George Weedon, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1730, was an
innkeeper in his native town, and a zealous patriot. Entering the
army near the beginning of the Revolution in 1776, he held the rank
of lieutenant-colonel, and was commissioned brigadier-general by the
Continental Congress on the 21st of February, 1777. He took part in
the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, in the former co-operating
with General Greene in checking the British pursuit, and rallying the
retreating American troops. He retired from the army on the 18th of
August, 1778, owing to a disagreement with General Woodford on the
question of supremacy in rank. In 1780, however, he resumed command of
his brigade, and in 1781, during the siege of Yorktown, had charge of
the Virginia Militia stationed at Gloucester. He died in Fredericksburg
about the year 1790.