William Augustine Washington
(1757-1810)
BIRTH
November 25, 1757
PLACE
Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia
DEATH
October 2, 1810
PLACE
Rock Hill, Georgetown, District of Columbia
FAMILY
FATHER
Augustine Washington Jr.
(1720-1762)
BROTHER
Augustine Washington Sr.
(1694-1743)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
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MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
William Augustine Washington was born at Pope’s Creek in 1757, a son of Augustine Washington II and Anne Aylett, and nephew of George Washington. A Virginia planter, he served in the House of Delegates and held county militia and sheriff’s offices. He corresponded with his uncle about family and business matters and was named among the executors of his will. In 1804 he moved to Rock Hill in Georgetown. He died there in 1810 and was buried in the family vault at Mount Vernon.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of William 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.
His documented public service included militia command, county sheriff duties and service in Virginia's legislature.
CAREER
DEATH
William Augustine Washington died on Oct 2, 1810, in Rock Hill, Georgetown, District of Columbia. William Augustine Washington was born at Pope’s Creek in 1757, a son of Augustine Washington II and Anne Aylett, and nephew of George Washington. A Virginia planter, he served in the House of Delegates and held county militia and sheriff’s offices. He corresponded with his uncle about family and business matters and was named among the executors of his will. In 1804 he moved to Rock Hill in Georgetown. He died there in 1810 and was buried in the family vault at Mount Vernon. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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