What do you do when you live in the middle of 5,000,000 acres of frontier wilderness? With a British King backing your ownership of it. What you do is to hire a young surveyor named George Washington to find out what’s out there. Near Winchester, Virginia, you can still find the small crossroads of White Post, an intersection surveyed by that soon-enough-to-be-president-of-a-new-nation. And nearby was Greenway Court, the home of Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, who owned all that real estate. He befriended George Washington becoming something of a mentor, perhaps even a teacher considering the extent of his library and knowledge of the English Civil War fighting. Regardless, Washington seemed to protect Lord Fairfax and his property during the American Revolution. Fairfax would only lose it after his death, two months after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
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Thomas, 6th Lord off Fairfax, and George Washington at White Post and Greenway Court in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia!
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With George Washington at White Post, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley headquarters of Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, in 1750!
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The Grave of Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax in Winchester, Virginia!
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