Edward Taylor

Name

Edward Taylor

Given Name

Edward

Family Name

Taylor

Birth Date

1835

Sex

Male

Description

Edward Taylor was born in approximately 1835. He was the son of Moses and Eliza Taylor and the brother of Charlotte Taylor, Noble Taylor, Reverdy Taylor, and William Taylor. He was enslaved at White Marsh when the 1838 sale was being planned. Edward ended up staying in Maryland with a new enslaver before being sold to New Orleans in 1846. He served in Company E of the 75th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. Edward married and had six children, living near the Bayou Maringouin. In 1885, Edward placed an advertisement in the Southwestern Christian Advocate looking for his siblings, from whom he had been separated before the Civil War. Edward died in 1902.

Sibling of

William Taylor

Noble Taylor

Reverdy Taylor

Place of Significance

White Marsh (Bowie, Maryland)

Same As

Edward (Unknown) Georgetown (abt. 1835 - aft. 1838) (WikiTree)

Bibliographic Citation

Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times, "The Search for a Meaningful Clue to the Mystery of an Enslaved Ancestor," August 6, 2022, updated Sept. 19, 2022.

Source Resource

http://onthesegrounds.georgetown.domains/omeka/api/items/2608

Source Site

http://onthesegrounds.georgetown.domains/omeka/s/otg-georgetown-test-site/page/about

Child Of

Eliza Taylor