Caroline County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Col. John ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00015.html#0003503 March 22, 2008, 1:56 pm Author: Henry Howe John taylor Bio in Caroline county section of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia, page 215. Caroline was also the birth-place of Col. John Taylor, "one of the most zealous of the republican party," and an intimate associate of Jefferson. "He represented Virginia in the United States Senate, and was distinguished among the great and good men which this ancient commonwealth has produced. He did much towards advancing the science of agriculture in his native state, and was ever forward in promoting objects conducive to the public good. As a statesman, he is perhaps better known by his Construction Construed; and an Inquiry into the Principles of the Government of the United States, which he published in 1814. He also published several other treatises on various subjects. He died in this county, Aug 20th, 1824, ripe in years and honor." A county formed in western Virginia, in the sessions of 1843-4, was named after him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/caroline/bios/taylor93gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb