George Steptoe Washington (1771–1809)
George Steptoe Washington was a cousin of Bushrod Washington.
George Steptoe Washington, son of Samuel Washington and brother of Lawrence Augustine Washington, was born on 17 August 1771 at Harewood, his father's plantation home in Berkeley County, Virginia (present-day Jefferson County, West Virginia). Following Samuel's death in 1781, George Washington paid for and supervised the education of George Steptoe and Lawrence.
"From George Washington to David Griffith, 29 August 1784," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-02-02-0057. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 2, 18 July 1784 – 18 May 1785, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, pp. 61–62.]
"From George Washington to William Bailey, 22 November 1785," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0336. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 3, 19 May 1785 – 31 March 1786, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, p. 377.]
John Walter Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Staunton, VA: McClure Printing, 1944), 83, 148, 235, 265, 324, 335.
University of Pennsylvania, Biographical Catalogue of the Matriculates of the College, Together with Lists of the Members of the College Faculty and the Trustees, Officers and Recipients of Honorary Degrees. 1749–1893 (Philadelphia: Society of the Alumni, 1894), 35.
Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume I (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903), 1007.
Charleston Daily Courier, 25 January 1809, page 3, column 1 (Newspapers.com).
Repertory (Boston), 7 February 1809, page 3, column 1 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
Capt George Steptoe Washington at Find a Grave.
George Steptoe Washington at FamilySearch.