Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . ur-passing energy, unyielding in-tegrity and unswerving devotionto truth and country. He wasthe son of David Taylor andMargaret Livingston, respective-ly, of English and Scotch origin,whose families through widelydifferent channels of experiencecame together in Franklin county,Ohio, more than a hundred yearsago. David Taylor, father ofour subject, was born in NovaScotia, in 1801, and with hisfather (Robert) and brothersand sisters moved to Chillicothe,Ohio, then the capital of thenew state, in 1806. Two years later the family moved to Trurotownship
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . ur-passing energy, unyielding in-tegrity and unswerving devotionto truth and country. He wasthe son of David Taylor andMargaret Livingston, respective-ly, of English and Scotch origin,whose families through widelydifferent channels of experiencecame together in Franklin county,Ohio, more than a hundred yearsago. David Taylor, father ofour subject, was born in NovaScotia, in 1801, and with hisfather (Robert) and brothersand sisters moved to Chillicothe,Ohio, then the capital of thenew state, in 1806. Two years later the family moved to Trurotownship, Franklin county, andthe frame house then constructed for their home, still stands, one of theoldest landmarks of early settlement in the state, and it is still in thepossession and occupancy of the Taylor family. This Truro townshipis historic, for it lies in the Refugee Tract, a strip of land four andone-half miles wide from north to south and about fifty miles from eastto west, extending from the east bank of the Scioto River to near the. Edward L. Taylor. 324 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. Muskingum River, and comprising 136,000 acres. This refugee stripwas so called because set aside by Congress of the United States in1801 to remunerate those residents of Canada who at the time of theAmerican Revolution espoused the colonial cause and who sacrificing allproperty and interests at home, crossed the border and joined the Amer-ican army. One of the most conspicuous of these refugees was ColonelJames Livingston, who with two brothers fled Canada and cast his lotwith the loyalists of New York. James Livingston was made colonelof a regiment, serving at first under General Schuyler and later underGeneral Montgomery. Colonel Livingston did valiant service the entireseven years of the Revolution, in recognition of which the UnitedStates government assigned him 1,200 acres of the aforesaid refugeeland, on which a portion of the city of Columbus now stands. Thepatents fo
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