Zachary Taylor Lawrence
- Born: 5 Aug 1847, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA Formed 1836 From Cherokee Nation
- Marriage (1): Mary F. Miller on 5 Oct 1871 in Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
- Died: 27 Jan 1910, Lawrence, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA at age 62
- Buried: Abt 1910, Lawrence Cemetery, Aka Demaris Cemetery, Near Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA
 General Notes:
On May 3, 1863, the home of Zachary Taylor's parents, James and Chelnessa Lawrence, was the site of the surrender of United States Army Colonel Abel Streight to Confederate States Army Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest, in the Civil War Battle of Day's Gap (also known as the Battle of Sand Mountain), as summarized below:
Battle of Day's Gap (1863)
War: American Civil War Also known as: Sand Mountain
Date(s): 30 Apr 1863
Location: Cullman County, Alabama, US Outcome: Union victory Principal Commanders: Confederate: Nathan Bedford Forrest Description: Col. Abel Streight, USA, Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA Streight had a composite brigade of mounted infantry from 5 regiments; Forrest was chasing him with a brigade of three cavalry regiments. Casualties were light, Union losses about 25, Confederate under 75.
Union Col. Abel D. Streight led a provisional brigade on a raid to cut the Western & Atlantic Railroad that supplied Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army in Middle Tennessee. From Nashville, Tennessee, Streight's command traveled to Eastport, Mississippi, and then proceeded east to Tuscumbia, Alabama, in conjunction with another Union force commanded by Brig. Gen. Grenville Dodge. On April 26, 1863, Streight's men left Tuscumbia and marched southeast, their initial movements screened by Dodge's troops.
On April 30, Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's brigade caught up with Streight's expedition and attacked its rearguard at Day's Gap on Sand Mountain. The Federals repulsed this attack and continued their march to avoid further delay and envelopment. Thus began a running series of skirmishes and engagements at Crooked Creek (April 30), Hog Mountain (April 30), Blountsville (May 1), Black Creek/Gadsden (May 2), and Blount's Plantation (May 2).
Forrest finally surrounded the exhausted Union soldiers near Rome, Georgia, where he forced their surrender on May 3.
Zachary married Mary F. Miller, daughter of David Anderson Miller and Nancy Catherine Williams, on 5 Oct 1871 in Cherokee County, Alabama, USA. (Mary F. Miller was born on 1 Aug 1851 in Georgia, USA, died on 20 Jan 1893 and was buried about 1893 in Lawrence Cemetery, Aka Demaris Cemetery, Near Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA.)
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