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Hi!
I am also descended from Peter Taff Sr and Jr. I have seen the name Mary Edmundson before, but don't know the source. I have a Nancy for Peter Jr's wife. Not sure which is correct. I don't have a source for Nancy. I am adding a descendent chart and notes below.
Cousin Patty Rich
Descendants of Elizabeth Williams
1 [6] Elizabeth Williams d: April 1805 in Hardy County, Virginia
. +Peter Taff Sr. b: Aft. 1720 in Ireland d: Bef. 1782 in Virginia
.. 2 [4] Peter Taff b: Aft. 1759 in Hampshire County, Virginia d: 1844 in Osage County, Missouri
...... +Nancy? d: 1796-1807 in Jefferson County, Tennessee m: in Virginia?
....... 3 [1] John Taff b: April 03, 1788
........... +Cynthia Moore b: December 15, 1801 in TN
....... *2nd Wife of [1] John Taff:
........... +Jane Houpt
....... 3 Peter Taff b: 1790
....... 3 George Washington Taff b: Abt. 1791 in Jefferson County, Tennessee d: March 26, 1855 in Dent County, Missouri
........... +Mary Rebecca Bennett b: 1800 in South Carolina d: October 03, 1854 in Dent County, Missouri m: September 22, 1817 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
............ 4 Peter B. Taff
............ 4 William C. Taff b: March 27, 1821 in McMinn County, Tennessee d: September 13, 1888 in Cook Station, Dent County, Missouri
................ +Delilah Ann Carver b: August 24, 1825 in Gainesvile, Georgia d: October 13, 1905 in Cook Station, Dent County, Missouri m: March 12, 1840 in Crawford County, Missouri
............ 4 Lurana Taff
............ 4 George W. Taff
............ 4 Charlotte Violet Taff
............ 4 James M. Taff
............ 4 Joseph M. Taff
................ +Millie Petty
............ 4 Martha Taff
............ 4 Martin VanBuren Taff
....... 3 Martha Elizabeth Taff b: 1796 in Jefferson County, Tennessee d: 1865 in Maries County, Missouri
........... +William M. Copeland b: 1796 in Jefferson County, Tennessee d: January 06, 1862 in Maries County, Missouri m: October 23, 1815 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
............ 4 Rebecca Copeland b: 1816 d: Abt. 1846
................ +William Shockley m: August 15, 1833 in Osage County, Missouri
............ 4 [2] Davis Copeland b: February 28, 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee d: Aft. 1880 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Sybil Tackett Steward b: September 20, 1821 in Missouri d: January 29, 1865 in Maries County, Missouri m: July 05, 1857 in Missouri
............ *2nd Wife of [2] Davis Copeland:
................ +Malinda Miller b: 1828 m: 1867
............ 4 John R. Copeland b: April 26, 1819 in Jefferson County, Tennessee d: October 27, 1876 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Mary America Wiseman b: February 06, 1823 in Knox County, Tennessee d: August 25, 1895 in Maries County, Missouri m: December 30, 1838 in Maries County, Missouri
............ 4 Sallie b: April 22, 1822 in Roane County, Tennessee d: January 06, 1861 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Lyle Lambeth b: September 14, 1806 in North Carolina d: March 31, 1883 in Maries County, Missouri m: May 02, 1852
............ 4 Joseph Copeland b: March 1824 in Jefferson? County Tennessee d: 1875-1880 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Lydia Ann Carnes b: October 1824 in McMinn County, Tennessee? d: 1875-1880 in Maries County, Missouri m: April 10, 1845 in Osage County, Missouri
............ 4 [3] Peter Copeland b: 1825 in McMinn County, Tennessee d: 1875 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Unknown.
............ *2nd Wife of [3] Peter Copeland:
................ +Nancy Shockley m: 1870 in Maries County, Missouri
............ 4 Solomon Copeland b: 1828 in McMinn County, Tennessee d: in St. James, Phelps County, Missouri
................ +Sara Jane Vaughan m: August 02, 1849 in Maries County, Missouri
............ 4 William Riley Copeland b: 1830 d: 1873 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Rachal Vaughan m: 1857 in Maries County, Missouri
............ 4 Callaway Copeland b: February 1834 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +Mary G. Martin m: 1852
............ 4 Mary Elizabeth Copeland b: 1837 in Maries County, Missouri
................ +John F. Carnes b: Abt. 1835 in Tennessee d: Aft. 1871
.. *2nd Wife of [4] Peter Taff:
...... +Mary Jinens m: 1807
....... 3 Mary Taff b: 1810 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
........... +Alvis Goss
....... 3 James Taff b: 1814 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
........... +Mary Henson m: August 14, 1845 in Osage County, Missouri
............ 4 David N. Taff b: July 1851 in Missouri
................ +Mary Ellen Copeland b: July 1861 in Missouri
............ 4 John Henry Taff b: Abt. 1845 d: June 04, 1910
............ 4 Richard W. Taff
............ 4 Herman A. Taff
............ 4 Thomas P. Taff
................ +Dollie Edwards
............ 4 Weldon Taff
................ +Jacob Schmidt
............ 4 Minnie Taff
................ +Unknown Kyler
....... 3 Solomon Taff b: 1815 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
....... 3 [5] Mahala Taff b: May 01, 1816 in Jefferson County, Tennessee d: November 09, 1876 in Maries County, Missouri
........... +Unknown
....... *2nd Husband of [5] Mahala Taff:
........... +Benjamin Eads m: January 08, 1846 in Osage County, Missouri
....... 3 Minerva Taff b: 1820 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
........... +John Boone m: December 14, 1843 in Osage County, Missouri
....... 3 Malinda J. Taff b: May 04, 1822 in McMinn County, Tennessee d: March 22, 1879 in Maries County, Missouri
........... +Henry Burns m: August 26, 1841 in Osage County, Missouri
.. 2 George Taff b: December 19, 1763
....... 3 Rachel Taff b: 1790
.. 2 John Deveres Taff b: December 19, 1763 in VA d: May 01, 1777
*2nd Husband of [6] Elizabeth Williams:
. +William Wallace Warden
.. 2 James Warden
.. 2 William Warden
.. 2 Elizabeth Warden
Peter Taaffe/Taff Immigrated 1740/50 to Wardensville,present Hardy County, VA. There were James Taaffe and an unknown Taafe also living there, who are thought to be brothers of Peter. William Wallace Warden acquired title to 400 acres from Thomas Lord Fairfax, west of Wardensville, on Lost River. This land was surveyed in November 1750 by George Washington, a friend of Lord Fairfax. A fort was built there due to Indian hostility. Before 1748, William married Elizabeth Williams in VA. The will of Elizabeth's father Paul Williams in Hardy County, VA, names her. In 1758 an Indian attack made on Warden's Fort killing Warden, his oldest son James, and the unknown Taaffe. The younger Warden son, who was about nine years old, escaped. The fort was burned.
Warden's widow married Peter Taaffe abt. 1759. Elizabeth and Peter had three children, Peter, and twins George and John. John's birthdate, December 19, 1763, (Early Births of Western Frederick CO, VA and Eastern Hampshire CO,WV, by Grace Kelso Garner and Ralph L. Triplett). George's birthdate is recorded on his pension papers for service in the Revolutionary War. George made a sworn satement that his birthdate is written in a prayer book by his father. Peter Sr. is not in the 1790 census, but Elizabeth is. This census was compiled from state censuses made in 1782 and 1783, and indicates that Peter died prior to this. Elizabeth gave the power of attorney to her son Peter Sr. in 1787, with William Warden as a witness (Hardy County Will Book, pages 112-114). Elizabeth Warden, Peter's half-sister, signed a deed of gift to him, who mentions him as a loving brother. It is assumed she held some property of her own. In 1788 Peter's oldest child was born in Loudon County, so he moved there around this time. Elizabeth and William Warden Jr. are listed in Hardy County Land Book Entries 1780, along with Benjamin Ratcliff (who moved to Bourbon County, Ky, by 1791). Elizabeth recieved 130 acres, William 270 acres, and Benjamin 133 acres. Benjamin also shows up as living nearby Elizabeth Taaffe in the 1782 and 1784 Hampshire County, VA censuses. James Taaffe Jr's wife was Elizabeth Reed Ratcliff, daughter of Benjamin.
After the war, George married and stayed in Hardy County until moving to Jefferson County, TN. Peter Jr. lived in Loudon County after he married until also moving to Jefferson County, TN. Elizabeth died April 5, 1805. It is assumed Warden's children grew up in the Taaffe household. William, the surviving son of Warden, inherited his father's estate when reaching maturity. He married Sarah Crisman, a granddaughter of Jost Hite, a prominant man in the community. The old Warden Home, built by William Jr., was completed abt. 1820, and is located on the road to Moorefield about eight miles west of Wardensville, for whom the town was named. It was still standing as of 1985, but in need of repair. Elizabeth's grave is nearby. James Taaffe is mentioned in early records of Hampshire County, VA (Sage) and Abstract of Wills of Augusta County, VA (Book 2, p. 31), during the period of 1760s-1770. He is listed near Elizabeth in the 1782 Hampshire Co, VA, census. Elizabeth and James are listed in Hardy County Land Book Entries 1780.
James Taffe, son of James Taaffe, enlisted in the Continental Army, from Hampshire County, VA, in 1776, serving in Captain Abel Westfall's Company, and under Col. David Morgan. He was in the following battles: Rising Sun, Brunswick, NJ, Surrender of General Burgoyne at Still Water, and Edge Hill (near Philadelphia). He was discharged at Paoli, Indiana by Captain Von Swearingen in 1778. He recieved a pension of $8.00 per month beginning August 23, 1820, and running until his death in Marion County, Indiana in 1832. His father James Taff Sr's will was settled Hampshire Co, VA 1780s.
Peter Taff, son of Peter Taaffe, was also in the Revolutionary War, but did not file a pension application. (According to John and Jeanette Stanford, He joined in Feb. 1776 in VA, along with John Deveres, his brother. John died in the army May 1, 1777). He was with George Washington at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. He served with James Moore at Valley Forge. (According to John and Jeanette Stanford, Peter Taff knew the German language, which he may have learned from the German speaking people of VA. This may have made it possible for him to talk with Baron von Steuben, drillmaster at Valley Forge.) James recieved a pension in 1833 at the age of 103, from Meigs County, TN. Peter Jr's son John married James Moore's daughter Cynthia December 19, 1816 in Jefferson County, TN. Cynthia was born Dec. 15, 1801 Green/Jefferson CO, TN. Cynthia was the youngest child of James and Hannah Boring Moore. Hannah was a distant cousin of Sir Francis Bacon, and a descendent of Count Regnault, the noted Protestant leader of France.
John, son of Peter, enlisted in the War of 1812 on October 8, 1813, at Dandridge, TN, as a private in Col. W. Lillard's Brigade for four months, and was discharged at Dandridge February 8, 1814. He also served in Captain Peak's Company from 1836-1844, when it was neccessary to battle Indians to remove them from land involved in the Hiwassee Purchase. According to John and Jeanette Stanford, John fought with Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River, 20 miles N of Montgomery, Al.March 27, 1814, and was in the Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815.
John and Cynthia moved to Meigs County, Tn, three miles south of Decatur, on Goodfield Creek, in late 1820. John's father, Peter Jr. and Cynthia's parents moved with them. Cynthia died August 29, 1830. She is buried in the Goodfield Methodist Episcopal Church South Cemetery, the church she and John helped build. On January 15, 1831, John m. Jane Haupt, daughter of Valentine and Nancy Watts Haupt. Valentine ia a Revolutionary War veteran. Jane was born January 15, 1803. John was loyal to the Confederacy during the Civil War. Three of his sons, and other relatives served in the Confederate Army. He was very surprised when he was visited by two of uncle George Taff's grandsons, both Union soldiers in Sherman's Army. Most of John's children moved to Scott County, Arkansas after the war. Jane died June 9, 1871, and John on January 12, 1873, from pneumonia. John is buried in the Goodfield Cometery with his two wives.
George Taff, son of Peter Taaffe, enlisted in the Continental Army in the summer of 1781 from Hampshire Co, VA, in Captain Cunningham's Company as a private. He marched to Williamsburg, and was discharged there by Captain Edmon McCarty, after 3 months of service. In the spring in 1782 he volunteered as a private in Captain Teaverbaugh's Virginia Company, for three months. They marched across the Allegheny Mountains to Tygart's valley, to protect inhabitants from the Shawnee Indians. His daughter Rachel, b. 1790, m. John Slover of Dandridge, Jefferson County, TN. in 1812. He applied for his pension in Jefferson County, TN, on March 4, 1831 at 68 years of age. James Taff was a source for George's pension info. His pension was approved March 4, 1833, and sent to him at Dandridge, TN, until his death in 1839.
Jefferson County, Tn, was originally the state of Franklin until 1796, and was first settled in 1783, with Joseph Copeland, grandfather of Martha Elizabeth Taff's husband William , being one fo the first settlers. Peter Taff moved to Jefferson County spring of 1791. Peter Taff was mentioned in 1797-8 in the Jefferson County Court Minutes. George Taff was mentioned in the book in 1806 as a jury member. Peter Jr., along with sons John, Peter III, George W., Peter's daughter Martha Elizabeth, and her husband William Copeland, moved to the Hiwassee Purchase area of East Tennessee. All of this group settled in McMinn County, except for John, who went to Meigs. (according to John and Jeanette Stanford, Peter Taff, John Taff, and James Moore moved to Rhea County, TN, when it was opened to white settlement by a Cherokee treaty on 1820. This county became Meigs County in 1836. James Moore and Robert Elder received 160 acres each along Goodfield Creek, 1 1/2 miles SW of Decatur, with 160 acres to John Slover between them. Jacob Slover soon sold his land to Robert Elder and Robert built a Baptist church on his farm near Goodfield Creek. Sarah Moore Elder and Hannah Boring joined him. James Moore did not join. John Taff located three miles south of Decatur on the highway to Chattanooga. Peter Taff found land 15 miles NE of Decatur in Monroe County and there him and his wife are buried). William Copeland Sr. and Peter Jr. were listed in the 1830 census of McMinn County, TN. About 1831, Peter Jr. family, and family of William Copeland Sr. amd nephew William Taff, migrated to the Osage County portion of what is now Maries County, MO, near Stony Point, near the old Henry Redel place.
Sources: Peter and James Taaffe/Taffe/Taff and thier Descendents
Compiled by Homer and Francis Taff, Cockrell Printing, Forth Worth, TX 1985
John and Jeanette Stanford, 25 Farvu Court, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72118. (501) 758-0072
E-mail : 75334.3320@compuserve.com
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