Julia Ann Blackburn Washington
(1768-1829)
BIRTH
1768
PLACE
Rippon Lodge, Prince William County, Virginia
DEATH
November 28, 1829
PLACE
Derby, Pennsylvania
FAMILY
FATHER
Thomas Blackburn
(1742-1807)
HUSBAND
Bushrod Washington
(1762-1829)
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AWARDS
Julia Ann “Nancy” Blackburn Washington (1768–1829) was the daughter of Thomas and Christian Scott Blackburn of Rippon Lodge. She married Bushrod Washington in 1785 and became mistress of Mount Vernon after he inherited George Washington’s estate. The couple had no children but raised three nephews. Family letters document their household and visits from relatives. Nancy and Bushrod both died in 1829 and were buried in the Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Julia Anne Blackburn’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 Julia Anne Blackburn 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. Julia Anne Blackburn died on Nov 28, 1829. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Julia Anne Blackburn died on Nov 28, 1829, in Derby, Pennsylvania. Julia Ann “Nancy” Blackburn Washington was the daughter of Thomas and Christian Scott Blackburn of Rippon Lodge. She married Bushrod Washington in 1785 and became mistress of Mount Vernon after he inherited George Washington’s estate. The couple had no children but raised three nephews. Family letters document their household and visits from relatives. Nancy and Bushrod both died in 1829 and were buried in the Washington family tomb at Mount Vernon. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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