Washington's Mother

Washington's Mother is a Virginia historical marker in Westmoreland County, dedicated 1938.

Westmoreland County · dedicated 1938 · Rte. 202, 4.8 miles northwest of Callao

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At Sandy Point, seven and a half miles east, Mary Ball, Washington's mother, spent her youth in the home of her guardian, George Eskridge. There she was married to Augustine Washington, March, 1731. She is supposed to have named her eldest son for George Eskridge.

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