Last I saw of Thomas was the 1850 census of Hunt Co. TX living with a presumed daughter. He was shown as 54 yrs old and as a school teacher. Thomas and Mary Ann were estranged. Mary came to TX to receive her fathers land but she and Thomas never lived together. She had a brother in LA.

Mary Ann, his wife, was in the 1850, 60, and 70 census of Lamar Co. TX living close to a Ralph Davis. A John Taylor, age 23, b. Ohio, was living next to her in the 1850 census.

Thomas and his father in law, John McAnally, obtained land grants in Fannin Co. TX (I have map of their land). John died that year and Thomas was the executor of his estate. Lots of probate records are on file at the General Land Office in Austin TX.

If you know that THIS Thomas died in TN, then I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU! I have always presumed that he died in TX between 1850 and 1860. There were a couple of other Thomas Taylor's in the area of Roane Co. TN that were about the same age. I remember this one was the only one that ever actually signed his name to legal documents and not his "X".

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