown Taylor. Father of Addie B. Taylor. Student in Clark County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Farmer in Clark County, Kentucky in 1860. Household owned twelve enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky in 1863.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 2A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 819.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, pp. 337A-337B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Forks of Elkhorn, p. 80B.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 1744.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482440.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, Month 1863, p. 26.
"Colby H. Taylor," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 09, 1916, p. 9.
"Colby H. Taylor (1837-1916)," Find A Grave, Memorial 66969870, accessed August 15, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66969870.
Citation
Taylor, Colby H. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214924 (November 12, 2026).
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