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Corbin Washington (c. 1765–1799)

Role

Corbin Washington was a brother of Bushrod Washington.

Description

Corbin Washington, the fourth and youngest surviving child of John Augustine Washington and Hannah Bushrod Washington, was born circa 1765 at Bushfield. In 1787 he married Hannah Lee (c. 1765–1801), a daughter of Richard Henry Lee, and inherited Prospect Hill, his father's large estate in present-day Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Citations

Justin Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History: Volume 1, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Publishing, 2014).

Reginald Buchanan Henry, Genealogies of the Families of the Presidents (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1935), 75.

John W. Wayland, The Washingtons and Their Homes (Staunton, VA: McClure Printing Company, 1944), 125, 318.

"To George Washington from John Augustine Washington, 4 April 1784," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-01-02-0195. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 1, 1 January 1784 – 17 July 1784, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, pp. 261–263.]

"[Diary entry: 5 November 1799]," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0011-0…. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 374.]

"To George Washington from Corbin Washington, 30 November 1789," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0247. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 8 September 1789 – 15 January 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 350–352.]

New York Evening Post, 2 December 1801, page 3, column 3 (Newspapers.com).

Corbin Washington at Find a Grave.

Corbin Washington at FamilySearch.