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1840 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 14
Tailor, George
1 male under 5 [George William Taylor?]
2 males 5 and under 10 [Alex. Taylor?]
1 male 10 and under 15
1 male 15 and under 20
1 male 20 and under 30 [George Taylor?]
1 male 40 and under 50
1 female under 5
1 female 20 and under 30 [Ann Burke Beazley]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 527, Family 527
Taylor, George, 43, male, carpenter, $550 real estate, born in Virginia
Taylor, Nancy, 33, female, born in Virginia
Taylor, Alex., 19, male, laborer, born in Virginia
Taylor, George, 11, male, born in Virginia
Taylor, James, 8, male, born in Virginia
Taylor, Anna, 9, female, born in Virginia
Taylor, Mary, 4, female, born in Virginia

1860 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 307, Family 297
Beazley, Jno, 32, farmer, $800 real estate, $200 personal estate, in school within the year
Taylor, Ann, 40
Verlander, Elizabeth, 33
Verlander, John, 12, in school within the year
Verlander, Fanny, 11, in school within the year
Verlander, James, 8, in school within the year
Taylor, George W., 20, laborer
Taylor, M. E., 13, female, in school within the year
Taylor, GeorgeAnna, 10, female, in school within the year

He is almost certainly the George William Taylor who was a member of the 55th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War: Taylor, George William: Enl. 5/28/61 in Co. A. Absent sick 4-5/62 and 6/26/62-summer-fall/62. Present then on all rolls until captured at Falling Waters 7/14/63. Took the Oath and joined the U. S. Army 2/25/64. Later escaped from the U. S. Army and walked over 100 miles to a Confederate railroad. Rejoined the 55th Va. summer/64. Went AWOL to visit his widowed mother, 10/64. Under arrest, awaiting court martial, as at 11/28/64. Died of disease 12/27/64. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989), 154.]