The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-09-02


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There has probably never been so great
throng Of visitors to this national shrine
in the history Of the country, as at the
present time. The fine steamer running
regularly thither, from this city, is largely
| patroGized, while mnltitudes are daily GO
throng of soldiers thither is especially very
numerous. niThe distance from Washington
lis some fifteen miles, about nine below
Alexandria. Gisci di." q % sno9s l..Fba
At the death of General Washington, in
1899, the Mount Vernon estate comprised
several thousand acres of land in a solid
body, extending many miles on the Poto-
mac river. A large part of ittwas under til
| lage. 1t was divided into five farms, each cul-
| tivated by its own negroes with an overseer,
and the whole under a general superinten-
dent, and all under the careful inspection
Of the great chief HIMSELF His own ne
3groes numbered one Hundred and twenty
his wifes were as many more. Wheat,
corn and tobacco were the chief products
of the estate, tobacco being, however, much
less cultivated in the latter years of his
life than in earlier times.E Upon the estate
there was.a fine two story stone corn aud
| -four mill, the remnants of which are still
visible on Dogue Creek, up which fat-boats
came along side the mill. The water to
carry the mill was brought, in a race, some
mile and half from q "tumbling dam" up
-Dogue Run,v The old mill-house is, still in
good condition, and is occupied by color
edifamily. Near this mill was also hisidis-
tillery. There was also brickyard,y car
penter establishments, blacksmith shop, the
estate forming, in fact, a sort of village.
Originally, the Mount Vernon estate
consisted Of, one-half of FIVE thousand
acres, assigned to Washington's great
| grandfather, who in connection1withs Nicho-
las Spencer, patented it from Lord Culpep-
per in 1910. In the division Of his estate
the father Of Washington assigned this
tract to his elder brother Lawrence, who
came here and erected the mansion in 1743
naming it in honor of Admiral Vernon,
under whom he served as Captain ina col.
-onial regiment, in the West Indies, in LAO
Lawrence died 10 1882 leaving wife, the
daughter of, Sir William Fairfax, Of Bel
voir, and one childLa daughter; and on
the demise Of this daughter without issue
as soon happened, the estate fell to George
who had been much an inmate, Of the, fami.
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buIn 1859, General w ashington married
Martha Custis, (nee Dandridge.) then resi-
ding on her estate at the! White House
with her two children, and after remaining
at that place some three months, took up
their residence, at Mount Vernon. She
brought him in her own right more than a
hundred thousand dollars They were ol
the same age--27Syears---at their marriage
= In his will, Washington divided the es
tate into three parts. The mansion, with
four thousand acres was left to his nephew
Bushrod Washington an Associate Justice
Of the United States Supreme Court. Al
the death Of Mrs Washington. in 1901
Judge Washington became the proprietor
of Mount Vernon, and continued there till
his death in 1929. Two of the old servants
still on the estate came there with him be-
longing to his wife Anne daughter Of Col
Thomas Blackburn Two of Gen. Wash
ington's servants still survive, also, resi-
ding some three miles from Mount Vernon
Judge Washington, having no children
left the estate to his nephew, John A
Washington, from whom the ladies' Mount
Vernon Association purchased the two
and tomb, for 100000. Two Thousand
l. 0StOo "HACu- Wy washington 10 TWO OtD0l
membersyof the Washington family, ant
the residue, upwards of2O0O acres, inclu
ding the fine Woodlawn estate was given tt
Major Lawrence, a favorite nephew, who's,
wife was the beautiful and, cultivated Mel
" Gusts, grandchild to Mrs. Washington
! and the adopted daughter of Gen. Wash
iRgton. cl1aI IeizdoN sljalqaaJ ~ alHi1
Major Lewis erected q splendid niansloi
at Woodlawn, in 1906, at cost of $24,0 600
Major Lewis, whose mother Betty Wash
! ington, was the sister Of the great 1chiel
! died at Arlington, lS4l !, and his wife, diel
! in 1852. The remains of both, with thos
! of a daughter, the wife of Charles M Con
. rad Fillmore's War Secretary, being de
; posted in the Mount Vernon vault. 500
after the death of Major Lewis, the Wood
Z lawn estate was sold by his only son, Lo
! renzo, to o colony Of, Quakers from Nev
Jersey, who still retain much of it, divide
into farms. The Woodlawn mansion, wit