Mercer, John, 1704-1768
Born in Dublin, Ireland, John Mercer came to Virginia in 1720 where he built the colonial estate Marlborough (also called Marlboro; at Marlborough Point on the Potomac River, in Stafford County). He was a leading Virginia attorney and lawyer to George Washington, as well as a colonial prosecutor for the King's court of Virginia. Mercer was also a founding member, secretary and general counsel of the Ohio Company of Virginia, a land speculating company that had George Washington as a member.
From the guide to the John Mercer Letter to James Mercer, 1766 October 20, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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