Show washington birthplace Z A S HINGTON was born in ft a W washington house facing popes creek in westmoreland county virginia but ut the house burned on december 25 17 1780 80 the old homesite has been included in III the george washington washing t on birthplace national monument and the lae house restored between 1930 and 1032 on its original site the old family burial ground containing the bodies of father grandfather and great grandea ther Is included on the acre reservation the george washington birthplace national monument Is SO 90 miles from washington on united states route I 1 and virginia state route 3 the washington family first settled at wakefield in a full century before the revolution col john washington great grandfather of the president had come to westmoreland va in 1 ikic ue he died and was burled there in 1678 1670 mal maj lawrence washington and maj john washington his sons succeeded him after their marriages the family lived on separate parts of the wakefield estate until the house in which george washington was born burned after that the continued in other houses on the same landane land lan dand and descendants still live on part of the same wakefield estate a continuous possession in whole or in part for aca years eight generations |