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Augustine Washington, Jr.
Facts and Events
Early Land Acquisition in Virginia
Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:
- G-450: Mr. Augustine Washington of Westmoreland Co., 507 acres in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. George Washington. Adj. Worthington's Patent, on Smith's Glade, land adj. Lawrence Washington bought of Benjamin Rutherford. 17 Oct. 1750. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 45].
- G-453: Mr. Augustine Washington of Westmoreland Co., 500 acres in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. George Washington. Adj. Robert Worthington, Henry Bradshaw, Maj. Lawrence Washington. 17 Oct. 1750. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 45].
Stockholder's in the Ohio Land Company
- Thomas Lee, President of Company
- Nathaniel Chapman, Treasurer
- John Mercer, Secretary and General Counsel
- George Mercer, Company Agent to England
- Robert Dinwiddie, Duke of Bedford
- John Hanbury, London Merchant
- Augustine Washington Jr.
- William Trent
- Lawrence Washington
- George Fairfax
- Thomas Cresap
- The Ohio Land Company sent Col. George Washington and William Trent into the area to hold onto the lands that the Company had been granted. In 1754, William Trent constructs a fort. But in April, the French take the fort, naming it Fort Duquesne.
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