James Taylor

ID: 2418
This file appears in: General James Taylor Home
James Taylor

General James Taylor was the founder of Newport. This bust of Taylor was sculpted by Kentuckian Joel T. Hart. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: General James Taylor Home

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #121 in Newport commemorates the General James Taylor home. James Taylor, Jr. was born to James, Sr. and Anne Hubbard in 1769. While the family resided in Caroline County, Virginia, James Taylor, Sr. received land for his…