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Derry Township shown within Westmoreland County [1]

Westmoreland County shown within Pennsylvania [2]

Joseph H. Taylor (born 21 Feb 1824) was the last sibling of Margaret Eliza Taylor born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Sometime between that date and 21 Apr 1826, the family moved to Pendleton County, Kentucky. Margaret would have been between 5 and 7 years old.
Pendleton County shown within Kentucky[3]

Pendleton County was created from Campbell and Bracken counties in 1798. [4] The county is nicknamed the "Land of Meandering Rivers and Rolling Hills." Main Licking and South Licking are the two major rivers that run through Pendleton County.[5] Falmouth, the county seat, was formed in 1793 and is the largest town in Pendleton. Other towns within the county have been "Morgan, Callensville, Goforth, DeMossville, Grassy Creek, BostonStation, Peach Grove, Bachelor's Rest McKenneysburg, Mt. Auburn, Portland, Knoxville, Gardnersville, Short Creek, Concord, Flour Creek, Blanket Creek, Roanoke, Oakland, Turner Ridge, Richland" and others.[6] We are not sure which town Margaret's family lived in.

While in Pendleton six more siblings were born: John (21 Apr 1826), Mary Ann (11 Jun 1828),[7] Samuel Morehead (8 Oct 1830),[8] Nancy Jane (10 Jun 1832), Heber Shoemaker (21 Aug 1834),[9] and Mark Graham (10 Jan 1837).[10]

U.S. Census 1830 Pendleton County, Kentucky[11]

The 1830 U.S. census in Pendleton County, Kentucky shows Joseph with Nancy and their six children. It was listed with tally marks, but matches exactly the six children who had been born as shown below:

1 male under 5 (John, born 1826)

2 males 5 to 9 (James, born 1820; and Joseph H., born 1824)

1 male 30 to 39 (Joseph, born 1796)

1 female under 5 (Mary Ann, born 1828)

1 female 5 to 9 (Rebecca, born 1822)

1 female 10 to 14 (Margaret Eliza, born 1818)

1 female 20 to 29 (Nancy, born about 1804)

Note that Samuel Morehead, Nancy Jane, Heber Shoemaker, and Mark Graham were born after the 1830 census was taken.

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1 "Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia (Wikimedia Foundation Inc.: 2009), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry_ Township,_Westmoreland_County,_Pennsylvania, accessed 10 Dec 2009.

2 Wikipedia, "Derry Township," accessed 10 Dec 2009.

3 Pendleton County, Kentucky," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia (Wikimedia Foundation Inc.: 2009), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry_Township,_Westmoreland _County,_Pennsylvania, accessed 10 Dec 2009.

4 Pendleton County: the Southern Side of Northern Kentucky, "History of Pendleton County," http://www.pendletoncounty.ky.gov/about/history.htm,accessed 31 Jan 2001.

5 Pendleton County: the Southern Side of Northern Kentucky, "Footprints in the Snow," http://pendltoncounty.ky.gov/default.htm, accessed 31 Jan 2011.

6 Pendleton County: the Southern Side of Northern Kentucky, History of Pendleton County," http://www.pendletoncounty.ky.gov/about/history.htm, accessed 31 Jan 2001.

7 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Logan Temple, Baptisms for the Dead, 1884-1943 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959, 1974), 154, entry 5511, FHL Film 177838.

8 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Logan Temple, Baptisms for the Dead, 1884-1955 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959, 1974), 98 entry 3584, FHL Film 177853.

9 Logan Temple, Baptisms for the Dead 1884-1955, 98 entry 3585 FHL Film 177853.

10 Logan Temple, Baptisms for the Dead 1884-1955, 98 entry 3586 FHL Film 177853.

11 1830 U.S. Federal Census, Pendleton, Kentucky [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1830 U.S. Census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls; roll 41; page 73.