1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

Fairfax Co., VA

Date Constructed/ Founded

1800

Associated Surnames

not determined

Historical notes

Before his death in 1799, President George Washington provided 2,000 acres of his Mount Vernon estate (Dogue Run Farm) to Major Lawrence and Eleanor Custis Lewis. Over 90% of the people that lived and worked at Woodlawn were enslaved people of African descent.

Associated Slave Workplaces

Dogue Run Farm (Fairfax Co., VA)


Associated Free Persons

  • Major Lawrence Lewis - owner; nephew of President George Washington
  • Eleanor "Nelly" Custis Lewis - wife of Lawrence Lewis; granddaughter of Martha Washington

Associated Enslaved Persons

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Research Leads and Plantation Records

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Miscellaneous Information

  • none

References


Users Researching This Workplace

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