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John Augustine Washington Sr. (January 13, 1736 – January 8, 1787) was an American planter and politician best known as the younger brother of George Washington and the father of Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington., he was also the grandfather of John Augustine Washington Jr
As the oldest living male heir, John Augustine Washington III positioned himself to take possession of Mount Vernon from his mother. While she did not pass away until 1855, she gave John Augustine the proverbial keys to the kingdom, granting him full autonomy to run the plantation as he saw fit.
Nov 26, 2022 · Explore genealogy for John Washington born 1736 Wakefield, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia died 1787 Bushfield Plant, Virginia, United States including ancestors + descendants + 1 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
Sep 23, 2019 · His second and favorite brother, John Augustine, who was four years his junior, Washington described as "the intimate companion of my youth and the friend of my ripened age." While the Virginia colonel was on the frontier, from 1754 to 1759, he left John in charge of all his business affairs, giving him a residence at and management of Mount ...
Feb 1, 2002 · John Augustine Washington (1736–1787), often referred to as Jack, was one of GW’s younger brothers. It was he who became resident manager of Mount Vernon while GW was serving as colonel of the Virginia Regiment on the frontier in the years following Braddock’s defeat.
Undated bond between Robert Throckmorton and John Augustine Washington regarding the sale of land. Witnessed and signed by James Rumsey. Dates: approximately 1787
John Augustine Washington III leaves behind a handful of original objects, including Jean Antoine Houdon’s famous lifelike sculpture of George Washington.
John Augustine Washington III was the great-grand nephew of George Washington and the last private owner of Mount Vernon. The fourth of five children, he was born on May 3, 1821 to John Augustine Washington II and Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington.
John Augustine Washington III, the great grandnephew of George Washington and the last member of the Washington family to own Mount Vernon, poses in a suit and cravat in this photographic portrait.
John Augustine Washington III (1821-1861): John Augustine Washington was the great-grandnephew of George Washington and the last Washington to own Mount Vernon before its sale to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association (MVLA).
