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Title: Plan of tenements on South Fork Bullskin
Date Created and/or Issued: 1772
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: American Presidential and Founders Papers
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Description: Autograph document. Plan shows the tracts leased to Joseph Kerlin, Abraham Swanger, William Peterson, Jacob Fryer, William Bartlett, and Kennedy, as well as the one sold to Philip Pendleton in January 1772.
In 1750, George Washington purchased over 450 acres of land along the North Form of the Bullskin Run, now located near Summit Point, Jefferson County, West Virginia. He then added over 1,500 acres to the plantation. In 1769, he began leasing 200-acre tracts of land to tenant farmers. The Bullskin plantation remained in Washington's possession until his death in 1799.
Extent: 1 p.
Identifier: mssGW
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll21/id/3098
Language: English
Subject: Washington, George, 1732-1799--Archives
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Autographs (manuscripts)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Correspondence
Land surveys Virginia 18th century. (aat)
Source: George Washington collection, 1749-1806.
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American Presidential and Founders Papers, Huntington Digital Library

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