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Samuel Washington (November 16, 1734 – September 26, 1781) was an American planter, politician and military officer best known for being the younger brother of the first president of the United States, George Washington.
Samuel Washington moved to Harewood from his farm on Chotank Creek in Stafford County, Virginia to Harewood, accumulating 3,800 acres (15 km 2) by the time he died in 1781. George Washington visited the house several times, and its interior features a marble fireplace reportedly given to George Washington by the Marquis de Lafayette.
George Steptoe Washington was born August 17, 1771, at Harewood, his father's plantation in Berkeley County, Virginia (now Jefferson County in West Virginia).He was the fourth of seven children (but the eldest surviving son) born to Samuel Washington and his fourth wife, Anne Steptoe, and like his father, would ultimately die young of tuberculosis.
Samuel Washington, more than two years younger than George, died in 1781 and was buried in the cemetery at his Harewood estate near Charles Town, West Virginia. Records showed that Harewood ...
Washington became convinced that well-organized intelligence was a necessity after several intelligence failures, including the capture and execution of Nathan Hale.. Prior to British Major General William Howe's move from Staten Island, George Washington had received information of varying utility from individual spies working independently and without significant direction, such as Lawrence ...
Samuel Vernon Washington (August 10, 1923 – June 7, 1988) was an American actor who starred in film and television. Biography. Washington was born and raised in ...
Washington had finished drafting his will on July 16, 1840, and it was proved nine days after his death in Charles Town on October 18, 1841. [1] Washington and his wife were interred at Harewood, the estate formerly owned by his grandfather Colonel Samuel Washington and from which Cedar Lawn was created.
Mildred Gale (1671–1701), born Mildred Warner in the Colony of Virginia, was the paternal grandmother of Founding Father and first American president George Washington. Early life [ edit ]