_Mill owned by George's father, Augustine Washington. Acquired by him in
1728._
_Popes Creek Farm
(Wakefield)_
_Augustine Washington, George's father, purchased 150 acres here in
1717-18 from Joseph Abbington. Here he built a brick home between 1723
and 1726. Here George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. The home
burned to the ground in 1779._
[Illustration: _Part of the court record in a suit over the building
of Washington's birthplace._ From Westmoreland Records and
Inventories, 1723-46.]
_Augustine Washington_