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William Henry Washington (c. 17641803)

Role

In the mid-1790s William Henry Washington and Bushrod Washington exchanged letters regarding legal matters.

Description

William Henry Washington, a native of Virginia, was a planter and landowner who resided at Whiteback Hall near Alexandria. He and wife Elizabeth Alexander (d. 1805) had a son named William Henry Washington Jr. Washington died on 14 June 1803.

Citations

John W. Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Staunton, VA: McClure Printing Company, 1944), 346.

Sherman W. Pratt, "Prospect Hill: A Lost Arlington Historical Treasure," Arlington Historical Magazine, October 1999, 1526.

Alexander v. Deneale, 16 Va. 341, 2 Munf. 341 (1811), Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Alexandria Gazette (VA), 27 December 1810, page 4, column 3 (Newspapers.com).

William Henry Washington in Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 17961816 (Ancestry.com).

Wm. Henry Washington in Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 16391850 (Ancestry.com).

William Henry Washington at FamilySearch.