Overview

Location

Fairfax Co., VA

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

not determined

Historical notes

See Mansion House Farm

Associated Slave Workplaces

Ferry Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); Mansion House Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); Muddy Hole Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); River Farm (Farifax Co., VA); Rose Hill Plantation (Fairfax Co., VA); Union Farm (Fairfax Co., VA)

Associated Free Persons

• George Eskridge Washington (b.1732-d.1799) - plantation owner; first President of the United States
• Martha Dandridge Custis Washington - wife of George E. Washington
• John "Jack" Parke Custis (b.1755-d.1781) - son of Daniel Parke and Martha D. Custis Washington
• Martha Parke "Patsy" Custis (b.1757-d.1773) - daughter of Daniel Parke and Martha D. Custis Washington

Associated Enslaved Persons

1786 Slaves at Washington's Grist Mill (at Dogue Run)

From George Washington's Diaries, 18 February 1786

• Ben - miller
• Davy - cowper
• Jack - cowper
• Tom - cowper

1786 Slaves at Dogue Run Farm

From George Washington's Diaries, 18 February 1786. "dower" = slaves owned by marriage/ dower of Martha Washington.

• Adam - laboring man
• Ben - laboring man
• Betty (dower) - laboring woman, 1 child
• Andrew - child of Betty, age 1
• Brunswick (dower) - ruptured
• Charity - laboring woman, 4 children
• Sarah - child of Charity, age 6
• Billy - child of Charity, age 5
• Hannah - child of Charity, age 3
• Elly - child of Charity, age 6 months
• Dick - laboring man
• Grace (dower) - laboring woman
• Jack - laboring man
• Jack-long - laboring man
• Jenny - laboring woman
• Jones (deceased) - 3 children
• Aggy - child of Jones, age 9
• Simon - child of Jones, age 4
• Bett - child of Jones, age 3
• Lucy (dower) - laboring woman, 3 children
• Jenny - child of Lucy, age 9
• Daniel - child of Lucy, age 3
• Ned - child of Lucy, age 6 months
• Matt (dower) - laboring man
• Moll - laboring woman
• Morris (dower) - overseer
• Hannah - wife of Morris
• Morris (dower) - laboring man
• Peg (dower) - laboring woman
• Crager - child of Peg, age 6 months
• Robin - laboring man
• Sall (dower) - laboring woman, 3 children
• Jesse - child of Sall, age 6
• Kitty - child of Sall, age 4
• Lawrence - child of Sall, age 1
• Silla - laboring woman, 2 children
• Sophia - child of Silla, age 3
• Sabra - child of Silla, age 6 months
• Sue (dower) - laboring woman, old

1799 Dogue Run Farm Slaves

From George Washington's Will, 1799. Owned by George Washington in his own right and by marriage (dower of wife Martha Washington)

• Agnes - age 25; husband Will (dower) lived at Mansion House Farm
• Guy - child of Will and Agnes, age 2
• Ben - age 57
• Peg (dower) - wife of Ben, age 30
• Billy (dower) - son of Ben and Peg, age 6
• Fendall (dower) - son of Ben and Peg, age 2
• Peg (dower) - daughter of Ben and Peg, age 8 months
• Betty - age 16, no husband
• Dick - age 46
• Charity - wife of Dick, age 42
• Fomison - daughter of Dick and Charity, age 11
• Dick - son of Dick and Charity, age 3
• Hannah - passed labor, age 60, partly an idiot
• Carter Jack - age 40
• Grace - wife of Jack, age 35
• Roger - child of Jack and Grace, age 10
• Molly - daughter of Jack and Grace, age 6
• Jenny - daughter of Jack and Grace, age 3
• Long Jack - age 60
• Molly - wife of Jack, age 45, cook
• Judy - blind, age 50; husband Gabriel lived at Muddy Hole Farm
• Kate (dower) - age 18, wife of "a negro of Moreton's"; Note: Moreton was probably Archibald Moreton who lived near Belvoir on the road from Washington's mill to Boggess's house
• Lawrence - age 14, son of Matilda
• Linney - age 27, no husband
• Bartley - daughter of Linney, age 6
• Matilda - daughter of Linney, age 1
• Lucy - age 50; husband Natt lived at Mansion House Farm
• Ned (dower) - son of Natt and Lucy, age 14
• Teney (dower) - daughter of Natt and Lucy, age 10
• Priscilla (Silla/ Siller?) - age 36; husband Slammin Joe lived at Mansion House Farm
• Sophia - daughter of Slamin Joe and Priscilla, age 14, no husband
• Savary - daughter of Slamin Joe and Priscilla, age 13
• Penny - daughter of Slamin Joe and Priscilla, age 11
• Israel - son of Slamin Joe and Priscilla, age 10
• Isrias - son of Slamin Joe and Priscilla, age 3
• Christopher - son of Slamin Joe and Priscilla, age 1
• Sall Twine (dower) - age 38; husband Gardener George lived at Mansion House Farm
• Barbary (dower) - daughter of George and Sall, age 11
• Abbay (dower) - daughter of George and Sall, age 10
• Hannah (dower) - daughter of George and Sall, age 4
• George (dower) - son of George and Sall, age 1
• Sarah - age 20, no husband
• Lucy - daughter of Sarah, age 2
• Simon - age 20, no wife
• Sue - age 70; passed labor, no husband

1799 Slaves Hired From Mrs. French of Rose Hill Plantation

From George Washington's Will, 1799

• Abram - in his prime; wife Nancy lived at Muddy Hole Farm
• Simm's
• Daphne - wife of Simm's, age 40, carpenter and plougher; "Ploughs very Well, and is a good hand at any work."
• Matilda - daughter of Simm's and Daphne, age 13
• Polly - daughter of Simm's and Daphne, age 9
• Maria - daughter of Simm's and Daphne, age 2
• Delia - age 35, no husband, spinner; "Equally good at the Spinning Wheel or Hoe, but has been kept chiefly at the farm."
• Daniel - son of Delia, age 16
• Betty - daughter of Delia, age 13
• Jack - son of Delia, age 7
• Julia - daughter of Delia, age 4
• Nelly - daughter of Delia, age 2
• Ambrose - son of Delia, age 1
• Davy - Mrs. Washington's
• Grace - wife of Davy; age 28, plougher; "A very good Plougher--and equally so at all sorts of Work."
• Bob - son of Davy and Grace, age 10
• Sall - daughter of Davy and Grace, age 8
• Judy - daughter of Davy and Grace, age 4
• Augusta - daughter of Davy and Grace, age 1
• Hannah - age 14, no husband; "nearly at her full growth and a woman in appearance."
• Isaac - age 29, in his prime, no wife, lives at Muddy Hole Farm
• James - age 24, at the distillery
• Julius - age 23, carter; "A very good Carter, and can do any other work, although defective in Shape from his Infancy."
• George - McCarty's; Note: Daniel McCarty Jr. (b.1759-d.1801), lived at Cedar Grove on Pohick Bay
• Lucy - age 55, knitter; "Lame, or pretends to be so occasioned by rheumatic pains, but is a good knitter, & so emplyed."
• Briney - daughter of George and Lucy, age 12
• Stately - son of George and Lucy, age 10
• Renney - daughter of George and Lucy, age 6
• Raison - daughter of George and Lucy, age 3
• Morgan - son of George and Lucy, age 2
• Phoenix - son of George and Lucy, age 1
• Milly - age 18, no husband; "A full grown Woman, and (illegible)ly; has been used to Common work only."
• Moses - age 26, in his prime, plowman and carter
• Nancy - age 16, no husband "The same--in all respects." (to Milly)
• Paschall - in his prime; wife Cornelia lately lost (deceased) at Muddy Hole Farm
• Rose - deceased
• Grace - age 12, daughter of Rose (deceased)
• Isaac - age 14, son of Rose (deceased)
• Sabine - age 60; "A good working woman, notwithstanding her (age)."
• Nancy - age 10, daughter of Sabine
• Jack - Mrs. Washington's
• Siss - age 25, wife of Jack; plougher; "Ploughs Well--and can Milk & Churn."
• Spencer - age 20, carter and mower; "A good Carter and Mower and able at any business."
• Tom - age 28, in his prime, no wife, getting blind
• Will - old but hearty, looks after the stock; wife at Mrs. French's (Penelope Manley French lived at Rose Hill Plantation, on the back road to Alexandria)

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References

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