He was an early explorer of lands west of the Appalachians. He was a surveyor and went west with his brother Richard Taylor (father of President Zachary Taylor) and others. From 1769 to 1771, he was of a party to be the first white men to descend the Ohio River from Kentucky to New Orleans, and then returned by sea to Virginia.
He moved to Kentucky in 1773 and made the first survey of land in Kentucky for Mr. McAfee, near Frankfort, 16 July 1773.
In 1774, while surveying land near the mouth of the Kentucky River for Col. Wm. Christian, he was shot by an Indian. Gibson Taylor and Abram Haptonstall tried to remove the ball with a small pocket knife but failed. As his party was fleeing the country under Dunmore's warning sent through Daniel Boone, the wound proved fatal and Taylor died near the Millford/Olde Town a few miles SW of current day site of Richmond, Ky.
He was buried on Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek, named for him. In 1803, Richard Taylor (brother of Hancock & father of Pres Zach Taylor) went to the grave with Robert Rodes of Boonesborough and marked it with a pile of stones and a headstone carved by a boy in that section. The location of the grave site is fairly well documented through many sources, of past times leading to current day investigators, on-line.
His estate was equally divided between his brothers Zachariah and Richard Taylor and sister Betsy Bell. Zachariah Taylor and Thomas Bell were executors to this part of will.
(signed) Hancock Taylor
Wit: John Green Jur., John Bell.
27 Oct. 1774. Presented into Court by Zachary Taylor and Thomas Bell. Proved by John Bell.
Note regarding burial site: Hancock Taylor's grave is located on private property that was owned by Oscar Tudor in 1951. The name of the current landowner is unknown, but permission to access the property would be necessary in order to photograph the grave site.
He moved to Kentucky in 1773 and made the first survey of land in Kentucky for Mr. McAfee, near Frankfort, 16 July 1773.
In 1774, while surveying land near the mouth of the Kentucky River for Col. Wm. Christian, he was shot by an Indian. Gibson Taylor and Abram Haptonstall tried to remove the ball with a small pocket knife but failed. As his party was fleeing the country under Dunmore's warning sent through Daniel Boone, the wound proved fatal and Taylor died near the Millford/Olde Town a few miles SW of current day site of Richmond, Ky.
He was buried on Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek, named for him. In 1803, Richard Taylor (brother of Hancock & father of Pres Zach Taylor) went to the grave with Robert Rodes of Boonesborough and marked it with a pile of stones and a headstone carved by a boy in that section. The location of the grave site is fairly well documented through many sources, of past times leading to current day investigators, on-line.
His estate was equally divided between his brothers Zachariah and Richard Taylor and sister Betsy Bell. Zachariah Taylor and Thomas Bell were executors to this part of will.
(signed) Hancock Taylor
Wit: John Green Jur., John Bell.
27 Oct. 1774. Presented into Court by Zachary Taylor and Thomas Bell. Proved by John Bell.
Note regarding burial site: Hancock Taylor's grave is located on private property that was owned by Oscar Tudor in 1951. The name of the current landowner is unknown, but permission to access the property would be necessary in order to photograph the grave site.
He was an early explorer of lands west of the Appalachians. He was a surveyor and went west with his brother Richard Taylor (father of President Zachary Taylor) and others. From 1769 to 1771, he was of a party to be the first white men to descend the Ohio River from Kentucky to New Orleans, and then returned by sea to Virginia.
He moved to Kentucky in 1773 and made the first survey of land in Kentucky for Mr. McAfee, near Frankfort, 16 July 1773.
In 1774, while surveying land near the mouth of the Kentucky River for Col. Wm. Christian, he was shot by an Indian. Gibson Taylor and Abram Haptonstall tried to remove the ball with a small pocket knife but failed. As his party was fleeing the country under Dunmore's warning sent through Daniel Boone, the wound proved fatal and Taylor died near the Millford/Olde Town a few miles SW of current day site of Richmond, Ky.
He was buried on Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek, named for him. In 1803, Richard Taylor (brother of Hancock & father of Pres Zach Taylor) went to the grave with Robert Rodes of Boonesborough and marked it with a pile of stones and a headstone carved by a boy in that section. The location of the grave site is fairly well documented through many sources, of past times leading to current day investigators, on-line.
His estate was equally divided between his brothers Zachariah and Richard Taylor and sister Betsy Bell. Zachariah Taylor and Thomas Bell were executors to this part of will.
(signed) Hancock Taylor
Wit: John Green Jur., John Bell.
27 Oct. 1774. Presented into Court by Zachary Taylor and Thomas Bell. Proved by John Bell.
Note regarding burial site: Hancock Taylor's grave is located on private property that was owned by Oscar Tudor in 1951. The name of the current landowner is unknown, but permission to access the property would be necessary in order to photograph the grave site.
He moved to Kentucky in 1773 and made the first survey of land in Kentucky for Mr. McAfee, near Frankfort, 16 July 1773.
In 1774, while surveying land near the mouth of the Kentucky River for Col. Wm. Christian, he was shot by an Indian. Gibson Taylor and Abram Haptonstall tried to remove the ball with a small pocket knife but failed. As his party was fleeing the country under Dunmore's warning sent through Daniel Boone, the wound proved fatal and Taylor died near the Millford/Olde Town a few miles SW of current day site of Richmond, Ky.
He was buried on Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek, named for him. In 1803, Richard Taylor (brother of Hancock & father of Pres Zach Taylor) went to the grave with Robert Rodes of Boonesborough and marked it with a pile of stones and a headstone carved by a boy in that section. The location of the grave site is fairly well documented through many sources, of past times leading to current day investigators, on-line.
His estate was equally divided between his brothers Zachariah and Richard Taylor and sister Betsy Bell. Zachariah Taylor and Thomas Bell were executors to this part of will.
(signed) Hancock Taylor
Wit: John Green Jur., John Bell.
27 Oct. 1774. Presented into Court by Zachary Taylor and Thomas Bell. Proved by John Bell.
Note regarding burial site: Hancock Taylor's grave is located on private property that was owned by Oscar Tudor in 1951. The name of the current landowner is unknown, but permission to access the property would be necessary in order to photograph the grave site.
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