George, active 1770-1798

George was an enslaved man owned by Mary Ball Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. George Washington brought George to Mount Vernon in the 1770s. For a decade, Washington rented him, paying his mother for the use of the young man’s labor. While living at Mount Vernon, George married Sall Twine, a field-worker who worked Dogue Run Farm. She was owned by the estate of Martha Washington's first husband.

When Mary Washington died in 1789, she left George to her eldest son in her will, ensuring that George and Sall’s family would stay together. Because George was stationed at Mansion House Farm and Sall was a field-worker at Dogue Run, the couple lived apart during the week. George was allowed to visit his wife and children on Sundays.

The couple had seven children: Jesse, Kate, Lawrence, Barbary, Abbay, Hannah, and George. After Washington’s death and his will was carried out, the George became a free man. Because Sall Twine was not owned by Washington, she and their children remained enslaved.