Lawrence Washington’s Military Career and Mount Vernon

Lawrence Washington’s Military Career and Mount Vernon

Lawrence Washington

After participating in the War of Jenkins' Ear as a military officer, he became a leading figure in the Virginia Colony. He inherited the Little Hunting Creek property from his father and developed what is now Mount Vernon.

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Year	Lawrence Washington
1718	Birth of Lawrence Washington (Period: 1718 (Exact date unknown), Location: Around Westmoreland County (present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia))
1740	War of Jenkins’ Ear (Age: 22 years old, Period: Circa 1740–1742, Location: West Indies, Jamaica, Cartagena (Present-day Colombia), Cuba, etc.)
1741	War of Jenkins’ Ear, Expedition to Cuba (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1741, Location: Guantánamo Bay (Then Cumberland Harbour), Cuba) Battle of Cartagena de Indias (Age: 23 years old, Period: March–April 1741, Location: Cartagena de Indias, New Granada (Present-day Colombia))
1752	Death of Lawrence Washington (Age: 34 years old, Period: July 26, 1752)

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Related Links

Group	List
Colonial settlement	John Smith Christopher Newport George Percy Edward Maria Wingfield Thomas Gates Samuel Argall William Strachey
Bacon's Rebellion	Nathaniel Bacon William Berkeley William Drummond Richard Lawrence Thomas Hansford Joseph Ingram
The Washington family	Augustine Warner Jr. Lawrence Washington Augustine Washington Sr. George Washington John Washington
North Carolina Early Settlers	John Lawson Thomas Cary Edward Hyde John Jenkins John Culpeper
Virginia politician	George Washington Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Peyton Randolph George Mason IV

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