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The Washington Family

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Which of the following Jefferson County houses was NOT owned by a relative of George Washington?
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Which one of the following was the primary reason George Washington led an expedition to Point Pleasant in 1770?
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What future First Lady of the United States was married in George Steptoe Washington's Harewood mansion, located near Charles Town?
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Which of George Washington's relatives owned land in the present Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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Which member of the Washington family was the first to move to what is now Jefferson County?
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Which home did Samuel Washington begin building in present Jefferson County in the late 1700s?
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Which Virginia governor granted George Washington most of the Western Virginia bounty lands he acquired because of his French & Indian War service?
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During the French & Indian War, in what year did George Washington resign as commander of the Virginia Regiment?
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During this uprising, a sword given to George Washington by Frederick the Great was temporarily captured.
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