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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) abstract "Richard Lee Taylor (April 3, 1744 – January 19, 1829) was an officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He was the father of Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States, and Joseph Pannell Taylor, who served as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1744 to Zachary Taylor and Elizabeth Lee. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary. In 1769 he explored the Ohio River and Mississippi River with his older brother, Hancock Taylor, travelling from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.When the American Revolution began, Taylor became a 2nd lieutenant in the Virginia Continental forces on February 12, 1775, and fought in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, and Monmouth. He was discharged as a lieutenant colonel on September 12, 1781.After the war, Taylor became an Original Member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.Taylor married Sarah Dabney Strother in 1779. They lived first at his plantation, "Hare Forest". However, he had acquired 8,000 acres (32 km2) throughout Kentucky, and with the return of peace in 1783, he started clearing the land to move his family there. They did so in 1785, and by 1790 he had built his home "Springfield", known today as the Zachary Taylor House. Taylor was also involved with the Valley Forge Campaign. In the Fall of 1777 Thomas Shoemaker's Gwynedd township house was first plundered by Washington's army, then occupied by Taylor and other officers who kept the foragers away. The troops commandeered livestock and hay for the army. The troops did not even leave a milk cow for the family with small children and when they bought a new one it was taken too. However, this was stopped by Capt.Richard Taylor, Capt. William Cunningham and Capt. Francis Taylor (all from Virginia and part of Greene's Corp). They had the prime offender arrested on 24 October 1777, and made him run the gauntlet after which the families in the neighborhood were no longer bothered. Richard Taylor told Thomas Shoemaker, he had "been in nine battles and would be in ninety-nine more before the British gained the day." Thomas Shoemaker's land was the southwest corner of the intersection of present day North Wales Rd. and Welsh Rd, just outside Lansdale Pa. (currently owned by Tom and Wendy Tracy)During the Northwest Indian War, Taylor served as a volunteer in the Kentucky militia under Major John Adair. He was injured in a disastrous 1792 battle with Indians under Little Turtle near Fort St. Clair, site of the present Eaton, Ohio.By 1800, Taylor had enlarged "Springfield" to 700 acres (2.8 km2) by 1800. He remained active for the remainder of his life in Kentucky politics. He donated 60 acres (240,000 m2) for the creation of Taylorsville, Kentucky, which was named in his honor.Richard Taylor died in 1829 at the age of 85. He was buried in the family cemetery, now part of the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.".
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) battle Battle_of_Monmouth.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) battle Battle_of_Trenton.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) battle Battle_of_White_Plains.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) battle Northwest_Indian_War.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) birthDate "1744-04-03".
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) birthPlace Orange_County,_Virginia.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) birthPlace Virginia.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) birthYear "1744".
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) deathDate "1829-01-19".
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) deathPlace Kentucky.
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) deathYear "1829".
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) restingPlace Kentucky.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) restingPlace Louisville,_Kentucky.
- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) restingPlace Zachary_Taylor_National_Cemetery.
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) allegiance "United States of America".
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) birthPlace Orange_County,_Virginia.
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) dateOfBirth "1744-04-03".
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- Richard_Taylor_(colonel) name "Richard Lee Taylor".
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