The Early History of Madison County and Incidentally of Northern Alabama by Thomas Jones Taylor

The Early History of Madison County and Incidentally of Northern Alabama by Thomas Jones Taylor

Thomas Jones Taylor

1829-1894

Thomas Jones Taylor was born in Talladega, Ala. He was commissioned as a captain in Company K, 9th Alabama Infantry, for the Confederate States of America. After being captured at Port Hudson, Mississippi, in 1863, Taylor was held as a prisoner of War at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Taylor served as Madison County surveyor from 1858 to 1862 and 1868 to 1871, and he taught school from 1865 to 1868. Taylor worked as a tax assessor before serving as clerk of county court from 1880 to 1886. He became a probate judge in 1886 and remained in that position until his death in 1894.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1976

The Early History of Madison County and Incidentally of Northern Alabama. Tuscaloosa, AL; Confederate Pub Co, 1976.

AL Book Collection

Taylor, Thomas Jones, “The Early History of Madison County and Incidentally of Northern Alabama by Thomas Jones Taylor,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24606.