Gates County, North Carolina

GW and and his brother-in-law Fielding Lewis purchased a tract of slightly more than 1,000 acres of Dismal Swamp land which was in Gates County, North Carolina in 1766.

County: 

Gates County (N.C.)

State: 

North Carolina

Country: 

United States

Place Type: 

County

Related Places: 

Dismal Swamp

Citation

Citation: 

The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.

Rotunda URL: 

http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu.proxy.its.virginia.edu/founders/GEWN-05-11-02…

Founders URL: 

http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-11-02-0070

All Related Documents:

Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.354