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Again the spelling Tolby and Talbee as opposed to Taulbee are based on the spelling usually found in records of the time.  The names have been interchanged by various researchers and in documents.  We have tried to use the more common example for the individual, but it should not be considered as chiseled in stone.  Taulbee is a more recent variation in Samuel's line that is probably a Kentucky variant based on where the individual went to school more than anything else.  The spelling of the variant as Taulbee does not seem to appear prior to about the 1840s.  Phonetically, they were the same regardless of spelling. This is most likely going to change as the variant moves into nearly all the 50 states and some overseas areas. [B. G.]

Samuel Tolby, was born 1773 in Orange County, North Carolina. Married Rebecca Birchfield in Orange County, North Carolina.  Samuel was son of William Hitchcock Talbee and an unknown 1st wife.  William Hitchcock Talbee was son of Samuel Talbee, Sr. and Elizabeth Hitchcock.  Samuel Talbee, Sr. was son of Edward Talbee & Mary Unknown of Baltimore County, Maryland Colony.  Rebecca Birchfield was daughter of John Birchfield and Elizabeth Hendricks.  Samuel died 1830 in Hendricks County, Indiana and Rebecca died after 1840, also in Hendricks County, Indiana.

Children of Samuel and Rebecca

• Jonathan Talbee (Tolby)
• Zephaniah Talbee (Tolby)
• Thomas T. Tolby (Taulbee) b. 1800, married Nancy Ann Jones in 1822, Perry Co., KY
• William Ashford "Billy" Taulbee, b. Feb 23, 1802, md. Mary Jane "Polly" Birchfield
• John C. Taulbee, Sr., b. 1804, married Nancy Hill
• Mary Tolby, b. circa 1806, married William Dewitt
• Hiram Tolby [twin] b. 1810, married Evelina Buttrey
• Ira Tolby [twin] b. 1810, md. Lucinda Jones, Sarah Boatright and Keziah Jones
• Samuel Tolby, Jr., b. 1811, married Unknown
• Silas Tolby, b. 1811, married Sarah Davidson

Records for Samuel Taulbee and Rebecca Birchfield are as follows:

Samuel was listed as Samuel TALLY in the 1807 Clay County KY tax list.
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The 1810 Clay County Kentucky Census shows Samuel with 6 males under 10 years of
age, 1 male age 10 to 16, 1 male 26 to 45 [Samuel].  The females in the household are 3 females under 10 years of age, 1 female 26 to 45 years of age [Rebecca].

Samuel Tolby     6 1 0 1 0 - 3 0 0 1 0 - 0
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The 1820 Floyd County Kentucky Census shows Samuel with 3 males 10 to 16 years of
age, 1 male 16 to 18 years of age, 4 males 18 to 26 years of age, and 1 male 45 plus years of age [Samuel].  The females in the household were, 1 female 10 to 16 years of age and 1 female 45 plus years of age [Rebecca].

TOLBY, Samuel   0 3 1 4 0 1   0 1 0 0 1
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The 1840 Hendricks County Indiana Census shows Rebecca Birchfield Taulbee, a widow, with 1 male 5 to 10 years of age, 1 male 10 to 15 years of age, and 1 male 40 to 50 years of age.  The females in the household were 1 female 5 to 10 years of age and 1 female 60 to 70 years of age [Rebecca].

Microfilm # M704-87
State   INDIANA
County  Hendricks County
Enumerator  W. C. N. Armstead

55-30  Tolby  Rebecca (widow) 0110011000000 - 0100000010000

[Son Thomas was in household 29 [Page 55] above Rebecca, son Silas was in household
1 [Page 56] below Rebecca and son Ira was 1 household away from Silas in household 3 [Page 56]

From Fayette County Genealogy Magazine "The Generations of SAMUEL TAULBEE b. ca 1715", by Rose Taulbee

page 41

Children of William Hitchcock Taulbee and FIRST WIFE (name unknown).

These were probably born in Orange County, N.C.

Elizabeth b. ca 1771 m.______ Casey, remained in N.C.

Samuel b. ca 1773 m. Rebecca Birchfield in N.C.  Samuel and his younger brother Isaac went to Kentucky before the rest of the family..   he left Kentucky and went to Indiana, where he died after 1830.  No other info.

Andrew b. ca 1775 m. (1)_________.  Andrew came to Kentucky with his father.  His wife died in 1828.  He then went to Virginia, where in 1829 he married Elizabeth Alley, died after 1840.

From page 17 of “Talby, Tolby, Taulbee, Tolbee, Taulbee Family”, by Rose Taulbee

It is said Samuel went to Indiana with 7 of his 10 sons.  We have found only 6 in Indiana, and only 9 overall.  Samuel and his brother Isaac D. left North Carolina early 1801.  Samuel's son, Wm. A., was born 1802 in Tennessee.  They were in Floyd Co., KY by 1804.  In 1806 that part of Floyd Co., became Clay County and Samuel and Isaac are listed as Colonial Families of Clay County Kentucky.  They settled near the mouth of Rockhouse Creek.  This area became Perry County in 1821.  Samuel left Clay County and went up into what became Breathitt County in the area we now call "Up on Frozen".  The rest of the family in North Carolina except Andrew and Elizabeth came into this region in 1817.  Samuel remained there through 1826 and then went with the 7 sons to Indiana.

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