Washington's Birthplace; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 20, No. 1

Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project

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                                 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE.

   In the Richmond Whig for October 14, 1851, a visitor gives this account of Wakefield:
The birthplace of George Washingtin is on a plantation known as the Wakefield Estate, owned
and en-

Page 20.

joyned by John E. Wilson, and in the midst of a two hundred acre corn field, marked only
by an old brick chimney, a mammoth fig tree, and a free stone slab on which latter is
inscribedin cut letters barely discernible:  "Here the 22nd of Feb., 1732, Washington was
born".
   About one hundred yards from the spot is Pope Creek.
   One quarter of a mile from the birthplace is an old fashioned valut in a dilapidated
condition, and a tombstone at the side of the door bearing the following inscription:

Here
Lyeth the body
of
John Washington
Eldest son of
Capt. Lawrence Washington
Who departed this life
The 10th day of January 1690.

ALSO

Mildred Washington
Eldest daughter
Of said Washington
Who departed this life
The 1st day of August 1696
Aged five months