Deed: Perquimans County, North Carolina, to George Washington and Fielding Lewis, 1766 April 26.

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Deed: Perquimans County, North Carolina, to George Washington and Fielding Lewis, 1766 April 26.

Marmaduke Norflet of Perquimans County, North Carolina, deeded 1,093 1/2 acres in Perquimans County to George Washington and Fielding Lewis of Virginia on 26 April 1766. It was proved 20 May 1766 and registered 5 June 1766 in Perquimans County.

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Library of Virginia

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Lewis, Fielding, 1725-1781 or 1782

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Virginia planter; brother-in-law of George Washington; member of the House of Burgesses and Committee of Correspondence. From the description of ALS : Fredericksburg, Va., to George Washington, 1776 Mar. 6. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506936 ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Norflet, Marmaduke.

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Fielding Lewis (1725-1782), a revolutionary patriot, was George Washington's brother-in-law. He married Washington's sister Betty in 1750 after his first wife, Catherine, Washington's cousin, died. Lewis was a merchant, burgess, and vestryman near Fredericksburg, Virginia. From the description of Deed: Perquimans County, North Carolina, to George Washington and Fielding Lewis, 1766 April 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640282 ...