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HELP! Grave has been located U.S. President flag photo of ancestor   Zachary  TAYLOR

  (b. 24 November 1784 Barboursville, Montebello, Orange County, Crown Colony of Virginia   d. 9 July 1850 Washington, DC, USA )  
Cause of Death: cholera morbus

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Zachary TAYLOR was born 24 November 1784 in Barboursville, Montebello, Orange County, Crown Colony of Virginia. Zachary TAYLOR was the child of ?   and   ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Zachary  married  Margaret Mackall SMITH 21 June 1810 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA .  The couple had (at least) 7 children. Margaret Mackall SMITH  was born 21 September 1788 in Calvert County, Maryland, USA.  Margaret Mackall died 14 August 1852 in East Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. 

Zachary TAYLOR died 9 July 1850 in Washington, DC, USA.

Occupation: President of the United States



son of Richard Lee Taylor and Sarah Dabney Strother


Details of the family tree of Zachary appear below.
Did You Know?America - Did you know? 1774: First Continental Congressmeets in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams.
Did You Know?The state of Virginia was named after England's Queen Elizabeth I. In the early 1600's, all of North America that was not Spanish or French was then called 'Virginia' in honor of 'The Virgin Queen,' and the earliest English colonial expeditions were sent by the Virginia Company of London. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1788 - Crown Colony of Virginia
June 25, 1788 - Virginia becomes 10th U.S. state

  • Biography
    ZACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth President of the United States, was born on the 24th of November, 1784, in Orange County, Va. His father, Col. Taylor, was a Virginian of note, and a distinguished patriot and soldier of the Revolution. When Zachary was an infant, his father, with his wife and two children, emigrated to Kentucky, where he settled in the pathless wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In this frontier home, away from civilization and all its refinements, young Zachary could enjoy but...Read MORE...


    Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
  • 1784 Birth
    24 November 1784
    Barboursville, Montebello, Orange County, Virginia, USA
  • 1810 Marriage / Partner
    Zachary TAYLOR and Margaret Mackall SMITH 21 June 1810, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • 1811 Birth of Child
    Ann Margaret Mackall TAYLOR was born 8 April 1811, , Kentucky, USA
  • 1814 Birth of Child
    Sarah Knox TAYLOR was born 6 March 1814, Vincennes, Indiana, USA
  • 1824 Birth of Child
    Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR was born 20 April 1824, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • 1826 Birth of Child
    Richard Strother "Dick" TAYLOR was born 27 January 1826, , Kentucky, USA
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    Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894


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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Zachary TAYLOR

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Zachary TAYLOR married flag female ancestor Margaret Mackall SMITH-- Date: 21 June 1810 Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA


Children of Zachary TAYLOR and Margaret Mackall SMITH:

flag female ancestor Ann Margaret Mackall TAYLOR (b.8 April 1811, , Kentucky, USA  d. 2 December 1875, Freiburg im Breisgau, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

flag female ancestor Blandine TAYLOR (b.abt. 1814, , Kentucky, USA  d. abt. 1910, )

flag female ancestor Sarah Knox TAYLOR (b.6 March 1814, Vincennes, Indiana Territory  d. 15 September 1835, St Francisville, Louisiana, USA)

flag girl ancestor Octavia Pannill TAYLOR (b.abt. 1816, , Kentucky, USA  d. abt. 1820, , Kentucky, USA)

 baby girl ancestor Margaret Smith TAYLOR (b.abt. 1819,   d. abt. 1820, )

flag female ancestor Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR (b.20 April 1824, Louisville, Kentucky, USA  d. 25 July 1909, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA)

flag male ancestor Richard Strother "Dick" TAYLOR (b.27 January 1826, , Kentucky, USA  d. 12 April 1879, Manhattan, New York, USA )


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1784 Birth
24 November 1784
Barboursville, Montebello, Orange County, Virginia, USA
Biography
ZACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth President of the United States, was born on the 24th of November, 1784, in Orange County, Va. His father, Col. Taylor, was a Virginian of note, and a distinguished patriot and soldier of the Revolution. When Zachary was an infant, his father, with his wife and two children, emigrated to Kentucky, where he settled in the pathless wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In this frontier home, away from civilization and all its refinements, young Zachary could enjoy but...Read MORE...


Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1810 Marriage / Partner
Zachary TAYLOR and Margaret Mackall SMITH 21 June 1810, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1811 Birth of Child
Ann Margaret Mackall TAYLOR was born 8 April 1811, , Kentucky, USA
1814 Birth of Child
Sarah Knox TAYLOR was born 6 March 1814, Vincennes, Indiana, USA
1824 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR was born 20 April 1824, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1826 Birth of Child
Richard Strother "Dick" TAYLOR was born 27 January 1826, , Kentucky, USA
Zachary TAYLOR
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1835 Death of Child
Sarah Knox TAYLOR died 15 September 1835, St Francisville, Louisiana, USA
1849 - March 4 - Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) becomes 12th President of the United States. He dies in office after 16 months.
During the revival of the slavery controversy, which was to result in the Compromise of 1850, Taylor began to take an increasingly firm stand against appeasing the South; but he died in Washington on July 9, 1850, during the fight over the Compromise.
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March 4, 1849
1849 - President Taylor at State Fair
There will be an encampment of citizen soldiery at Syracuse, New York, during the approaching State Fair, which President Taylor will attend. It is expected that General Taylor will review the troops in camp.

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Gloucester Telegraph
Gloucester, Massachusetts
July 4, 1849
1850
Name: Zachary Taylor
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Washington, ward 1, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1784
Birthplace: Virginia
Household ID: 983
House Number: 930
Line Number: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 56
GS Film Number: 6702
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1850 U.S. Census
Zachary TAYLOR
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Grave
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA
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1850 Death
9 July 1850
Washington, DC, USA


Zachary is buried at: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA
Added: 7/8/2014 11:36:43 AM - Updated: 3/1/2023 12:01:35 PM

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