McCauley, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

William Taylor was born between 1798 - 1805 in Virginia (or possibly North Carolina)
and died sometime after 1880 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He was married 3
times.

1st he married Martha "Patsy" Ramsey on 02 Jun 1825 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
They had at least 2 children and Martha died in 1852.

2nd he married Mary G. Ramsey on 27 Aug 1854 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. They
had one child and Mary probably died before 1860.

3rd he married Deliah Cox on 23 Apr 1862 in Rockcastle County. They had 10 children.

Many Taylor family researchers list William's parents as William Taylor and Jean Guffey
but I haven't seen actual proof of this relationship. That William Taylor was born about
1758 in Rockbridge County, Virginia and, apparently, moved to Rockcastle County,
Kentucky in the early 1800's. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and was living in
Rockcastle County when he applied for his pension in 1832. A search of the DAR
Patriot Index does not find a DAR record for this William Taylor. (This makes me
wonder if that's because no one can actually prove who his children were.)

William & Jean Taylor's location in Rockcastle County makes it reasonable that they
could have been our William's parents. However, William's 1st marriage was in Garrard
County in 1825, which opens speculation about where he lived at that time. Patsy
Ramsey definitely lived in Garrard County but she had an uncle living in Rockcastle
County. So, it's possible that William lived in Rockcastle and they met through Patsy's
family but it's also possible that he lived in Garrard County.

There was a James Taylor & Sarah Hix living in Garrard County who were the right age
to have been William's parents, however, most researchers list their children as
Elizabeth, Garrett, Leroy, Henry, Winston & Jesse. Census records for 1870 show a
William Hix (age 5) living in Rockcastle County with our William's daughter, Elizabeth (&
her husband, Madison Ramsey). It's unclear how or if the Hix child was related to the
family but it raises speculation that there could be a connection to James Taylor &
Sarah Hix.

Please e-mail me if you have proof of William's parents or if you just have more
speculation.