John Tayloe III

• American

John Tayloe III, a successful planter who converted his lands on the Northern Neck (Virginia) from tobacco to the cultivation of wheat and corn and to animal husbandry, expanded his land holdings and increased the Tayloe wealth. An acknowledged leader in American horse racing, he founded a track and the Tappahannock Jockey Club in Washington, DC. John Tayloe III was a Federalist delegate and senator in the Virginia legislature and mounted a losing campaign for election to the United States Congress in 1799 - NRHP Registration

Lineage

• Father Col John Tayloe II
• Mother Rebecca Plater Tayloe

• Sister: Cathrine Tayloe Carter
• Sister: Sarah Tayloe Washington
• Sister: Elizabeth Tayloe Lloyd
• Sister: Rebecca Tayloe Lee
• Sister: Eleanor Tayloe Wormeley

• Son: Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
• Son: George Plater Tayloe
• Son: Edward Thornton Tayloe
• Daughter: Henrietta Hill Tayloe Key