Thomas Monteagle Bayly was a farm owner born in Drummondtown, Virginia and later studied law at Princeton College, New Jersey. He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1798 to 1801 and then the Virginia State Senate until 1809. He married Jane Coward Addison Oakley, and they enslaved between 26-50 people in their household. He held the rank of Colonel in the War of 1812 and afterward was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Federalist and served for two years but was not reelected.
