Taylor Log Cabin

Taylor Log Cabin. . Constructed around 1868 in Corinth, Denton County, this cabin became the home of the Taylor family in 1905 and remained in the family for over 100 years., John William Taylor and his wife Ida Louise McDaniel moved to Denton County from Gwinnet County, Georgia in 1894. They rented a house until purchasing this log cabin in 1905. Mr. Taylor worked as a farmer, growing vegetables, feed, and cotton and raising dairy cattle. He was also a cobbler who mended shoes. Mrs. Taylor canned vegetables to store in their root cellar and made butter to sell at the market in Denton., William Wilson, owner of the original land grant, operated a pottery kiln two miles from the cabin site. Wilson constructed a large kiln which sat both above and below ground using handmade bricks. He produced utilitarian clay pottery for the early settlers of Denton County. A.H. Serren, who purchased the cabin property from Wilson, also worked as a potter. The Denton County Historical Commission excavated the Wilson kiln site in 1998., The Taylors had ten children. Mr. Taylor eventually added a room to accommodate his growing family. The family hosted family picnics every year on the property. After the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, their son Robert continued to live in the cabin and farm the land until his death in 1992., "We used to have that reunion every year, a big crowd of us. Had corncob fights. My grand daddy had what you'd call a corn sheller. You drop an ear of corn down in it and the cob comes back out. It would get all the corn off of it. He had sacks full of corncobs. We'd get those cobs and throw 'em at one another. They'd try to knock you down and some of them would." , Foy Taylor, grandson of J.W. Taylor, Timeline of Ownership , 1854 - Land granted to William Wilson , 1858 - Land sold to Augustus and Esther Serren , 1868 - Cabin constructed , 1878 - Augustus Serren dies , 1891 - Esther committed to mental hospital, children take over ownership , 1905 - J.W. Taylor purchases property , 1907 - J.W. Taylor builds crib barn , 1913 - Taylor adds room onto the cabin , 1940s - Electricity wired to the cabin , 1943 - J.W. Taylor dies , 1952 - Ida Taylor dies. Cabin passes to son Robert Taylor , 1992 - Robert Taylors dies. The last to live in the cabin , 2012 - Foy Taylor donates cabin to Denton County, Captions , (Photo #1) Taylor family in front of cabin c. 1910 , (Photo #2) Taylor farm c. 1950 , (Photo #3) John and Ida Taylor c. 1930 , (Photo #4) Taylor family gathering c. 1930 , (Photo #5) Taylor family picnic c. 1930