SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION
Union Farm
Location: Fairfax Co., VA
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History: Mount Vernon was home to George Washington for more than 45 years. First known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation, the Estate was originally granted to Washington's great grandfather John Washington in 1674. It eventually passed to Washington's older half-brother, Lawrence, who renamed the property Mount Vernon after his commanding officer, Admiral Edward Vernon of the British navy. George Washington inherited the property upon the death of his brother Lawrence's widow in 1761.
Over the years, Washington enlarged the residence and built up the property
from 2,000 to nearly 8,000 acres. He divided the acreage into five working farms:
Dogue Run, Muddy Hole, River, Union and Mansion House Farm (where he lived with
his family).
Associated surnames: Custis, Washington
Associated Plantations: Dogue Run Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); Ferry Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); Mansion House Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); Muddy Hole Farm (Fairfax Co., VA); River Farm (Farifax Co., VA)
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1799: Union Farm slaves (in bold) owned by George Washington in his own right and by marriage* (dower of wife Martha Washington)
From George Washington's Will, 1799; http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/will/slalis/union.html
- *Betty: age 62; cook; no husband
- son *John: age 16
- son *Gideon: age 13
- dau *Mary: age 11; at Muddy Hole Farm
- *Caesar: age 50; no wife
- *Daphne: age 70; passed labor; no husband
- *Doll: age 52; lame and pretends to be so
- dau *Patience: age 14; at Muddy Hole Farm
- dau *Suckey: age 11
- dau *Elizabeth: age 9
- son *Elias: age 2 months
- Edy: age 26
- husband Davy: carpenter; at Mansion House Farm
- dau Sarah: age 6
- dau Nancy: age 1
- *Fanny: age 36
- husband Charles: ditcher; at Mansion House Farm
- son *Jamie: age 11
- dau *Daphne: age 5
- son *Charles: age 1
- Flora: age 64; passed labor; no husband
- *Jenny: age 34
- husband George: Mrs. Washington's
- dau *Felicia: age 7
- son *Jonathan: age 3
- son *Hellam: age 1
- *Jesse: age 6; son to Patt (deceased)
- Joe: age 24
- London: age 64; no wife
- *Lucretia: age 20; no husband
- *Lucy: age 50
- husband: at Captain Marshall's
- *Milly: age 22; no husband
- dau *Diana: age 1
- *Paul: age 36; no wife
- *Rachell: age 34; no husband
- son *Ephriam: age 11
- son *Davy: age 8
- son *Gus: age 3
- dau *Beck: age 4
- son *Eneas: age 1
- *Sam Kitt: age 78
- wife: at Daniel Stones [editorial note: This may be Daniel Stone who lived in Truro Parish on the road from Washington's mill to Robert Boggess's
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