GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL MONUMENT
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Mattox Creek Farm
John Washington, great-grandfather of George and founder of the Washington family in Virginia, landed near here in 1656-57. Here John and his wife, Anne Pope, were given land by John’s father-in-law, Col. Nathaniel Pope. Here their first son, Lawrence (George’s grandfather), was born in 1659. Lawrence inherited the Mattox Creek farm when his father died in 1677.
The Bridges Creek Farm
John Washington (George’s great-grandfather) purchased 100 acres of land here in 1664 and established his second home in Virginia, where he lived for 15 years—until his death in 1677. Here Lawrence Washington (George’s grandfather) lived as a boy. George’s father, Augustine Washington, acquired the land in 1742. Here John Washington, the emigrant, established the family burying ground; and in the cemetery are buried George’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
Here young George made one of his first surveys—in 1747, at the age of 15.
Church Point
Mattox Episcopal Church was located here about 2½ mi. from Popes Creek where Geo. Washington was born. George may have been Baptized here on April 5, 1752.
SCHOOL HOUSE
George Washington may have attended the school Henry Williams conducted here near Mattox Creek, but no direct evidence of this has been found.