Sargent, George Washington, d. 1864.

George Washington Sargent, the son of Winthrop Sargent (1753- 1820) and of Mary McIntosh (Williams) Sargent, was born in Mississippi, where his father was the first territorial governor. After his marriage to Margaret Percy, he lived in Philadelphia, Pa., and Natchez, Miss., from which he managed his family's extensive property holdings in Ohio, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

From the description of George Washington Sargent papers, 1840-1900. WorldCat record id: 24678747

George Washington Sargent (d. 1864), the son of Winthrop Sargent (1753 1820) and his second wife Mary McIntosh Williams, was born in Mississippi, where his father served as first territorial governor. He lived in Philadelphia, Pa., and, with his wife Margaret (Meg) Percy Sargent, in Natchez, Mississippi. They had at least four children: Winthrop Sargent (1825 1870), who married Sarah Ellery Gray in 1851; George Sargent; Jane Sargent Duncan, who married W. D. Duncan; and Robert P. Sargent. Jane C. Williams was George Washington Sargent's half sister.

There are biographical sketches of both Winthrop and George Sargent in Dictionary of American Biography, XVI: 368 370, where it is noted that George Washington Sargent was brutally murdered in 1864 at Natchez, Miss.

From the guide to the George Washington Sargent Papers, 1840-1900, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)