Sarah Knox "Knoxie" Taylor (June 3, 1814 in Vincennes, Indiana - September 15, 1835 in St. Francisville, Louisiana) was the daughter of Zachary Taylor, later President of the United States. She married Jefferson Davis (later President of the Confederate States of America) in 1835. Her father did not approve of the match, so Davis resigned his commission and married Miss Taylor on June 17, 1835 at the house of her aunt near Louisville, Kentucky. Both of the newlyweds contracted malaria, and she died three months later at the Louisiana home of his sister.

Davis recovered, sailing for Havana, Cuba, and then to New York City. In 1836, he retired to Brierfield Plantation in Warren County, Mississippi.

1814 births | 1835 deaths | People from Indiana | Children of Presidents of the United States