George Corbin Washington
(1789-1854)
BIRTH
1789
PLACE
DEATH
July 17, 1854
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FAMILY
MOTHER
Hannah Bushrod
(1738-1801)
SISTER
Mary Ball Washington
(1709-1789)
SISTER
Jenny Washington
(1759-1791)
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George Corbin Washington (1789–1854) was a Virginia-born Maryland planter and congressman who served in the U.S. House in 1827–1833 and 1835–1837. He chaired its District of Columbia committee and became president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. In 1844 President Tyler appointed him to settle Cherokee claims under the 1835 treaty. When selling Washington family land, he reserved the burial ground and the site of George Washington’s birthplace.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Corbin Washington’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Corbin Washington is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
In 1844 President Tyler appointed him to settle Cherokee claims under the 1835 treaty. When selling Washington family land, he reserved the burial ground and the site of George Washington’s birthplace. Corbin Washington died on Jul 17, 1854. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), the Maryland congressman and canal president. The original short Name is preserved. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Collective biography, family reference, primary writings and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005 — United States Congress. [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. The Washingtons: A Family History, Volume 1: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch — Justin Glenn. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
3. The Great National Project: A History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal — Walter S. Sanderlin. [Related institutional and biographical history] Find on Amazon
4. The Papers of George Washington: Retirement Series — W. W. Abbot; Dorothy Twohig (editors). [Related primary family correspondence; series counted once] Find on Amazon
5. Historic Jefferson County — Millard Kessler Bushong. [Related family and local history] Find on Amazon
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