William Henry Tayloe

William Henry Tayloe
William Henry Tayloe
	Portrait of William Henry Tayloe by Charles Bird King
Born	January 29, 1799; Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia, Virginia, US
Died	April 9, 1871 (aged 72); Georgetown, D.C.

William Henry Tayloe (January 29, 1799 – January 7, 1871) was an American plantation owner, enslaver, horse breeder, businessowner, and land speculator during the first half of the 19th century. He inherited a vast estate from his father and expanded his holdings, pioneering new territory in the Canebrake region of Alabama.

Birth and parentage

Tayloe was born on January 29, 1799, at Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia, the grand colonial estate built by his grandfather Colonel John Tayloe II and then the current residence of his father Colonel John Tayloe III, arguably the wealthiest plantation owner in the country. A year after William's birth, his father built The Octagon House in Washington, D.C., at the behest of George Washington. His maternal grandfather was Benjamin Ogle, ninth Governor of Maryland, and great-grandfather was former Provincial governor, Samuel Ogle.^[1]

Career

After inheriting Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia from his father Colonel John Tayloe III, William, through his brother Henry Augustine Tayloe, began acquiring and speculating in land in the Canebrake, founding with his brothers Benjamin Ogle Tayloe and George Plater Tayloe, Faunsdale Plantation and co-owning Adventure Plantation Marengo County, Alabama, later part of Cuba Plantation, Larkin Plantation (Perry County, Alabama) and Oakland Plantation (Marengo County, Alabama).^[2]^[3]^[4]

After the American Civil War, Tayloe held the mortgage on Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland), the home of Dr. George C Ogle (1817 - 1899), son of Benjamin Ogle II and Anna Maria Cooke.^[5] The property was sold to the executors of the estate of the mortgage holder William H Tayloe, on May 16, 1871.

Ancestry

Ancestors of William Henry Tayloe

16. William Tayloe (the nephew)

8. Col John Tayloe I

17. Ann Corbin

4. Col John Tayloe II

18. David Gwynn

9. Elizabeth Gwynn

19. Kathrine Griffin

2. Col John Tayloe III

20. George Plater I

10. George Plater II

21. Ann Rousby Burford

5. Rebecca Plater Tayloe

22. Colonel Thomas A. Addison, I

11. Rebecca Addison Bowles

23. Elizabeth Tasker

1. William Henry Tayloe

24. Samuel Ogle

12. Samuel Ogle

25. Ursula Markham

6. Benjamin Ogle

26. Benjamin Tasker Sr.

13. Anne Tasker

27. Ann Bladen

3. Ann Ogle

28. Joseph Hill

14. Henry Hill

29. Sarah Richardson

7. Henrietta Margaret Hill

30. Philip Thomas

15. Mary Thomas

31. Ann Chew

References

^ Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland, 1905, p. 248–250.
^ "Talbott - Tyree".
^ A Tale of Two Plantations, Richard S. Dunn, Harvard University Press, November 4, 2014
^ Alabama Historical Quarterly (Summer, 1930), p. 109; Dubose, "Chronicles of the Canebrake,"
^ "Dr. Geo. C. Ogle (b. 1817 - d. 1899)." MSA SC 5496-015911 Property owner, Prince George's County, Maryland. https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5400/sc5496/015900/015911/html/015911bio.html

[1] Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland, 1905, p. 248–250.

[2] "Talbott - Tyree".

[3] A Tale of Two Plantations, Richard S. Dunn, Harvard University Press, November 4, 2014

[4] Alabama Historical Quarterly (Summer, 1930), p. 109; Dubose, "Chronicles of the Canebrake,"

[5] "Dr. Geo. C. Ogle (b. 1817 - d. 1899)." MSA SC 5496-015911 Property owner, Prince George's County, Maryland. https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5400/sc5496/015900/015911/html/015911bio.html

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