The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27
Taylor Again.


3ss !, 1904, the arms there given for the fam
& ily, were taken from Burke as being
combined with those Of Sir Headfoot and
u Il Sir ia ylour. Earl OF Beehive. Since then.
from BurlSes Family Records" and
Landed Gentry" of England are found
the arms of James Taylor Of Whitworth.
Lancaster county, ] 40. AS this county ad-
Joins Cumberland. and Whitworth only
80 miles from Carlisle in Cumberland, the
& birthplace OF James Taylor. the first emil
S88 grant to Virginin. 1886. we are now con-
b WINGED that the arms Of this branch OF
VI the English family are the true ones for
American descendants, and have PLACID
them al tho head OF this article. They arc
thus described: Per pale arg and or an
4 escarbuncle.s on a chief nebue OF the last,
4l$ a ducal crown between two cscallopes Of.
B the second (yor Taylor. Crest--a dem.
S8 tion lanipnnt az charged OH the shoulder
"a ,withfa bezant. holding between It's paws
81 an escutcheon or charged with a tan ('r)
us 81
Nfotso-Natale solum lulce.'' & !.
III We have ALREADY given many extracts
and additional notes on the Taylor FAM
/, Ivy which Seems to be ,one OF those old
IS families Of Colonial >tMbs, SO full Of in
b tereftfEGs ciceI1ts and important char
81 acters MS to never tire our readers. None
Il that have been sent us Is Of more his
81 tofical interest than the following graphic
account of#the celebrated Law School Of
Judge Creed Taylor, chancellor Of the
e. Richmond and Lynchburg Superior
81 Courts, 1906, from the pen OF Wan
5& Pops DabneY, another brilliant Virginia
jrrs.. Before giving the letter and diff
s. ferent authentic records, II may be we'll
to mention some Of the antecedents Of
= Clat-calinl TAYLOR
The arlist record that has been found,
& sSn$ deed from Richard Taylor. sr., o his
sson, Samuel. In 1919, for 625 acres in
i(;oochland {nOw Cumherland) county, in
which Is recited, that II 8 part OF
Z; a tract OF !.233 acres granted to said
X chari by patent Aug, 17i1 -
8s Samuel appears to 4hayc resided on the
TRACT and, raised four sons. Joseph, |
q lchakf. s saqpl. al and Greed VINO be-
ie.ssf;;e chancellor and settled on rm
nc. acquired In Cumberland, called Need
ham. 4, b lea arr Farmvile where he opened
IA Jaw school in 1921
IA copyss from lie Journal he kept OF his
school vi shaws t,st 1t was opened with /
large class. zen later years. Judge !
3Isdwf,rll Is Johnston, OF Botetourt county, |
and Judge William Yates Ghoison, who
81 as born in Virginia, 1907, and moved to !
Cincinnati o., where he ed, 1870, at |
ed his lectures Samuel brother or |
Greed, moved q Kentucky in l7ss Re
built there ~ stone house in Mercer
county, near HarrodsSu,i'g, apd cut In a
4 tone Sovpr he frour door, the following
motto:
a2gs4s II ,ook to the laws Of your country,
and not to your ancestors" True, but We
should not forget our ancestors. ! t is
said sthe house Is still standing with the
motto.
We aro indebted for these interesting
5papcrs and records, 10 Wort ny descen-
Sdant Of Richmond, to whom we return
2,na,ly thanks. The first we give Is an
4 exact copy Of the list of pupils Tie school
began with, following which is The letter
4 cf Will am p. pahney:
VI Copy from Chancellor Creed Iaylor,s
Law School record
AT 4 Inea.ing of tho Ia" school at
Eecdhnn,, on Monday the second day OF
April, III the year OF Christ. 1921, and IN [
the forty-fifth year OF our foundnt!on:
Present; cread TAYLOR, the chancellor OF
the r chmond and Lynchbu,g superior
Court OF Cilancery The patrons OF the
school and the following students APP
speared and took their seats: Mr.. James
y Aorehead Rockingham county. n c..
Joseph cfinn, Richmond county, Va.
3 peter Guerrant. Goochiand county; Ro
tHead!ey. r edmond county; John d. Lee
land Northumberland county; r chard |
.. Ingram. Dlnwidd;c county; Phil. A.
Grammar, Fjchnaond county, John D.
Grammar, II chmOnd county; Samuel a.
Myers. Richmond city; William Cunline,
Chesterfield county; Peter q Camden,
Amherst county; william II. Terrell, Gull
& pepe;. coun -; WHEN IA, Roy. Mathews
COUNTY, James Taylor. Aanchester
FIIurvey Mitchell. Holden Rhodes. William 4
rs. Crawford