Wilson Daily Times, 22 October 1946.

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On 30 December 1896, Hilliard Taylor, 21, of Gardners township, married Annie Barnes, 21, of Gardners township, in Wilson County.

In the 1900 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer Hilliard Taylor, 25; wife Annie, 23; and sons James, 4, and Albert, 3.

In the 1910 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer Hilliard Taylor, 35; wife Annie, 30; sons Albert, 13, and Walter W., 5; and lodger Joe D. Bynum, 20.

In 1918, Hillard Taylor registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born February 1873; lived at R.F.D. #2, Stantonsburg; farmed for J.J. Mattox; and his nearest relative was Annie Taylor.

In the 1920 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer Hilliard Taylor, 47; wife Annie, 35; sons Gray, 24, Albert, 22, and Walter, 16; and servant Mary Ward, 23.

In the 1930 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farmer Hilliard Taylor, 53; wife Annie, 48; and sons Walter, 24, and Moses, 14.

In the 1940 census of Saratoga township, Wilson County: farm laborer Walter Taylor, 34; wife Hagar, 27; father Hilliard, 65; mother Annie, 55; aunt Mattie, 60; cousin Lee, 35; and lodgers Jay Vance, 22, and Mary Taylor, 14.

Annie Taylor died 19 October 1946 in Saratoga township, Wilson County. Per her death certificate, she was 67 years old; was born in Wilson County to Short Barnes and Matilda Barnes; was the widow of Hilliard Taylor; worked in farming; and was buried in Rest Haven cemetery. Walter Taylor of Stantonsburg was informant.