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George Washington (1732-1799)
(1772)
Mount Vernon was a Washington family property along the Potomac River in Fairfax County. Washington family ownership dated to 1674. Lawrence Washington (1718-1752) named the site Mount Vernon.
Today, the plantation is open to the public as George Washington’s Mount Vernon. See: https://www.mountvernon.org/