Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born on December 7, 1735 Providence County, Rhode Island. He served with Rhode Island while acting in the capacity of Captain and Major of United Company of Artillery, Providence, Rhode Island. Captain Robert Taylor served with his commission of May 1776 throughout the war in Rhode Island Militia and was promoted to Major in June of 1777. He was elected to Lt. Colonel in May of 1790. He then was elected Colonel in May of 1795 in the Revolutionary War. Rhode Island appears to have used the greater part of her men at home trying to gain independence as a Colony rather than as a nation. There was a very poor record kept of the different organizations, but a few Muster Rolls and Payrolls now to be found. Yet they did much toward gaining the independence of the Colony and nation. They are counted as Revolutionary soldiers. The original commission as Captain was given by Nicholas Cooke, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island, May 6, 1776. He married Jane Alexander (1740-1819); children: Rebecca. He Died in 1801 and Buried at Mound Cemetery, 5th and Scammel Streets, Marietta, Washington Co., OH 45750. Cemetery notes and/or description: The Mound Cemetery was established in 1801 by the citizens of Marietta, Ohio, to preserve an Ohio Hopewell burial mound dating from 100 BC to 500 AD, and provide for settler burials.

After the Revolutionary War, the area along the Ohio River and Marietta attracted many veterans rewarded with land grants.
General Rufus Putnam donated land for the cemetery. The cemetery is thought to have the largest number of Revolutionary War Officer burials, among other important Ohio River pioneer settlers and Northwest Territory politicians. Burials continue to today despite the limited space. MI : "Colonel Robert Taylor, 1746-1801." GM Marietta Chap by Revolutionary marker and on gateway, November 30, 1906; marker stolen and replaced in 1920. Fur infor Marietta Chap. Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY, 1998.

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