History of george washington timeline

1732: George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball.

1738: Washington family moved to Ferry Farm (a plantation on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg); George Washington spent most of his youth here.

1743: Augustine Washington, George’s father, died.

Although George Washington was the older child of the Ball-Washington household, Augustine left most of his property to his sons from his first marriage. George inherited 10 slaves from his father’s estate. Following the death of his father, George Washington’s formal education ended.

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George Washington was only 11 years old.

1749: George Washington was appointed county surveyor of the frontier county of Culpeper. He was seventeen years old.

1751-1752: George Washington traveled to Barbados with his half-brother Lawrence in an attempt to cure the latter of a respiratory illness.

George contracted smallpox while on the island. The trip was the only