aller Taylor, one of the first senators from Indiana, after her admission as a state, was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, before 1786, and died there before 1826. He received a common school education, studied law, served one or two terms in the Virginia Legislature as a representative from Lunenburg County. In 1805, he settled in Vincennes, Indiana, having been appointed a Township Judge. He served as aid de camp to General William Henry Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe, and in the War of 1812. On the admission of Indiana as a state, he was elected United States Senator, and at the close of his term was reelected, serving from December 12, 1816, until March 3, 1825. He was a man of fine literary attainments and a prominent political leader of his day.