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Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington (1786–1855)

Role

Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington's husband was a nephew of Bushrod Washington.

Description

Jane Charlotte Blackburn, a granddaughter of Thomas Blackburn, was born on 23 August 1786 in Prince William County, Virginia. In 1811 she wed John Augustine Washington II, a son of Corbin Washington, grandson of John Augustine Washington, and grandnephew of George Washington.

Citations

"[January 1774]," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0004-0001. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, pp. 225–228.]

Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington to John Augustine Washington III, 30 January 1853, The Potomack Company (Alexandria, Virginia), Lot 354, sold 27 January 2018.

John Gadsby Chapman, The Washington Family (1834 painting), Mount Vernon Collections (George Washington’s Mount Vernon).

Frank E. Grizzard Jr., "George Washington and the Lees of Virginia" (presentation), 14 May 2005, Mount Vernon, Virginia (Lee Family Digital Archive).

"The Washingtons of Jefferson County" (interview with John Augustine Washington), 3 August 2001.

Alexandria Gazette (VA), 24 September 1855, page 3, column 1 (Newspapers.com).

Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington at Find a Grave.

Jane Charlotte Blackburn at FamilySearch.