Overview
Location
Fairfax Co., VA
Date Constructed/ Founded
1800
Associated Surnames
not determined
Historical notes
Before his death in 1799, President George Washington provided 2,000 acres of his Mount Vernon estate (Dogue Run Farm) to Major Lawrence and Eleanor Custis Lewis. Over 90% of the people that lived and worked at Woodlawn were enslaved people of African descent.
Associated Slave Workplaces
Dogue Run Farm (Fairfax Co., VA)
Associated Free Persons
- Major Lawrence Lewis - owner; nephew of President George Washington
- Eleanor "Nelly" Custis Lewis - wife of Lawrence Lewis; granddaughter of Martha Washington
Associated Enslaved Persons
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