Simon Taylor

I was a builder and also coroner of Fredrick co during the Revolutionary War. I was sheriff for a time and built the stone jail in 1767. I also built Springdale House for Mr. John Hite and helped build Abram's Delight, which is now a National Historic Site. I had more slaves than anyone in the area at one time and I am buried on my Ferndale Plantation, called the Washington Place. I also took census for two years.

Transcript

It being represented by the Court of Hampshire that Simon Taylor and Job Wilton Gentlemen are proper Persons to act as Coroners in that County. It is ordered that Commissions issue appointing them accordingly. ~Dated Wednesday, November 27th 1776 in the presence of Dudley Digges, Nathaniel Harrison, John Blair and Meriwether Smith.

An American Taylor Family

by Nathaniel Lane Taylor

"In 1755 Simon Taylor was in military service in the French and Indian War. He was apparently a member of a company of foot soldiers under Capt Lewis Stephens of Frederick from 1755-1761."