The Will of George Washington

Slave Lists

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Notes

1. Capt. Thomas Hanson Marshall (1731-1801) lived at Marshall Hall, just across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, in Charles County, Maryland. [back]

2. Will was Washington's old mulatto body servant Billy, or William Lee, who had served with him throughout the Revolution. See note 3 to Washington's will, printed above. [back]

3. Washington had a total "26" here because of a mistake in bringing a figure from the previous page. The mistake was repeated in his summing up of Mansion House and Tradesmen. [back]

4. Christopher was Washington's current body servant who was with him at his death. His wife was either a slave or a free black woman living at Roger West's. See note 11 to Tobias Lear's Narrative Accounts of the Death of George Washington, printed below. [back]

5. Molly, Charlotte, and Caroline--all listed here among the dower slaves--were in Washington's room when he died. See Tobias Lear's Narrative Accounts of the Death of George Washington, printed below. [back]

6. Mrs. Washington was Elizabeth Foote Washington, widow of Washington's old manager and cousin Lund Washington, who lived at Hayfield, northwest of Mount Vernon. Several other Mount Vernon servants were married to slaves at Hayfield. [back]

W.W. Abbot, ed., The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 4, April - December 1799. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999), 528-31.

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