The other heirs of Arlington House : interview with Steve Hammond

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The other heirs of Arlington House : interview with Steve Hammond

2016

http://librarycatalog.virginiahistory.org/final/portal.aspx?lang=en-US

Civil War Times. Vol. 55, No. 2 (April 2016), pages 22-23

pages 22-23

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Syphax, Maria Carter, 1804-1886

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Maria Carter Syphax (1804-1886) was the daughter of Arianna Carter, an enslaved maid of George and Martha Washington, and was owned by George Washington Parke Custis. In 1821 She married Charles Syphax. In 1826, Mr. Custis gave Maria Carter Syphax and her children their freedom and a seventeen-acre plot within the Arlington plantation. The Syphaxes had ten children who lived as free persons on the estate. According to Syphax family tradition, George Washington Parke Custis was the father of Mari...