CharlesTaylor was the president of Liberia from August of 1997 until August of 2003, when he stepped down amid accusations of war crimes.
Taylor's support of Bockarie, both in the form of arms and advice, allowed the RUF to march on Freetown, and eventually forced President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to negotiate.
Taylor was held in a UN jail in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, while waiting for his extradition.
JOHNTAYLOR, of Protection, is widely known as one of the settlers of Comanche County.
Taylor was born in DeWitt County, Illinois, August 19, 1840, and was one of the six children reared to maturity by her parents, Joseph and Theodaty (Ackerson) VanValey.
Taylor is a man of quiet demeanor, has attended strictly to his own affairs, and while an interested citizen has seldom put himself in the way of an office.