07/30/2023
Something about our founding father I never knew....wonder how he got back home with no clothes.
While swimming in the Rappahannock River as a teenager, George Washington was robbed.
In December 1751, Ann Carrol and Mary McDaniel stood trial for “Suspicion of Felony, & Charged with robing the Cloaths of Mr. George Washington.” The court transcript read, "Ann Carrol and Mary McDaniel Servts of Fredericksburgh, being Committed to the Goal of this County by William Hunter Gent., on Suspicion of Felony, & Charged with robing the Cloaths of Mr George Washington when he was washing in the River some time last Summer..."
Read the full court transcription here: https://bit.ly/43h9Ile
George Washington's Ferry Farm and Historic Kenmore