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Apr 30, 2019 · Creed Taylor, soldier and Texas Ranger, was born on April 20, 1820, in Alabama, one of nine children of Josiah and Hepzibeth (Luker) Taylor. Josiah Taylor, a relative of Gen. Zachary Taylor, came to Texas in 1811 and served as captain in the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition; he fought at La Bahía, Alazán, Rosales, and Medina.
Creed Taylor was a career soldier and Texas Ranger, Taylor fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War.
Sep 14, 2014 · Creed Taylor was born in Tennessee in 1820, on the 10th of April. His father, Josiah Taylor, was born and raised in Virginia, in James County, on the James River, and was related to Gen. Zachary Taylor, so the general himself said.
Nov 17, 2017 · Creed Taylor was a giant in early Texas—but his accomplishments are overshadowed by the deeds of his kin. Taylor was born in Texas in 1820. At the age of 15, he went off to fight in the Revolution; he was at the Battle of San Jacinto. In 1841, he enlisted with the Texas Rangers to fight Indians and Mexicans.
Aug 19, 2022 · Josiah Taylor, a relative of Gen. Zachary Taylor, came to Texas in 1811 and served as captain in the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition; he fought at La Bahía, Alazán, Rosales, and Medina. He brought his family, including four-year-old Creed, to Texas in 1824 and settled in DeWitt’s colony.
Feb 13, 2018 · Creed Taylor, a former Texas Ranger and Confederate soldier, wrote with bitterness that Helm “was not a mechanical genius and never invented anything outside of plans to murder innocent men.”
Dec 9, 2011 · We see Taylor in the historical record again in 1846 with the Texas Ranger during the Mexican War, where he served with Samuel H. Walker, who is perhaps best known as the namesake of the Colt Walker firearm. In 1864, at the age of 44, he signed up with Col. John S. “Rip” Ford, another man who got to see a lot of Texas history first-hand.
Jun 15, 2022 · Creed enlisted at Bastrop under the command Ranger Chief, Robert Coleman and First Lieutenant John Tumlinson, thus becoming one of the youngest Texas Rangers.
He took part in the Battle of Plum Creek, fighting against the Comanches in 1840 and fought the Indians in several other battles as a Texas Ranger under Captain Jack Hayes. When the Mexican Army invaded in 1842, Taylor fought them at the Battle of Salado Creek and was severely wounded.
Creed Taylor, organized a band of men and started in pursuit. After they had trailed the Indians for some ten miles, they lost the trail. All of the men but Taylor, and Sutherland, turned back. Taylor, was very determined to find the Indians because they had stolen his finest racing mare.
