Section 28 – Taylor, Bradt

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Written by Sandy Kinter, from Waterford Genealogical Society E-Newsletter Volume 15 Number 8

Today Section 28 is mostly residential with a handful of small businesses along the northern boundary on Elizabeth Lake Road. Most of the eastern portion of the section is occupied by part of Crescent Lake and the western end of Elizabeth Lake. There are many homes on the shores of both lakes. The Clinton River meanders along the western side of Section 28 on its way to Pontiac. On the 1872 plat map of Section 28 there were only five land owners and one, H.W. Lord, was an absentee owner. Henry W. Lord was a resident of West Bloomfield Township. He also owned land in Section 19 and was reported in that section’s biographies.

Joseph Elliott Taylor
Caroline Eliza Bradt

The 1870 census, page 590, Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan, records Elliott J. Taylor, age 41, born in New York. With him is his wife, Carrie E., age 30, born in New York; son, William B, age 11, born in Michigan; Stanley E. Smith, age 53, born in New York, no occupation is given; and Andrew Gibson, age 22, farm laborer, born in Ireland. On the 1872 plat map of Waterford Township, the farm of J.E. Taylor is located on Elizabeth Lake Road, and on the western shore of Crescent Lake.

Joseph Elliott Taylor was born 20 June 1829, in Saratoga County, New York, the son of William Taylor and Lucy Harger. (1)(2) He married Caroline Eliza Bradt (3) and moved to Waterford Township, Oakland County, in (3)(4) Joseph died 3 September 1874 and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan.

The Taylor family first settled in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey during the 1690’s. (7) Judge John Taylor, and his wife, Chloe Cox, grandparents of Joseph E. Taylor, moved to Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, in 1774. (2)(7) William Taylor, son of Judge John, and father of Joseph, was born in Saratoga County on 7 May 1779 and died 24 September 1836, also in Saratoga County. (2)(8) Lucy Harger, mother of Joseph Taylor died 16 January 1866 and is buried with her husband in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, Saratoga County, New York. (8)

Caroline Eliza Bradt was the daughter of Garrett and Jane (Van Epp) Bradt. (3)(9)(12) She was born 4 November 1830 in Glenville, Schenectady County, New York. (9)(10) After the death of Joseph, Caroline married secondly, Eleazer Stanley Smith, 21 February 1877, in Waterford Township. (10) This is the same person as Stanley E. Smith who is recorded with the Taylor family in the 1870 census. E. Stanley Smith died 19 March 1890, in Waterford, and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan. (10)(11) Caroline Smith died 2 December 1905, Waterford Township and is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan. (6)(9)

Sources:

  1. U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970; New York, Charlton, Charlton
    Freehold Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1801-1862, Ancestry,
    www.ancestry.com
  2. Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and His Descendants, Elisha Taylor, The Richmond &
    Backus Co., Detroit, MI, 1886, pages 23-24, Hathitrust Digital Library,
    www.hathitrust.org
  3. Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan, Chapman Bros.,
    Chicago, 1891, pages 861-862, Hathitrust Digital Library, www.hathitrust.org
  4. 1850 Census, page 116, Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan
  5. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; Registers, 1867-1897, Macomb-Leelanau,
    1872-1914, Oakland County, page 4, Ancestry, www.ancestry.com
  6. Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan, Find A Grave, www.findagrave.com
  7. The City of Detroit, Michigan 1701-1922, Volume V, The S.J. Clarke Publishing
    Co., Detroit-Chicago, 1922, Elisha Taylor, page 46, Hathitrust Digital Library,
    www.hathitrust.org
  8. Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, Find A Grave,
    www.findagrave.com
  9. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950; Caroline Smith, Death Certificate #279,
    Ancestry, www.ancestry.com
  10. Michigan, County Marriage Records, 1822-1940; Oakland County, 1866-1887,
    page 195, Ancestry, www.ancestry.com
  11. Digital Michigan Newspapers, Central Michigan University, Clarke Historical Library,
    Pontiac Gazette (1877), Friday 21 March 1890, page 4, Obituary, E. Stanley Smith,
    www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/Pages/Michigan-Digital-Newspaper-Portal.aspx
  12. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999; Saratoga County, Wills,
    Volumes 22-23, 1869-1874, Volume 23, 1871-1874, Garret Bradt, pages 198-200,
    Ancestry, www.ancestry.com
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