John Washington (1740–1777), the brother of Lund Washington, was resident overseer of the Dismal Swamp Land Company’s operations in the swamp.  Before the Revolutionary War John Washington resided in Suffolk, Va., where he directed operations for the Dismal Swamp Company, but by February 1776, when he began serving as a captain in the Virginia militia, he was living in nearby Nansemond County. In April 1776 Washington was commissioned a captain in the 4th Virginia Regiment, and near the end of the year his regiment joined GW’s army in New Jersey.