Display Patriot - P-314212 - Bushrod WASHINGTON

Bushrod WASHINGTON

SAR Patriot #: P-314212

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private / Civil Service
DAR #: A121946

Birth: 05 Jun 1762 Mount Holly / Westmoreland / VA
Death: 26 Jun 1829 Philadelphia / Philadelphia / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Enlisted as a private of dragoons in a cavalry unit of the Continental Army under the command of Colonel John Francis Mercer, 1781 to 1782
  2. Saw action at the Battle of Green Spring on July 6, 1781
  3. Delegate, Virginia Federal Convention, which ratified the Constitution in June 1788. Virginia was the 10th state admitted to the Union

Additional References:
  1. Hall, Timothy L. Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary (New York: Facts on File, 2001), 39
  2. Wikipedia contributors. (2024, May 24). Bushrod Washington. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:05, June 26, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushrod_Washington
  3. Life Story: Bushrod Washington, Supreme Court Historical Society, dated November 2023 - this source conflicts with others and states he was not present at Cornwallis' surrender and had returned to his family home at Bushfield Manor (Mount Holly, VA)

Spouse: Julia Ann/Nancy Blackburn
Children:
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Burial:
Mount Vernon Estate (C-0372810)
Location:
Mount Vernon / Fairfax / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
641532
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
5660
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Obelisk and Vault -Incriptions as follows:
    • Within the Vault / Lie Buried / the mortal remains / of / BUSHROD WASHINGTON / An associate Justice / of the Supreme Court / of the U.S. / He died in Philadelphia / Nov. 26th 1829. / Aged 68 / By his side is interred / his devoted Wife / ANNA BLACKBURN / Who survived her beloved husband / but two days. / Aged 60
    • As a Judge he was / Wise and Just / "A man of truth hating / covetousness." / Firm in every honour / able purpose and pursuit / Yet gentle, humane and / condesending. / A sincere Christian, / Doing in all things the / will of his Master. / And resting his hope of / eternal happiness. / Alone in the rightousness / of Jesus Christ
    • Judge Washington / Was the Son of John Augustine Washington and the Nephew of Gen'l George Washington. Who appointed him one of his Executors and bequethed him / Mount Vernon
    • This humble Monument / in the memory of the / venerated Judge / and his / beloved Wife is placed / here by herniece, the widow of his Nephew / John A. Washington


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

His large white marble obelisk surrounded by black iron fencing is located to the right side when facing Washington's New Tomb.



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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, In office, November 9, 1798– November 26, 1829



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