Draft:John M. Taylor (judge)

John Moore Taylor (June 28, 1788 – February 28, 1856) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1825 to 1834.

Born at "Greenfields" in Orange County, Virginia, "where he lived until 1812".

"John Moore Taylor was the first son, second child, of John Taylor and Anne Gilbert. He died in Louisiana on 28 February 1856. On 26 March 1811, he married his first wife, Anne Foote, daughter of William H. Foote and Sarah Stuart Alexander. Anne was born 17 March 1788, and died 5 May 1847. John Moore Taylor was judge of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1825 to 1834. Afterwards they moved to Mississippi for a while and then moved to his plantation near Delhi, Louisiana."

In 1818, Taylor was one of the 44 delegates to the Alabama Constitutional Convention, and one of the Committee of Fifteen chosen to draft the state constitution.

"At the election held in 1825, the first regular election by the General Assembly under the Constitution since the creation of the Supreme Court, the following circuit judges were elected: Abner S. Lipscomb, Reuben Saffold, John Gayle, John White, John M. Taylor, and Anderson Crenshaw".

"In 1832, the Court was entirely reorganized and made a separate Court, to consist of three judges with six-year terms of office. Judges Lipscomb, Saffold, and Taylor were elected, Judge Lipscomb again receiving the appointment as Chief Justice. In 1834, Judge Taylor resigned and was succeeded by Harry I. Thornton".