S*0460 Concurrent Resolution, By Verdin
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND AND HONOR MAJOR SAMUEL TAYLOR, OF PENDLETON
 DISTRICT, FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STATE
 OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A PIONEER, PATRIOT, AND STATESMAN WHOSE DEDICATION TO
 LIBERTY HELPED ACHIEVE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND WHOSE DEDICATION TO SOUTH
 CAROLINA ENSURED ITS STABILITY AND PROSPERITY DURING ITS EARLY HISTORY.

   02/20/07  Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-4
   02/21/07  House  Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-7

TO COMMEND AND HONOR MAJOR SAMUEL TAYLOR, OF PENDLETON DISTRICT, FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A PIONEER, PATRIOT, AND STATESMAN WHOSE DEDICATION TO LIBERTY HELPED ACHIEVE AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND WHOSE DEDICATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA ENSURED ITS STABILITY AND PROSPERITY DURING ITS EARLY HISTORY.

Whereas, Samuel Taylor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1740 to James and Hannah Taylor; and

Whereas, the Taylor family traveled the Great Wagon Road and settled in the Waxhaws region of the Carolinas in 1756; and

Whereas, in 1768, Taylor married Eleanor Cannon Hudgins. The couple had seven children including Joseph Taylor who represented Pendleton District in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly; and

Whereas, Taylor was a successful farmer living in the Ninety Six District as the War for American independence began; and

Whereas, in 1775, Taylor became a second lieutenant in William Thomson's Rangers wherein he participated in the Snow Campaign in the winter of 1775, and then served in the Third Regiment of Rangers until March of 1776; and

Whereas, Taylor was made a captain in the new Sixth South Carolina Militia Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Sumter in March of 1776; and

Whereas, Taylor served under Brigadier General Isaac Huger at the battle of Stono Ferry in 1779, and saw action at the Siege of Savannah in 1779; and

Whereas, Taylor served the remainder of the War in the Sixth Regiment attaining the rank of major; and

Whereas, Taylor represented Ninety Six District in the Fifth General Assembly; and

Whereas, Taylor was a signatory of the Hopewell Treaty of 1785, establishing the boundary between the state of South Carolina and the Cherokee Nation; and

Whereas, Taylor attended the state constitutional convention in 1790 as a delegate from Pendleton District; and

Whereas, he represented Pendleton District in the Eighth General Assembly; and

Whereas, Taylor was a charter member of the South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati; and

Whereas, Taylor lived out his life on the east bank of the Seneca River at San Salvador Plantation until his death in 1798. Now therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commend and honor Major Samuel Taylor, of Pendleton District, for his many years of outstanding and dedicated service to the State of South Carolina as a pioneer, patriot, and statesman whose dedication to liberty helped achieve American independence and whose dedication to South Carolina ensured her stability and prosperity during its early history.