Micah Taul (May 14, 1785 – May 27, 1850) was an American pioneer, planter, lawyer, and politician. He served one term in the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
for Kentucky. In 1826 he moved to
Winchester, Tennessee
Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Tullahoma, Tennessee Tullahoma micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Winchester as ...
, where he practiced law for twenty years. Then he moved with his family to
Mardisville, Alabama
Mardisville, also known as Jumpers Spring, is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
History
The community was originally called Jumpers Spring, purportedly named after a local Creek Indian who lived in the area ...
, where he operated a cotton plantation for several years before his death. He was the grandfather of politician
Taul Bradford
Taul Bradford (January 20, 1835 – October 28, 1883) was an attorney and politician from Talladega, Alabama, who served both in the State House and one term as U.S. Representative following the American Civil War. During the war, he ...
.
Early life and education
Micah Taul was born on May 14, 1785 in
Bladensburg, Maryland
Bladensburg is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland. The population was 9,657 at the 2020 census. Areas in Bladensburg are located within ZIP code 20710. Bladensburg is from central Washington.
History
Originally called Garrison's Landi ...
. Taul moved as a child to Kentucky with his parents in 1787, soon after the United States had gained independence. He attended private school, as no public schools were yet established. He studied law, probably "reading" with an established firm, and serving as a legal apprentice. He was
admitted to the bar
An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...
in 1801 and commenced practice in
Monticello, Kentucky
Monticello is city in Wayne County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 6,188 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census.
Monticello claims to be "The Houseboat Capital of the World" as there are numerous ...
, the county seat of Wayne County. That year he also served as Clerk of Wayne County Courts.
He married and had a family.
Career
During the War of 1812, he raised and outfitted troops, serving as a colonel of Wayne County Volunteers.
In 1814 Taul was elected as a
Democratic-Republican
The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
to the Fourteenth Congress, serving one term (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1816.
Taul resumed his law practice. He moved in 1826 with his family to
Winchester, Tennessee
Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Tullahoma, Tennessee Tullahoma micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Winchester as ...
, on the southern border of the state, and continued the practice of law.
In 1846 he moved to
Mardisville, Alabama
Mardisville, also known as Jumpers Spring, is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
History
The community was originally called Jumpers Spring, purportedly named after a local Creek Indian who lived in the area ...
, an area that had many cotton plantations, and had once been home to the
Creek people
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands He was interred on his plantation at Mardisville.
He was the grandfather of
Taul Bradford
Taul Bradford (January 20, 1835 – October 28, 1883) was an attorney and politician from Talladega, Alabama, who served both in the State House and one term as U.S. Representative following the American Civil War. During the war, he ...
, who represented Alabama in Congress and served the Confederacy in the American Civil War.