Colonel John Tayloe II was among the richest plantation owners in colonial Virginia. He served in a number of public offices including the Governor's Council. He has been described as a "model Virginia planter, planting tobacco, wheat and corn and raising livestock."
Source: Kamoie, Laura Croghan. Irons in the Fire: The Business History of the Tayloe Family and Virginia's Gentry, 1700–1860. University of Virginia Press (2007), pages 60-62.
He built Mount Airy, the Neo-Palladian Villa overlooking the Rappahannock River, still inhabited by his descendants.
Source: Kamoie, Laura Croghan. Irons in the Fire: The Business History of the Tayloe Family and Virginia's Gentry, 1700–1860. University of Virginia Press (2007), pages 60-62.
He built Mount Airy, the Neo-Palladian Villa overlooking the Rappahannock River, still inhabited by his descendants.
Colonel John Tayloe II was among the richest plantation owners in colonial Virginia. He served in a number of public offices including the Governor's Council. He has been described as a "model Virginia planter, planting tobacco, wheat and corn and raising livestock."
Source: Kamoie, Laura Croghan. Irons in the Fire: The Business History of the Tayloe Family and Virginia's Gentry, 1700–1860. University of Virginia Press (2007), pages 60-62.
He built Mount Airy, the Neo-Palladian Villa overlooking the Rappahannock River, still inhabited by his descendants.
Source: Kamoie, Laura Croghan. Irons in the Fire: The Business History of the Tayloe Family and Virginia's Gentry, 1700–1860. University of Virginia Press (2007), pages 60-62.
He built Mount Airy, the Neo-Palladian Villa overlooking the Rappahannock River, still inhabited by his descendants.
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