Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameArchibald Taylor 
Birth27 Oct 1795, Champaign, Ohio
Death4 May 1889, Braxton Co., West Virginia
FatherAlexander Taylor
MotherPhoebe Skidmore (1765-1824)
Spouses
Birth5 Nov 1800, Pendleton Co., (W) Virginia
Death9 Feb 1866, Braxton Co., West Virginia
Marriage15 Sep 1834, (W) Virginia
Notes for Archibald Taylor
2089Children:
Rachel Taylor
Harriet Taylor 1825
Susan Taylor 1830
Douglas Taylor 1833
Stephen Taylor 1834
Gustavas F Taylor 27 Jun 1834
John S Taylor 4 Jan 1837 in Virginia
Alexander Taylor 1843
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Captain Skidmore (later promoted to Major) was wounded twice in the Battle of Point Pleasant, part of Lord Dunsmore's War and often referred to as the first battle of the American Revolution.
His company, on Sept. 22, 1774, had marched to Charleston under command of Col. Andrew Lewis. Captain Skidmore's company was composed of himself, a lieutenant, an ensign, three sergeants and 32 soldiers. On Oct. 6 they arrived at Point Pleasant on the Ohio River.
Four days later two men rushed into camp and reported a large group of Indians was about two miles up the river. The men were marched out to engage the Indians. They had gone only about a half-mile when the Indians attacked. The soldiers took refuge behind the trees. Colonel Lewis, wearing a red coat, was almost immediately shot and killed.
Captain John Skidmore was wounded twice, first early in the day, not seriously , in the calf of a leg.
Captain Skidmore's grandson, Archibald Taylor, said his grandfather later told of the bravery of Capt. Mathew Arbuckle, who helped win the battle. He said Arbuckle, with some volunteers, jumped Crooked Creek and surrreptitiously crept to the rear of the Indians.
Before the men got into position for the flank attack, Captain Skidmore was shot a second time--this time a serious wound to the hip. His men gave way, but Captain Skidmore called out to them that he was not dead and to stand their ground. As the men turned back to him, Arbuckle's men began firing and drove the Indians backward in a fierce fight. Soon afterward the Indians gave up and retreated across the Ohio. Records show the colonists had lost a fifth of their men--46 dead and 80 wounded.
Captain Skidmore told his grandson the second bullet had passed through his body, without hitting major internal organs. The bullet had been caught in the waistband of his trousers on the other side.
After the war he was offered a commission as a major in the Rockingham County Militia, which he declined. Records show, however, he left military service with the rank of major.
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Rachel Taylor
Harriet Taylor 1825
Susan Taylor 1830
Douglas Taylor 1833
Stephen Taylor 1834
Gustavas F Taylor 27 Jun 1834
John S Taylor 4 Jan 1837 in Virginia
Alexander Taylor 1843
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Captain Skidmore (later promoted to Major) was wounded twice in the Battle of Point Pleasant, part of Lord Dunsmore's War and often referred to as the first battle of the American Revolution.
His company, on Sept. 22, 1774, had marched to Charleston under command of Col. Andrew Lewis. Captain Skidmore's company was composed of himself, a lieutenant, an ensign, three sergeants and 32 soldiers. On Oct. 6 they arrived at Point Pleasant on the Ohio River.
Four days later two men rushed into camp and reported a large group of Indians was about two miles up the river. The men were marched out to engage the Indians. They had gone only about a half-mile when the Indians attacked. The soldiers took refuge behind the trees. Colonel Lewis, wearing a red coat, was almost immediately shot and killed.
Captain John Skidmore was wounded twice, first early in the day, not seriously , in the calf of a leg.
Captain Skidmore's grandson, Archibald Taylor, said his grandfather later told of the bravery of Capt. Mathew Arbuckle, who helped win the battle. He said Arbuckle, with some volunteers, jumped Crooked Creek and surrreptitiously crept to the rear of the Indians.
Before the men got into position for the flank attack, Captain Skidmore was shot a second time--this time a serious wound to the hip. His men gave way, but Captain Skidmore called out to them that he was not dead and to stand their ground. As the men turned back to him, Arbuckle's men began firing and drove the Indians backward in a fierce fight. Soon afterward the Indians gave up and retreated across the Ohio. Records show the colonists had lost a fifth of their men--46 dead and 80 wounded.
Captain Skidmore told his grandson the second bullet had passed through his body, without hitting major internal organs. The bullet had been caught in the waistband of his trousers on the other side.
After the war he was offered a commission as a major in the Rockingham County Militia, which he declined. Records show, however, he left military service with the rank of major.
see:
http://mysite.verizon.net/michael6076/id2.html
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
2089Children:
Rachel Taylor
Harriet Taylor 1825
Susan Taylor 1830
Douglas Taylor 1833
Stephen Taylor 1834
Gustavas F Taylor 27 Jun 1834
John S Taylor 4 Jan 1837 in Virginia
Alexander Taylor 1843
Rachel Taylor
Harriet Taylor 1825
Susan Taylor 1830
Douglas Taylor 1833
Stephen Taylor 1834
Gustavas F Taylor 27 Jun 1834
John S Taylor 4 Jan 1837 in Virginia
Alexander Taylor 1843