William Taliaferro Home
Mount Pleasant, Fort Thomas, c 1901
Mt. Pleasant was built 1830 by William Richard Taylor Taliaferro. A land grant of 1000 acres from the Virginia Colony to George Muse, then bought from him or his heirs by Washington Berry. At Berry's death, his daughter Alice Berry Taliaferro inherited 150 acres. W R T Taliaferro bought another heir out of 150 acres.
Slaves were used to clear the ground and haul the wood to a lumber mill that was used to build the home.