The Cypress Grove Plantation was a Southern plantation owned by President Zachary Taylor in Rodney, Mississippi. Later, it was also known as Buena Vista Plantation.^[1]

The plantation bordered Ashland Plantation and the Mississippi River.^[1] It was near the Ashland community, and Ashland's port was sometimes used by Cypress Grove Plantation.^[2] The plantation was also located on the Mississippi River ten miles below Rodney,^[1] a small town on the Mississippi River in Jefferson County, Mississippi.^[3][4] It was north of Natchez.^[5]

The plantation was purchased by General Zachary Taylor in 1840.^[3] The land spanned 1,923 acres.^[3][5] It was purchased from David Hunt and others by John Hagan of New Orleans, and then sold to Taylor for $95,000.^[1] It came with eighty-one African "servants," as Taylor called them, and with horses, mules, cattle and equipment.^[3][1] Taylor and his wife, Margaret Taylor, often visited the plantation until he was elected President of the United States in 1848.^[3] Indeed, she spent most of her time at the plantation while he was serving in the Mexican-American War.^[3][5] Though Taylor won many battles in the war, the Battle of Buena Vista was his last victory in 1847.^[1]The plantation became known as Buena Vista when Taylor returned from the war.^[1]

Taylor's parents - Colonel Richard and Sara Strother Taylor - raised him on their plantation, so he had experience running a plantation.^[1] Cotton, tobacco, corn and wheat were grown, and hogs, sheep, cattle and poultry were raised on his plantation.^[3] He grew potatoes and peas in his garden.^[3] His home on the plantation was made of timber and included a large library.^[3][5] He also had a sawmill on this plantation.^[3]

See Buena Vista Plantation.