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John Augustine Washington Sr. (January 13, 1736 – January 8, 1787) was an American planter and politician best known as the younger brother of George Washington and the father of Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington., [1] [2] he was also the grandfather of John Augustine Washington Jr.
As the oldest living male heir, John Augustine Washington III positioned himself to take possession of Mount Vernon from his mother. While she did not pass away until 1855, she gave John Augustine the proverbial keys to the kingdom, granting him full autonomy to run the plantation as he saw fit.
John Augustine Washington (1736–1787), often referred to as Jack, was one of GW’s younger brothers. It was he who became resident manager of Mount Vernon while GW was serving as colonel of the Virginia Regiment on the frontier in the years following Braddock’s defeat.
John Augustine Washington III, the great grandnephew of George Washington and the last member of the Washington family to own Mount Vernon, poses in a suit and cravat in this photographic portrait.
John Augustine Washington III, pictured as a lieutenant colonel and aide to Gen. Robert E. Lee, circa May 1861. His modest blouse, lacking insignia, suggests he followed Lee in a less ostentatious show of rank.
John Augustine Washington III was the great-grand nephew of George Washington and the last private owner of Mount Vernon. The fourth of five children, he was born on May 3, 1821 to John Augustine Washington II and Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington.
Undated bond between Robert Throckmorton and John Augustine Washington regarding the sale of land. Witnessed and signed by James Rumsey. Dates: approximately 1787
John Augustine Washington lost his life seeking intelligence on the Union army’s position. He almost certainly never saw the face of the person who fired the fatal volley.
Scope and Contents The articles of agreement between John Augustine Washington III and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, signed by John A. Washington and Ann Pamela Cunningham, "A Southern Matron, Regent" and dated Richmond, April 6, 1858.
Washington arms. Augustine Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1694, to Mildred Warner and her husband, Capt. Lawrence Washington, a militia captain and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.His paternal grandparents were Lt. Col. John Washington (c. 1631–1677) and his first wife, Anne Pope. His maternal grandparents owned Warner Hall and associated plantations in ...