Taylor family : papers, 1849-1972 | WorldCat.org
Papers of the Taylor and Whitney families. Correspondence includes business and family letters. Of particular interest are letters to Bushrod W. Taylor from his father Bushrod B. Taylor while on patrol on the gunboat Kanawha off the Texas coast during the Civil War, and a 19 Nov. 1860 letter to Roland Whitney from a Charleston businessman who predicts secession. Also included are wills and deeds of the Wilber, Barnett, Watts, Baker, and Taylor families; genealogical papers of the Wilber, Taylor, and Watts families; clippings concerning George F. Baker, Jr., and Taylor genealogy; a Whitney scrapbook containing clippings, letters, and bills of sale pertaining to the Taylor and Lemon families; and Bushrod B. Taylor's family register and travel log listing his voyages in the U.S. Navy between 1849 and 1882