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Sandy Point
Here at Sandy
Point, Mary Ball, George Washington's
mother, spent her youth in the home of
her guardian, Colonel George Eskridge.
Here she married Augustine Washington in
March 1731. She is supposed to
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Stratford & Chantilly
Two miles
east is Stratford, built about 1725 by
Thomas Lee (1690-1750), president of the
Virginia Council and father of Richard
Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee,
both signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Here also was born Robert
Edward Lee (1807-1870). Three miles east
of Stratford stood Chantilly the home of
Richard Henry Lee in his later years.
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission,
1971
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Menokin
Near here is
Menokin, home of Francis Lightfoot Lee,
signer of the declaration of
Independence. Lee was a member of
the Continental Congress from 1775 to
1779 and died at Menokin in 1797.
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