Washington, Texas was named after the town of Washington, Georgia, the hometown of several Texan settlers, including Dr. Asa Hoxey, Andrew Robinson, and Robert Williamson. Asa Hoxey, Thomas Gay, James B. Miller, Alexander Somervell, and Captain John W. Hall formed the Washington Townsite Company in March 1835. Hall was the group’s agent, advertising town lots, holding land sales, and issuing titles.

Yes. At age eleven he inherited ten slaves from his father. By the end of Washington's life, over three-hundred African-American slaves lived at Mount Vernon. (courtesy Mount Vernon). Link to our Washington and Slavery page. See similar questions...

Yes. Washington's attitude towards slavery changed as he grew older and especially as he fought for liberty in the Revolution. He emancipated his slaves in his will and his estate paid pensions to the older African Americans for decades. Link to "That Species of Property: Washington's Role in the Controversy Over Slavery" by Dorothy Twohig & George Washington's Will. See similar questions...

Washington raised corn, oats, barley, rye and buckwheat. Washington also cultivated hay crops, including alfafa, as well as common vegetables. Washington substituted wheat for tobacco as his chief crop. See similar questions...

During President Washington's 1791 tour of the southern states, Governor Charles Pinckney, preparing for Washington's arrival in the state capitol of Charleston, invited the President to breakfast at Snee Farm on his way to the city. Tradition holds that Washington breakfasted under an oak, after which he proceeded into Charleston to meet with Governor Pinckney. See similar questions...

Washington had five brothers and one sister who reached maturity: Lawrence, Augustine, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and Betty. The first two were half-brothers. There were also a half-brother and half-sister and a full sister who died young. Link to family Bible record of dates. See similar questions...

He had several sets of false teeth over the years, but they were not made of wood. For at least one set, Washington's dentist, Dr. John Greenwood, used a cow's tooth, one of Washington's teeth, hippopotamus ivory, metal and springs. The teeth fit poorly. (courtesy Mount Vernon) Link here to a photograph of a set of Washington's dentures. (courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution) See similar questions...

The only trip George Washington made outside of his own country was when he accompanied his half-brother Lawrence to the Barbados (1751–1752). Washington was not a college graduate; but he received an honorary LL.D. from five educational institutions: Harvard, 1776; Yale, 1781; University of Pennsylvania, 1783; Washington College (Maryland), 1789; Brown, 1790. Although he did not complete college, Washington did maintain a large library at Mount Vernon. Link to "Books at Mt. See similar questions...

No. He wore his own hair which was light brown in color, tied in a queue and powdered. The queue was sometimes worn in a small black silk bag. See similar questions...

Except for trips and vacations, Washington lived in the President's House from November 1790 to March 1797 — reportedly, longer than he lived anywhere but Mount Vernon. In November 1793, to escape the Yellow Fever epidemic, Washington moved to Germantown (6 or 7 miles outside the city) for several weeks, and he vacationed there the following summer. Washington tried to spend a couple of months of each year at Mount Vernon, but with his work as President this was not always possible. See similar questions...

The Washingtons moved into the house in November 1790 with a household of about 24 — 8 black slaves and about 16 white servants. The blacks worked in the stables and the kitchen, or as personal servants for the family members. A ninth enslaved black later joined household. Biographical sketches of the 9 can be found here. See similar questions...

This popular legend became part of American popular culture as early as the 1830s. The story was made famous during the centennial year of 1876, with the publication of a fictitious "eye-witness" journal, The Diary of Dorothy Dudley. The tree itself was indeed real and stood in the middle of Garden Street at the intersection of Mason Street. In 1923, the diseased and very fragile trunk was accidently pulled over by a city worker. See similar questions...

No. Washington acquired much legal training incidentally in connection with his duties as guardian and the many trusteeships and executorships which he assumed. He was, moreover, for years a justice of the peace of Fairfax County and not only heard minor cases, but also was a member of the County Court, which had an extended jurisdiction in equity as well as in civil and criminal law. See similar questions...

No. It was built by Lawrence Washington, George Washington's elder half-brother, or by his father for him. George Washington added to and remodeled it. See similar questions...

Mount Vernon was left to Lawrence Washington's infant daughter Sarah with his widow retaining a life interest in the property. At Sarah's death in 1754, George Washington leased the life rights from Lawrence's widow until her death in 1761 when he inherited it under the terms of his half-brother's will. Read the Lease of Mount Vernon, 17 December 1754. See similar questions...

Washington died at Mount Vernon in the late evening on December 14, 1799. On December 18 he was buried in the family vault at Mount Vernon. See: "A Concert of Mourning: The Death of George Washington;" " Modern Medical Analysis of the Last Illness and Death of George Washington;" George Washington's Will. Mrs. Washington designated the Masonic Fraternity to take charge of the funeral. See similar questions...

Probably not. The story was likely invented by a man named Mason Weems shortly after Washington's death. Ironically, the story was intended to show how honest Washington was: George confesses to his father saying, "I cannot tell a lie. "Link to fable from Weems "The Life of Washington." See similar questions...

There are nineteen artists of which there is little doubt that Washington sat for portraits. For some of these he sat more than once. Washington also sat for sculptors Houdon and Ceracchi. Robert E. Lee married the granddaughter of Jackie Custis who was Washington's stepson. Lee is also GW's third cousin, twice removed, since both men are descended from Augustine Warner, Sr., and Mary Towneley Warner (GW by way of their son, Augustine, Jr., and Lee by way of their daughter, Sarah). See similar questions...

John Washington, according to the best accounts available, landed in America early in the year 1657. His father had been a follower of Charles I during the civil war in England and had lost his benefice by order of Parliament, and evidently the young man was on his own very early. He was probably about 25 years old when he immigrated. George Washington was a direct descendant of John Washington, the immigrant. See similar questions...

No. In fact "The Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation" have been traced back to the sixteenth century. Some of the maxims were so fully exemplified in Washington's life that biographers came to regard them as formative influences on his character. Link to Rules of Civility. See similar questions...