Richard Taylor inherited Fashion Plantation 25 miles or so downriver from Oak Alley at what is now Hahnville. The home was sacked by Yanks in 1862 and he never returned. The place is now a subdivision. I’m sure he knew all the other prominent people in the area and considered a local boy done well.
Interesting piece about his treatment of slaves there:
General Zachary Taylor was elected President in 1848 and died suddenly on July 09, 1850, effectively leaving his son Richard as one of Louisiana's most prominent planters. Richard married Louise Marie Myrtle ("Mimi") Bringier, the daughter of a prominent French creole family, on February 10, 1851. Together, they had four children: Louise Margaret, Elizabeth (known as Betty), Zachary (known as Zack), and Richard (whom his mother nicknamed Dixie).
In 1853, Frederick Law Olmstead, a writer for the
New York Times, visited Fashion while traveling the South. Olmstead's series of articles about his travels was savage in its description of the South and the institution of slavery, but the writer praised Richard Taylor and his practices. Upon assuming ownership of Fashion, all of the old slave cabins were ordered torn down, with new domiciles built complete with wooden floors and verandahs. All of the slaves were reported to be well clothed for all seasons and that they ate from the same stores and gardens as the Taylor family. A physician was held on retainer to provide them medical care and retired slaves were allowed separate gardens to tend from which they were paid for their produce. The slaves were given Sundays off from their labors and received time off for holidays and special events such as weddings or funerals. Richard Taylor even distributed one dollar to each slave family on his plantation for each hogshead of sugar produced which was to be spent as they wished. Olmstead noted a genuine affection that seemed to exist between the Taylor family and their slaves.
http://www.usskidd.com/taylor.html