Thomas Chew, sheriff and judge of Orange County, was married to Mary's aunt so when Abraham and Mary visited the Chews they went to see Uncle Tom and Aunt Martha. Thomas Chew was also second
cousin to Abraham's mother Hannah. After settling near Chilhowie, Abraham and Mary eventually sold everything in Orange County at a grand auction presided over by Abraham's uncle, a Zachary Taylor of a previous generation to that of the President. 

This James TAYLOR II was the son of James TAYLOR, immigrant from Carlisle, England, to Virginia, by his first marriage to Frances WALKER. James II married Martha THOMPSON and had many descendants which included Presidents MADISON and TAYLOR. Their daughters, Martha, married Thomas CHEW, and daughter, Tabitha, married Thomas WILD. Their son, George, was the Col. George TAYLOR who married Rachel GIBSON and had many sons who fought in the Rev War. Their son, Zachary, was the grandfather of President TAYLOR. Daughter, Frances, married Ambrose MADISON and was grandmother to President James MADISON. It appears your Mary TAYLOR is descended from George and Rachel. If so, this would be the first female identified in their family. The TAYLOR family also was connected to the WINSTON family of Virginia and the daughter of Patrick Henry (Dorothea HENRY) married a WINSTON and his father married Patrick Henry's widow. The daughter was living in Limestone Co., Ala., in 1850 census with her daughter who had married a CRENSHAW. Is this not a small world? I have been working on this family since Aug 1991 and the project is almost overwhelming.