Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . GINIA THE PLANTATION HOME OF COLONEL JOHN TAYLOE The purchase for £500 of three thousand acres ofproductive land in Charles County, on the Potomac,gave a big boost to the fortunes of the Tayloe familyof Virginia. This shrewd purchase was made by Col-onel John Tayloe, the son of William Tayloe (or Tay-lor) who came from England in the seventeenth Tayloe was a member of the House of Bur-gesses in 1710. His son John became a member ofthe Colonial Counc
Historic shrines of America; being the story of one hundred and twenty historic buildings and the pioneers who made them notable . GINIA THE PLANTATION HOME OF COLONEL JOHN TAYLOE The purchase for £500 of three thousand acres ofproductive land in Charles County, on the Potomac,gave a big boost to the fortunes of the Tayloe familyof Virginia. This shrewd purchase was made by Col-onel John Tayloe, the son of William Tayloe (or Tay-lor) who came from England in the seventeenth Tayloe was a member of the House of Bur-gesses in 1710. His son John became a member ofthe Colonial Council in 1732, while his son John, whowas born in 1721, also had the honor of serving inthe Council under Lord Dunmore, as well as in thefirst Republican Council, during the administration ofPatrick Henry. He married the sister of GovernorGeorge Plater of Maryland. Of his eight daughtersone married Richard Lightfoot Lee, a Signer of theDeclaration of Independence, while another marriedColonel William Augustine Washington, a nephew ofGeorge Washington, by whom he was educated. Colonel John Tayloe, the father of three daughters,. . CHUKCH, ), \ A. See page 2J4
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