Noblet Herbert (1784–1825)
In 1816 Bushrod Washington authorized Herbert to conduct a sale of part of the Mount Vernon Tract.
Noblet Herbert was born in 1784. A brother of Benjamin Fuller Herbert and Maurice Herbert, he was a lawyer in what is now Alexandria, Virginia. He also managed the estate of his father Thomas Herbert. In 1813 Noblet married Mary Lee Washington (a niece of Bushrod Washington) at Mount Vernon.
John Augustine Washington, "The Washingtons of Jefferson County" (interview by James T. Surkamp), in Dr. John E. Stealey III, ed., Jefferson County Historical Magazine (2003), 33–50.
Justin Glenn, The Washingtons, A Family History: Volume 1, Seven Generations of the Presidential Branch (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Publishing, 2014).
Abby Schreiber, Alexandria's Historic Waterfront: A Documentary and Geospatial Study, Alexandria Archaeology Publications Number 132 (Alexandria, VA: Office of Historic Alexandria, 2023), 126.
Noblet Herbert Esq in U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704–1930 (Ancestry.com).
Noblet Herbert in West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724–1985 (Ancestry.com).
Noblet Herbert in Willcox and Allied Families Family Tree (Ancestry.com).
Noblet Herbert in Hardwick/Estes Family Tree of Kentucky (Ancestry.com).
Alexandria Gazette (VA), 4 March 1816, page 1, column 3 (NewspaperArchive).
Slave Manumissions in Alexandria Land Records, 1790–1863 at The Friends of Freedmen’s Cemetery.
Noblet Herbert at Find a Grave.
Noblet Herbert Sr. at FamilySearch.