12. | Zachary Taylor, III was born 17 Apr 1707, Rapidan, Orange, VA or Carine, VA (son of Col. James Taylor, II and Martha Thompson); died 1 Mar 1768, Orange County,VA. Notes:
His tombstone reads:
“son of James Taylor II of Bloomsbury, Knight of the Golden Horeshoe.
Grandparent of President Zachary Taylor, Great Uncle of President James
Madison, Greatgrandparent of Sara Knox Taylor, wife of President Jefferson
Davis of the Confederacy, husband of Elizabeth Lee.”
Meadow Farm Estate was built for Zachary Taylor (III) by his father James in the 1720’s.
Per tombstone plaque.
Zachary married Elizabeth Lee 1737, Northumberland, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Hancock Lee and Sarah Elizabeth Allerton) was born 25 May 1709, Wicomico, Northumberland, VA; died Apr 1753, Farnham, Richmand, VA. [Group Sheet]
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