The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-23
I,appaI,nunock country.

would be glnd to publish. We have
received valuable contribution. Which
VIC now insert
John Taylor. OF Caroline was one OF
tho most conspicuous men In Virginia
In the early decades OF tho last CEN
tury He wns the father OF the yir-
ginla Resolutions OF 1913. and though
he presented them to the Houae Of
Delegates, the authorship or them las
been attributed to Thomas Jefferson
(who undoubtedly was the draughts-
man OF tile kentucky resolution Ut
like iinporD, and also to James .Madl-
Bon. who III the next Legislature wrote
hia vindtcation OF them. which. With
tho original resolutions OF Virginia
and like resolves of Kentucky. oDpstt-
tutcd the shIbboleth OF the states'
Rights party In the succeeding polite
cal controversies.
In the Legislature Of f7oS the most
prominent and ablest champion Of the
then Federal policy of the alien and &C.
dillon laws was another Tuy1or--George
Keith Taylor-roprcsentins tho ccun-
~ OF Prince George and living in that
part Of tho county which has been
for many years a magma parsn OF the
town and subsequent city OF Peters,
burg.
George Keith Taylor was = foeman
worthy OF the steel Eof the foremost.
Had his political sentiments harmon.
ICED even by compromise with tho JEFF
fersonian Democracy. which dominated
Virginia and the United States for
many years. HIS would be scarcely a
lcss honored name than that Of his
brothcr-in- law, whose great abiliiiea
were protected from the shadows of
the Jefferson regime by his occupancy
for third OF II century of the lofiiest
position in America. and who from
that position as Chief Justice of the
United states established and perpet-
iated those ideas OF constitutional
construction. or far better to dcsig-
nate rs elastic extension of limited
powers. which were the eggs that
Matched the brood OF 1ssl-1ssb. And
would Richmond tear down the home
of such a MANI
George Keith Taylor, like Nhis more
fortunate brothertin-law. the great
Chief Justice, was one OF the midnight
Judges OF the expiring Federal regime.
but unlike Marshall his tudgeship was
not protected hy tina Constitution.
Governor Keith Taylor was VIC
tim OF the repeal of tho partisan law
establishing unnecessary Federal
courts and Federal Judges. and de-
rriyed OF the opportunity of manifest
ing in high Office the great judicial
abilities which many men of his day
believed to be not a whit inferior TO
those OF John Marshall.
George Kc!th Taylor WAS the grand :
father OF William l. Royal. of the
Richmond bar. and of that modes,
gentleman and namesake of his
GeoE:s X. TAYLOR. one OF the bes,
clerks under the Old Virginia regime
These Taylors were from the sam e
prolific stock which fathered in late,
gears tlie great hero OF Palo Alto
Resaca dc la Palma. and OF Ruens
Vista, aud whose accorded meri;s
seated him In the chair of the presi-
dency of tho United states. from which
he was transferred BY sudden dealt
TO tho great assizes above.
He WAS landed proprietor. and die.:
upon his large eHtate OF Lakewood
about two miles above Port Royal. or
the Rappahannock.
This ancestral home. With It's abund-
ant acres, ne left to his grandson and
namesake--a princely gentleman who
dispensed there tho Inequalities of the
old regime. His cultivated horticui-
turaI taste surrounded the homestead
with a garden of enhancing beauty,
But he WAS poor manager, ana MS
grandfather's gift was .unaccompanien
with a negro force TO cultivate the
rich lands. and the owner became
year by year more embarrassed Win
debts, which ultimately consumed al
Of his inheritance.
He married first daughter OF DE-
Robert NJ. Patterson. a scientist and
scholar OF much repute, as professor
In the University Of Virginia from
which hc was transferred to Phila
delpfia where he lived and died as
director of the United States Mint. Mr..
Taylor's second wife was Miss Mary
Ta.luah Allen, GA South Carolina.
In our last sundays article we made
mistake which we gladly rectfy;
Mary. daughter of John Hipkins
Bernard, Of Gaynont, married George
Guest, of Baltimore. and had Frank
end Bernard, Frank Guest lives at
.Snowd en-
sentence in this article Is awls-
ward and misleading. II runs:
.He bought Creferring to Mr. Frank
Guest) "Snowden' near Fredericks-
burg. and Mannsfield" Mr.. Guest did
not buy Munnsheld and the editor
ala not put the comma after AIanns-
field. lie, poor fellow, tried to say
that "Snowdcn'' was near Mansfield
Can Miss Ammo Neville of Richmond
IS whose name appears in the suns
day Times-Dispatcll of January 2. tell
me anything Of the family of one
Alice Neville. who married Mt.
I;dmunds and had son named Plzarrc
Edmunds. who was born In Nelson
county, Va, In 1911. He had a,cousin
named Constance Neville II slie can
tell me something OF this family or
where I can got information for q
descendant of Alice Nevilie's VII
bo greatly obliged to you.
Til name Is vary good and very
pretty ono. but Is very uncommon.
Hoping to hear from you at your
earliest convenience. i am.
Most sincerely.
MRS. G. II. HARRISON.
Box $50, Staunton,
Tho editor OF this column verify be
licvea that variety is the. spice OF &c.
Tho idea OF being bored to hin, IS
horrible. Therefore. With our Interest
Ing RappahannoclsE country We arc
MIXING a genealogy lpure and; simple,
prepared by agenealoglcal gelil,ls, who
ban put his hands Immediately on
things which other folk have gly0n W
In despair. Many will he interested
GENEALOtiY OF VHE SMELLING 4
ffl5 4tgSsaeasa FAMILY. 5-SFl8f f&