Montebello - Gordonsville

Montebello is located on Old Montebello Drive at the intersection of Spotswood Trail.  It is the birthplace of President Zachary Taylor.  Taylor's parents, Colonel Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney Taylor lived at Hare Forest, a plantation in Orange County, Virginia.  In 1784 Colonel Taylor sold the property and moved the family out west.  During the early part of the journey the party contracted measles and had to be quarantined.  They were able to find accomodations here, at nearby Montebello plantation.  It was during this quarantine that Sarah gave birth to her third son, Zachary, on November 24, 1784.  Richard left the family shortly after and established a home for them in Springfield, Kentucky.  By the late fall Zachary and his family had left Montebello and moved on to Springfield.  The plantation dates back to 1750, but the cabin that Taylor was most probably born in no longer exists.     

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