John Tayloe III
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Col. John Tayloe III, of Richmond County, Virginia, was the premier Virginia planter; a politician, businessman, and tidewater gentry scion. He was prominent in elite social circles. A highly successful planter and early Thoroughbred horse breeder, he was considered the "wealthiest man of his day". A military officer, he also served in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia for nine years.
Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia
Tayloe's home, the Octagon House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Charles Carnan Ridgely of Hampton by Florence MacKubin
Ann Ogle Tayloe by Gilbert Stuart, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
John Tayloe II
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Col. John Tayloe II was the premier Virginia planter; a politician, and colonial Colonel in the Virginia Militia. Virginia. He served in public office including the Virginia Governor's Council, also known as the Virginia Council of State.
John Tayloe II
Mount Airy Plantation House, Virginia
River Facade of Mount Airy, Richmond Co, Virginia
Rebecca Plater Tayloe and Mary Tayloe