Micah Taul

On The Trail of - Colonel CHARLES COCKE

MICAH TAUL (1785 - 1850)
	TAUL, Micah, (grandfather of Taul Bradford), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Bladensburg, Md., May 14, 1785; moved to Kentucky with his parents in 1787; attended private school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Monticello, Ky.; clerk of Wayne County Courts in 1801; served as a colonel of Wayne County Volunteers in the War of 1812; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817) ; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816; resumed the practice of law; moved to Winchester, Tenn., in 1826 and continued the practice of law; moved to Mardisville, Talladega County, Ala., in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there on May 27, 1850; interment on his plantation at Mardisville. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/] Micah Taul is credited with suggesting the name Monticello for the County seat of Wayne County. In 1803, he was appointed Adjutant of the 53rd Regiment of the Wayne County Regiment of the Kentucky Militia, reporting to Colonel Charles Lee Dibrell, whose son, John Lee Dibrell, married Ellender Cocke, daughter of Charles Cocke.

MICAH TAUL (1785 - 1850)

TAUL, Micah, (grandfather of Taul Bradford), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Bladensburg, Md., May 14, 1785; moved to Kentucky with his parents in 1787; attended private school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1801 and commenced practice in Monticello, Ky.; clerk of Wayne County Courts in 1801; served as a colonel of Wayne County Volunteers in the War of 1812; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817) ; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816; resumed the practice of law; moved to Winchester, Tenn., in 1826 and continued the practice of law; moved to Mardisville, Talladega County, Ala., in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there on May 27, 1850; interment on his plantation at Mardisville. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/]

Micah Taul is credited with suggesting the name Monticello for the County seat of Wayne County. In 1803, he was appointed Adjutant of the 53rd Regiment of the Wayne County Regiment of the Kentucky Militia, reporting to Colonel Charles Lee Dibrell, whose son, John Lee Dibrell, married Ellender Cocke, daughter of Charles Cocke.

TAUL BRADFORD (1835 - 1883)
	Bradford, Taul (1835-1883) Grandson of Micah Taul. Born in Alabama. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S. Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1875-1877. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyle-bradi.html#R9M0IQ7PD]