Grave of Hancock Taylor - Richmond, KY
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 43.300 W 084° 18.850
16S E 736719 N 4178330
On Taylor's fork of Silver Creek, .7 mi. east, is burial place of Hancock Taylor.
Waymark Code: WM128VB
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2020
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Grave of Hancock Taylor-On Taylor's fork of Silver Creek, .7 mi. east, is burial place of Hancock Taylor. This pioneer was at Falls of Ohio in 1769 enroute to New Orleans and surveying in Ky. by 1773. A deputy surveyor under Wm. Preston, he was near mouth of Ky. River when shot by Indians in July 1774. Taylor rejoined party, and these companions brought him just south of Richmond, where he died.
Location: Marker is on Lancaster Road (KY52) south of Shale Drive (but North of Taylor Fork Creek), Richmond KY 40475.
Marker Name: Grave of Hancock Taylor
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): 1685
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
1981 by Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways.
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