Zechariah Taylor Andrews

GEDCOM Note

The family last settled in Madison County in Harmony, which was not very far down Florida 150 past the Aucilla Firetower. To find this go to where you make the turn to go to the Walker Cemetery off of FL 150, that is where Harmony was located. This was not very far from James Jefferson Andrew's home. This family has reunions from time to time. There is a good picture of Zachery Taylor Andrews in one of their reunion brochures. Julius Williams supplied this information. Julius email is jtw56@bellsouth.net. I have a copy in the files. He was a farmer. Lived in Jefferson County until 1885, when they relocated to Madison County. Buried in Walker Cemetery in Southwestern Madison County near Lamont, Florida. There has been some speculation as to how Zachariah Taylor Andrews got his name, so I went searching among the Taylor geneaologies to find a connection. I found none. I also looked up when Zachary Taylor was fighting Indians in Florida. Here's what I found. "In a final desperate bid to end the War, the Army resorted to outright deception. In October of 1837, General Thomas Jessup invited Osceola to a peace talk under a flag of truce. But when the Chief turned up he was seized and thrown into a dungeon. A few months later, Osceola died of malaria and a throat ailment. But other Chiefs were ready to take up his mantle. Another new Commander was brought in. This time it was seasoned campaigner, Zachary Taylor who was pit at the helm of the operation. Taylor decided to beat the Seminole at their own game ? hit and run forest fighting. The entire peninsula was plotted into 20 mile grids and posts were garrisoned to constantly patrol them. The last major engagement of the war was on Christmas Day, 1837 when Taylor?s forces of over 1000 men attacked the Seminole Village at Lake Okeechobee. A bitter, bloody fight ensued. The Seminoles finally withdrew, giving the victory to Taylor. But it was a costly one. 28 soldiers were killed with 111 injured. The Indian losses were much less." So Taylor was in the state in the mid to late 1830s. By 1850 he was voted in as President. Taylor County in Florida is named after him. Other than that I have found no connection between the families.