Person:Samuel Washington (6)

Video Documentary

Samuel Washington Painting

Harewood Plantation, Charles Town, W.Virginia built in 1770

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Samuel Washington, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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   Samuel Washington ( – September 26, 1781) was a colonial American official, soldier and politician in three different Virginia counties, as well as a planter who operated plantations. He also was the eldest full brother of United States President George Washington.
   

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2.   Hill, Margaret Lester. Ball Families of Virginia's Northern Neck: An Outline. (Lancaster, VA: Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library, 1990)
   49.

   Hill says he died in 1781 in Berkeley County, VA
   Hill is correct on Berkeley County, where his will was proved in 1781.

3.   Cukro, Diane. Descendants of William Ball. (Huntington, NY: Private Manuscript, 2002)
   56, 98 (#98).

   Cukro says he died 9 Sep 1781 in Jefferson County, VA (now Kentucky).

4.   Rootsweb Message Boards
   Samuel Washington.
5.   Sparks's Life and Writings of Washington
   550.

   WASHINGTON, SAMUEL, brother of Gen. Geo. W.; b. Nov. 16, 1734; was 5 times m.; d. in 1781, at Harewood, Berkley co., Va.; in 1778 was appointed by congress com'r to proceed westward on public business, but declined from ill health, and a successor was appointed.

6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage book of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Washington, District of Columbia: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1891-1939)
   Vol 1, Pg 1, No 1.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} "The General's Brother", in Bedinger Family History and Genealogy
   a video by Bob Asbury of Cutboard Studio, 6 Jun 2015.

   A "feature length" documentary, entitled THE GENERAL'S BROTHER, the story of Samuel Washington, the younger brother of General George Washington, has been created relating the many capacities in which Samuel Washington participated as a patriot during the Revolution only to die weeks before the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. ​ This documentary, produced by Bob Asbury, reveals much about the childhood and adolescent years of General Washington and brother Samuel. Bob Asbury is a descendant of Samuel Washington through John T. A. Washington and Elizabeth Conrad Bedinger. The video can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhEXeFbnUoU.