Charles Stanfield Taylor (1808 – November 1, 1865), sometimes Standfield, was an English-born politician and soldier.

He returned to Nacogdoches that summer, and served as the land commissioner of San Augustine from April 25, 1835, to the beginning of the Texas Revolution.

In November 1838, Sam Houston nominated him to survey the Texas border.

[5][6][7] During the American Civil War, Taylor fought in the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment.

His son Lawrence married the daughter of Robert Anderson Irion.