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| Name | Birth | Death | Occupation | |
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| Lewis, John | 1747 | 1825 | John Lewis (1747–1825) of Fredericksburg, Va., was the eldest son of Fielding Lewis and his first wife Catherine Washington Lewis and the stepson of GW’s sister Betty Washington Lewis. His half ... Read More | |
| Lewis, Lawrence | 1767 | 1839 | Lawrence Lewis (1767–1839) was the third surviving son of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis. He was educated at an academy in Fredericksburg, Va., and by private tutors at Kenmore. Lawrence served ... Read More | |
| Lewis, Robert (GW's nephew) | 1769 | 1829 | Robert Lewis (1769-1829) was the tenth child of Betty Washington Lewis and Fielding Lewis, and nephew to GW. He served as GW's presidential secretary from 1789 until 1791 when he resigned to return ... Read More | |
| Logan, Thomas | Thomas Logan of Alexandria, who in 1772 bought from GW flour valued at £52.15.8, paid £29.7.6 on 28 April 1773. On 10 July 1773 Logan took care of the remainder of his debt by an “Allowance in Acct ... Read More | |||
| Lonem, John | While GW worked as a practicing professional land surveyor in the latter 1740s and early 1750s, he used John Lonem as his head chainman, at least for approximately half of his surveys. Lonem did not ... Read More | |||
| Lother, John | John Lother made use of the blacksmith at Mount Vernon. GW's account with Lother shows that he owed GW four shillings and six pence in January 1761, and that the money was not repaid (see Ledger A, ... Read More | |||
| Luke, Peter | In March 1774, Peter Luke, along with Mawbrey Madden (Maddin), both of Frederick County, Va., was paid the first of three installments for “25½ days Waggonage of Goods to Red-stone Settlement @ 12/. ... Read More | |||
| Madden (Maddin), Mawbrey | In March 1774, Mawbrey Madden (Maddin), along with Peter Luke, both of Frederick County, Va., was paid the first of three installments for “25½ days Waggonage of Goods to Red-stone Settlement @ 12/. ... Read More | |||
| Manley, Harrison | 1773 | Harrison Manley (d. 1773), was the son of John Manley (d. 1750) and Sarah Harrison Manley, and the brother of Penelope Manley French. Manley occasionally sold wheat to GW and used the services of GW' ... Read More | ||
| Manley, Mary (Molly) | Mary (Molly) Manley was the daughter of Harrison Manley and Margert Barry Manley Sanford. | |||
| Marshall, James | James Marshall had a tavern in Piscataway, Prince George's County, Maryland. This may be the same Mr. Marshall in GW's 1762 Cash Account (see Ledger A, 145). GW supplied Marshall with 1, ... Read More | |||
| Massey, Lee | 1732 | 1814 | Lee Massey (1732–1814) practiced law in his early years, but in the latter 1760s he was chosen by the vestry of Truro Parish to be rector of the parish and sent to England for ordination. He retired ... Read More | |
| McBride, Francis | GW made a survey on 3 Nov. 1749 for Francis McBride for 386¼ acres on the Lost River, the upper portion of the Cacapon River (Va., now W.Va.). GW made another survey in 1750 for 224 acres, also on ... Read More | |||
| McCarty, Daniel | 1792 | Daniel McCarty (d. 1792), son of Daniel McCarty (d.1724), was a wealthy planter living at Mount Air on Accotink Creek in Fairfax County. He was married to Sinah Bell McCarty (d. 1798) with whom he ... Read More | ||
| McCarty, Daniel (Pope's Creek) | 1795 | Daniel McCarty (d. 1795), son of Daniel McCarty (d. 1744), lived at Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was a near neighbor of William Augustine Washington. | ||
| McGachen, William | William McGachen (McGachin) was a sea captain with whom GW had dealings for a number of years. He was captain of the "convict Ship" Phoenix, which was owned by Stewart & Campbell of London. He ... Read More | |||
| McKeaver, Rachel | Beginning in November 1767, Rachel McKeaver was in GW's employ at Mount Vernon as a housekeeper. She worked there for ten months and may have been a replacement for Sarah Harle who had left at ... Read More | |||
| McWilliams, William | ||||
| Mercer, James (d.1793) | c. 1735 | 1793 | James Mercer (ca.1735–1793) was the son of John Mercer (1704-1768) of Marlborough in Stafford County, Virginia, a brother of George and John Fenton Mercer, and the half brother of John Francis Mercer ... Read More | |
| Mercer, John Francis | 1759 | 1821 | John Francis Mercer (1759-1821) was the son of John Mercer (1704-1768) of Marlborough in Stafford County, Virginia, and the half brother to George and James Mercer. He was commissioned a lieutenant ... Read More | |
| Mitchell, Jeremiah | In early March 1760 GW made a contract with Jeremiah Mitchell, an independent artisan, to repair his deteriorating mill in the summer months when the stream ran dry. Due to heavy rains, repairs were ... Read More | |||
| Monroe, Thomas | Thomas Monroe of Fairfax County, Va., owed GW 13 shillings, 9 pence in the fall of 1767 for weaving. Monroe got 16 yards of striped cotton. Monroe submitted a cash payment in the amount of 10 ... Read More | |||
| Morgan, Abram (Abraham) | On 25 Dec. 1772, John Glascock, Jr., transferred his lease of the 100-acre lot no. 16 in Fauquier County, Va., to Abram Morgan, who paid GW £15 in back rent. In 1784 the tenancy was transferred to ... Read More | |||
| Muschett, John | In 1769 GW gave John Muschett of Charles County, Md., 12 shillings and 6 pence for "a years Maryld Gazette" (Ledger A, 291; see also Ledger A, 212). | |||
| Muse, Battaile | 1751 | 1803 | Battaile Muse (1751–1803) was the son of Col. George Muse (1720–1790) of Caroline County, Va., who served with GW in the Virginia Regiment during the Fort Necessity campaign, and Elizabeth Battaile ... Read More | |
| Nations (Nation), Mrs | Mrs. Nations was the widow of GW's tenant, William Nations, who died in 1760. In June of that year GW gave 10 shillings to Mrs. Nations (see Ledger A, 95). | |||
| Nations, William | 1760 | From 1755 through 1759 William Nations (d. 1760) rented a quarter from GW for 1,000 pounds of tobacco per year. After his death, Nations's horse was sold to pay the rent still owed GW (see ... Read More | ||
| Newbold, Purnell | In February 1760 GW paid Purnell Newbold in Maryland currency for shingles, "Wood Ware," and bees wax (see Ledger A, 89). | |||
| O'Kelly, John B. | John B. O'Kelly of Alexandria was a dance instructor. In the latter 1780s, O'Kelly gave dance lessons to GW's nephews Lawrence Augustine and George Steptoe Washington (see Ledger B, 276). Harriot ... Read More | |||
| Oram, James | James Oram lived in Fairfax County, Virginia. In June 1768 GW bought from Oram “a Portmanteau horse” for John Parke Custis (see Ledger A, 274; see also Guardian Accounts, 5 May 1769). Oram made ... Read More | |||
| Orr, John | 1726 | John Orr (b. 1726) was a Scottish merchant who settled first in Westmoreland and then in Fairfax County, Virginia. In 1766, Orr carried a cash payment to GW from John Relfe of Philadelphia (see ... Read More | ||
| Oswald, Eleazer | 1795 | A native of Falmouth, England, Eleazer Oswald (d. 1795) had immigrated to America in 1770, and was apprenticed to John Holt, the printer of the New-York Journal. During the Revolutionary War, he ... Read More | ||
| Packett (Packet), John | John Packett was employed by GW between 1789 and 1791. | |||
| Page, Mann | 1718 | Mann Page (b. 1718) of Rosewell in Gloucester County, Va., was an owner of stock in the Dismal Swamp Company. He acquired the one-half share of the stock from Robert Burwell. Page later resided at ... Read More | ||
| Palmer, Jonathan | In July 1768 Jonathan Palmer was hired by the day as a harvester of hay and grain. However, on 30 Aug. 1768 GW agreed with Palmer for him “to come and Work with my Carpenters; either at their Trade— ... Read More | |||
| Parish Collection | For more information about parishes in colonial Virginia, see: Bond, E. L. The Parish in Colonial Virginia. (2016, November 14). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www. ... Read More | |||
| Parker, William | In the 1760s William Parker, a planter and justice of the peace, ran an ordinary in his house in Caroline County, Virginia. | |||
| Parkinson, Richard | ||||
| Pasteur, William | 1791 | Dr. William Pasteur (d. 1791), a son of Swiss immigrant Dr. Jean Pasteur, opened an apothecary shop on the Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Va., in 1759. In 1775 he entered into a ... Read More | ||
| Patterson, John | 1768 | John Patterson (d. 1768) was the joiner and master carpenter who did extensive work on the house at Mount Vernon in the summer and early fall of 1758. | ||
| Paul, James | ||||
| Payne, Edward | Edward Payne served with GW as a vestryman of Truro Parish 1765–74. When Payne contracted with the parish in 1766 to build a chapel of ease (later called Payne’s Church) for the parishioners in the ... Read More | |||
| Payne, Virtinda | ||||
| Peake, Humphrey | 1733 | 1785 | Humphrey Peake (1733–1785), who inherited Willow Spring from his father, William Peake (d. 1761), was a neighbor and fox-hunting companion of GW and a frequent visitor to Mount Vernon. Peake lived ... Read More | |
| Pearson, Milkey (Milkah) Trammell | Milkey (Milkah) Trammell Pearson was the estranged wife of Simon Pearson. | |||
| Pearson, Simon | c. 1738 | 1797 | Simon Pearson (c.1738–1797) of Fairfax County, Virginia, sold land to GW. | |
| Pearson, William | ||||
| Pendleton, Philip | 1752 | 1802 | Philip Pendleton (1752–1802), an attorney, agreed with GW in June 1771 to buy 180 acres of GW’s Bullskin plantation “for £400 the Money to be paid in two years with Int[eres]t from the 25th. of next ... Read More | |
| Peterson & Taylor (firm) | Peterson & Taylor was a firm in Alexandria, Virginia. | |||
| Peterson, William | William Peterson leased land from GW. |
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