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Matilda Woodson. He was also trained in the law The property passed to their youngest daughter, May Taylor wife of Albert Howard. "Young Creed" was the son of Samuel Taylor (nephew of the Chancellor) and Martha Woodson, youngest sister of Sally. Martha died at Needham 7 Feb 1810 of child-bed fever. Her three children were adopted by the Chancellor and his wife. Sources: Will of Chancellor Creed Taylor, original in my possession, Henry Morton Woodson, Woodsons and Their Connections (1915, Nashville, Tenn.), Writings of John Randolph, a great friend of Chancellor Taylor, Various deeds of the Needham property.
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Chancellor Creed Taylor and his wife, Sally deGraffenried (Woodson Taylor, had no children. The Creed Taylor who inherited the "Needham" property was his great nephew and namesake. This Creed, called "Young Creed", was born at Needham on 3 Aug 1807 and died there 16 Jan 1868, his wife was, Lucy Ann
269:(1766-1836). as well as his son Creed Taylor Jr. (1791-1873). The elder Taylor established a proprietary law school in Richmond and moved it in the 1820s to this estate (it was Virginia's second law school and the nation's fourth), where it trained about 300 lawyers including U.S. President 845: 800: 720: 840: 835: 710: 940: 905: 855: 825: 730: 585: 575: 900: 795: 770: 725: 680: 1324: 1251: 935: 890: 875: 870: 780: 715: 660: 605: 555: 510: 1014: 775: 755: 735: 665: 650: 615: 610: 580: 545: 540: 515: 495: 490: 1004: 925: 910: 860: 830: 805: 790: 705: 645: 640: 630: 600: 565: 560: 550: 485: 456: 1157: 1049: 880: 865: 850: 820: 765: 760: 745: 695: 690: 685: 670: 625: 570: 530: 520: 505: 1089: 930: 920: 810: 785: 750: 675: 590: 500: 1304: 1188: 1167: 1099: 1094: 1064: 1039: 950: 915: 895: 885: 700: 655: 635: 620: 595: 535: 999: 955: 945: 815: 525: 1172: 1162: 1122: 1114: 1009: 989: 740: 1079: 1074: 1019: 1147: 1132: 1084: 1069: 1044: 1024: 1152: 1137: 1127: 1104: 1059: 1034: 1029: 994: 1109: 1142: 1054: 449: 1329: 469: 442: 1285: 1216: 1211: 1193: 1319: 145: 101: 1278: 76: 1309: 262:
frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, with one-story addition built in 1929, although most of the former outbuildings have now disappeared.
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since 1988. Virginia erected a historic marker concerning the proprietary law school in 2000.
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in 1829). In 1831 Anne Jane Gholson, the mother of novelist
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as well as future Missouri governor and Confederate general
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It was the home of educator, jurist, and politician
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Needham (Farmville, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Needham (Farmville, Virginia) is located in the United States
State Route 45
Farmville, Virginia
37°19′21″N 78°23′7″W / 37.32250°N 78.38528°W / 37.32250; -78.38528
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Farmville
Cumberland County, Virginia
central hall plan
Creed Taylor
John Tyler
William Y. Gholson
John Minor Botts
Joseph William Chinn
John Hall Fulton
Sterling Price
University of Virginia Law School
Ellen Glasgow
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