George Augustine Washington
(1759-1793)
BIRTH
1759
PLACE
Stafford County, Virginia
DEATH
February 5, 1793
PLACE
Fairfax County, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER
Charles Washington
(1738-1799)
BROTHER
Augustine Washington Sr.
(1694-1743)
SISTER
Mary Ball Washington
(1709-1789)
SISTER
Frances Thornton Washington Ball
(1763-1815)
WIFE
Frances Bassett Washington Lear
(1767-1796)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
George Augustine Washington (c.1759–1793) was a son of Charles Washington and a nephew of George Washington. He served in the Continental Army and as an aide to Lafayette before illness ended his military career. He married Frances Bassett, Martha Washington’s niece, and managed Mount Vernon while his uncle pursued public duties. His correspondence records both estate business and declining health. He died at Eltham in New Kent County, rather than Fairfax County.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of George Augustine 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.
The available biographical record identifies George Augustine Washington with work or public activity as a soldier. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. George Augustine Washington died on Feb 5, 1793 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
George Augustine Washington was a son of Charles Washington and a nephew of George Washington. He served in the Continental Army and as an aide to Lafayette before illness ended his military career. George Augustine Washington served in the Continental Army and as an aide to Lafayette before illness ended his military career. His correspondence records both estate business and declining health. George Augustine Washington died on Feb 5, 1793 in Fairfax County, Virginia. 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.
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POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
George Augustine Washington, George Washington’s nephew and Mount Vernon estate manager, husband of Frances Bassett. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. The Washingtons: A Family History, Volume 1: Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch — Justin Glenn. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. Martha Washington: An American Life — Patricia Brady. [Related family biography] Find on Amazon
3. Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty — Helen Bryan. [Related family biography] Find on Amazon
4. The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series — Dorothy Twohig (editor). [Related primary family correspondence; series counted once] Find on Amazon
5. The Papers of George Washington: Confederation Series — W. W. Abbot; Dorothy Twohig (editors). [Related primary family correspondence; series counted once] Find on Amazon
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