The Washington Home
John Washington settled at Wakefield in 1665. Augustine Washington, father of George Washington, was born here in 1694. George Washington was born here, February 22, 1732. In 1734 Washington's father moved away, but George Washington lived here again in 1744-46. Here at Wakefield are the tombs of the early Washingtons.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesJohn Carter Brown Library, Brown UniversityDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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