| Taylor Sherman | |
| Office: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |
| Term Start: | May 1794 |
| Term End: | October 1794[1] [2] |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Belden, Samuel Comstock |
| Alongside: | Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Successor: | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Term Start2: | May 1795 |
| Term End2: | October 1795 |
| Predecessor2: | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Alongside2: | Eliphalet Lockwood |
| Successor2: | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock |
| Term Start3: | May 1796 |
| Term End3: | October 1796 |
| Predecessor3: | Eliphalet Lockwood, Samuel Comstock |
| Alongside3: | Eliphalet Lockwood |
| Successor3: | Eliphalet Lockwood, Matthew Marvin |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1758[3] [4] |
| Birth Place: | Woodbury, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Restingplace: | Mill Hill Burying Ground, Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Residence: | 89 Main Street, Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Stoddard (m. 1787) |
| Children: | Charles Robert Sherman, Daniel, Elizabeth |
| Occupation: | lawyer, judge |
Taylor Sherman (September 5, 1758 – May 14, 1815) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796.
Sherman was born in Woodbury, Connecticut[4] on September 5, 1758.[3] He was the son of Judge Daniel Sherman.[4] and Mindwell Taylor Sherman.
He married Elizabeth Stoddard of Woodbury in 1787.[4] After he was admitted to the bar, he moved to Norwalk, where he practiced law.[4]
He was a judge of Probate for the District of Norwalk from the creation of the district in 1802 until his death.[4]
He was appointed collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of Connecticut by James Madison.[4]
He was appointed Agent to survey land in the Connecticut Western Reserve consisting of a half million acres which was granted to those who suffered losses from the Battle of Norwalk.[4] He acquired a large tract of this land in Sherman township, Huron County, Ohio, which bears his name.[4] [5]
He was the father of Charles Robert Sherman, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and grandfather of General William Tecumseh Sherman.[4]
The Taylor Sherman House was located at 89 Main Street in Norwalk, and the house's design was studied for the Historic American Buildings Survey by the Library of Congress.