Indenture : deed of release of Mount Vernon lands from Roger and Mildred Gregory to Augustine Washington, 1726 May 17.

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Indenture : deed of release of Mount Vernon lands from Roger and Mildred Gregory to Augustine Washington, 1726 May 17.

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" ... in Consideration of the Sum of One Hundred & Eighty pounds Stirling Money of Great Britain ... All that certain Tract or Parcel of Land Situate Lying and Being in the Parish of Overwharton [Stafford] [now Fairfax] County ... Being by Estimation Two Thousand & Five hundred Acres a Moiettie or half of Five Hundred Acres formerly Lay'd out for Collo. Nicholas Spencer & Capt. Lawrence Washington ..." Signed by Mildred and Roger Gregory and witnessed by William Aylett Jr., John Washington, and Lawrence Butler. Endorsed on reverse by George Washington. Below the indenture in another hand is a memorandum of "The Corse of Spencer Land and Mine ..." with boundaries given.

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Gregory, Roger

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Gregory, Mildred,

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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...

Washington, Augustine, approximately 1694-1743

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Augustine Washington Sr. was the father of the first U.S. President, George Washington. He belonged to the Colony of Virginia's landed gentry and was a planter and slaveholder. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on November 12, 1694, to Capt. Lawrence Washington, a militia captain and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Mildred Warner....