Baylor, George
soldier, was born Jan. 12, 1752, in Newmarket, Va. He served continuously throughout the revolutionary war. He participated in the surprise of the Hessians at Trenton; carried the news of the victory to congress, and was presented by that body with a horse, and advanced to the rank of colonel in the dragoons in 1777. He died in March, 1784, in Bridgetown, W. I.
BAYLOR, ROBERT EMMETT BLED-- SOE, clergyman, lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born May 10, 1793, in Lincoln county, Ky. He served in the war of 1812. He was elected to the Alabama state legislature in 1824, and in 1829 was sent as a representative from Alabama to the twenty-first congress.
Subsequent to his career in congress he emigrated to the republic of Texas, where he was immediately elected a judge of the district and of the supreme court, and held the office for twenty-five years.
Baylor university was named as an honor warranted by the gifts of land and money made by Judge Baylor. One of the counties of Texas was also named for him. He died Jan. 6, 1874, in Gay Hill, Tex.