[2] In 1883, the commonwealth of Kentucky placed a fifty-foot monument, topped by a life-sized statue of Zachary Taylor, near his grave.

The commonwealth of Kentucky donated two adjacent parcels of land for the project, turning the half-acre Taylor family cemetery into 16 acres (6.5 ha).

When the national cemetery was created, the federal government constructed a new mausoleum for Zachary Taylor, made of limestone with a granite base and a marble interior.

The mausoleum and adjacent Taylor family graves lie within the boundaries of the national cemetery, but are not owned by the United States government.

[2] "A team of Kentucky medical examiners concluded yesterday that Taylor was not poisoned with arsenic or other compounds ... laying to rest speculation that he was the first president assassinated."

[3] The cemetery is the burial site of one Medal of Honor recipient, Sergeant John C. Squires (World War II), United States Army.