Lawrence Washington died in 1698, and was interred in the family cemetery at Bridges Creek. He left a sizeable estate to his wife and three children (his personal property alone consisted of £406 and 32,509 pounds of tobacco), and to each of the two Anglican churches in Washington Parish he provided for “a Pulpett Cloth & Cushion.” [Illustration: The Popes Creek-Bridges Creek Plantation (_known as Wakefield about 1773_) & adjacent lands where the early Washingtons lived & prospered.] GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL MONUMENT —_area_— _Mattox Creek Farm_ _John Washington, great-grandfather of George and founder of the Washington family in Virginia, landed near here in 1656-57. Here John and his wife, Anne Pope, were given land by John’s father-in-law, Col. Nathaniel Pope. Here their first son, Lawrence (George’s grandfather), was born in 1659. Lawrence inherited the Mattox Creek farm when his father died in 1677._ _The Bridges Creek Farm_ _John Washington (George’s great-grandfather) purchased 100 acres of land here in 1664 and established his second home in Virginia, where he lived for 15 years—until his death in 1677. Here Lawrence Washington (George’s grandfather) lived as a boy. George’s father, Augustine Washington, acquired the land in 1742. Here John Washington, the emigrant, established the family burying ground; and in the cemetery are buried George’s father, grandfather, and great-grandfather._ _Here young George made one of his first surveys—in 1747, at the age of 15._ _Church Point_ _Mattox Episcopal Church was located here about 2½ mi. from Popes Creek where Geo. Washington was born. George may have been Baptized here on April 5, 1752._ SCHOOL HOUSE _George Washington may have attended the school Henry Williams conducted here near Mattox Creek, but no direct evidence of this has been found._ POTOMAC MILLS _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_ EARLY LIFE.