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Taylorsville Cemetery
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By Barry Swackhamer, May 31, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Taylorsville Cemetery Marker | | |
Inscription. This picturesque cemetery dates to the 1850s. Within it’s hallowed grounds sleep many pioneers of Plumas County and particularly Indian Valley, some of whom are:
Jobe Terrill Taylor, founder of Taylorsville; Abbie Fort, African-American beekeeper and land owner; Dennis & Jerome Chapman, discoverers of copper at Coppertown; Robert & Angeline Flournoy, Genesee Valley Ranchers; Lewis Stark, founder of Elizabethtown; the Young Bros., Early Taylorsville merchants.
To the north is a Maidu Cemetery, site of an early village. These peaceful people inhabited this valley prior to Taylor’s arrival.
Dedicated to the memory of the Maidu Indians and the Pioneers of Indian Valley.
Erected 1999 by E Clampus Vitus, Las Plumas del Oro Chapter No. 8 & Robert Meacher, Supervisor District 2.
Marker series. This marker is included in the E Clampus Vitus marker series.
Location. 40° 4.464′ N, 120° 50.204′ W. Marker is in Taylorsville, California, in Plumas County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Cemetery Street and Portsmounth Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Taylorsville CA 95983, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are | | | | 
By Barry Swackhamer, May 31, 2012 | |
| | | 2. Taylorsville Cemetery and Marker | | |
within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Taylorville General Store (approx. 0.2 miles away); Peter Lassen (approx. 5.7 miles away); Bransford & McIntyre Store (approx. 7.6 miles away); Sincerity Lodge 132 F.&A.M. (approx. 7.6 miles away); Bransford & McIntyre Warehouse (approx. 7.6 miles away); Elizabethtown (approx. 10 miles away); Mt. Ingalls Lookout (approx. 10.2 miles away); Plumas County’s First School House (approx. 10.3 miles away).
Also see . . . Abbie Fort - Find-A-Grave. (Submitted on July 3, 2012.)
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By Barry Swackhamer, May 31, 2012 | |
| | | 3. Taylorsville Cemetery | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on June 21, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 112 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 21, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photos of the grave sites of the people named on the marker. •
Photo of the Maidu Cemetery. • Can you help?
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