Taylor, John McQueen

(April 24, 1812 - March 14, 1887) Tennessee native John McQueen Taylor came to Texas with his family in 1829 as a settler in the empresario grant of Lorenzo de Zavala. Taylor fought in the Anahuac disturbances of 1834 and later, as a soldier in the Texas Army, he participated in the Grass Fight and the Siege of Bexar. An early justice of the peace in both Tyler and Orange counties, he later settled in Williamson County. He and his wife Nancy Ann had four children. Recorded - 1982.