Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

James Taylor (b. circa 1843 - d. 1916)
MSA SC 3520-6552
USCT Soldier, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

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Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL (Muster Rolls) 1864-1865. James Taylor. Slaves Mustered into U.S. Colored Troops. 39th Regiment, Md. Volunteer Infantry. Company K. Line 54 (Third from Bottom). Image 118. MdHR Number: 50,055-51. MSA S936-51. 

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) MSA S629. James Taylor. Volunteers. Dates: 1864-1880. Page 229. MSA S629-1.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties) "James Taylor." Date: 06/1916. Died: June 24, 1916. Queen Anne's County. MSA SE43-1696.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage Record) 1866-1886. James Taylor to Mary E. Clayton. Film Reel: CR 8760-1. Image No. 100. Location: 02/03/04/053. MSA T1703-1.

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records) Liber SED 2. Folio 45. R.E. Feddeman to James Taylor. August 25, 1865. [MSA C1427-6].

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (U.S. Colored Troops Pension File Collection) [MSA SC 4126] James Taylor. Box 08. Folder 129.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1870. James Taylor. Queen Anne's County, Maryland. QA. 15. 3rd Election District. Line 40. Page Numbers 88-89. SCM 7258. Images 275-276. MSA SM61-277.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1890. Union Veterans and Widows, QA. Queen Anne's County, Maryland. "James Taylor." Line 3. Page 5. Enumeration District 60. Film Image 195. SCM 27-6. MSA SM61-366.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1910. NARA Reel 567. QA. "James Taylor." Lines 55-60. District 3. Centreville, Town. South Commerce Street. Enumeration District 67. Film Image 999. Page 14. Sheet 7. SCM 3270-2. MSA SM61-456.


Newspapers and Journals -


Books -

Callum, Agnes Kane. Colored Volunteers of Maryland, Civil War: 7th Regiment United States Colored Troops 1863-1866. Baltimore, MD: Mullac Publishers, 1990.

Strong, J.G. Map of Queen Anne's County, Maryland. District 3. 1866. Courtesy of the Queen Anne's County Historical Society. MSA SC 5080-1.

Wilmer, L. Allison, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1899.


Internet Sources/Google Earth -

Ancestry.com. 1900. United States Federal Census. "James Taylor." Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Centreville Village. Enumeration District 62. Sheet 4. Lines 25-33. Image Page 7.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for James Taylor. Company Descriptive Book. Company K. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 360.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for James Taylor. Teamster in Quartermaster Department. Company K. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 369.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for James Taylor. Muster Out Roll. Company K. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 372.

ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND ONLINE. Supplement to the Maryland Code, Containing the Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Sessions of 1861, 1861-62, 1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867. Vol. 384, Ch. 15, Section 4. Page 31.

"James Taylor, Journey from Slavery to Freedom" KMZ File, created 04/30/2012.


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