George Washington: Before His Presidency
George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. His childhood was uneventful while he was educated in mathematics, The Classics and surveying. In 1743, his father died and his older half-brother Lawrence became a
substitute father. Lawrence Washington had married into the wealthy Fairfax family which would help launch George's own career.
In 1748, while Washington was living with his brother at Mount Vernon, he secured the position of surveyor for Lord Fairfax's lands in the Shenandoah Valley. …
