Letter, c. 1784, [Richmond?] to Col., [Fredericksburg?].

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Letter, c. 1784, [Richmond?] to Col., [Fredericksburg?].

Weedon requests assistance in clearing the questions raised about his drawing back pay and rations for the time he was not in active service when he was recalled to active duty. (Weedon settled his account on Oct. 18, 1784 with Andrew Dunscomb, Asst. Commissioner of Army Accounts for Virginia.).

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Weedon, George, 1734-1793

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George Weedon was born in late 1734 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Weedon was appointed an ensign in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1757 and to the rank of captain lieutenant in 1762. After the war, he moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and married Catharine Gordon (d. 1797). He operated a tavern in Fredericksburg. Weedon was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in January 1776 and received a commission in the...