Hannah Lee Washington preferred society in the Tidewater region, or among her relatives, or in the city of Alexandria to primitive Berkeley County.
This Bushrod Washington and his brothers received a private education suitable for their class, as well as inherited land and slaves from their parents.
One of the two cousins named Bushrod Washington served as an ensign and was promoted 2nd lieutenant in Green's Regiment of Mounted Virginia Infantry during the War of 1812.
[2] This Bushrod named his mansion Claymont Court and spent $30,000 as well as used the labor of his 90 slaves to build what some people called his "Folly", in part because of its pretentious size, luxury and grounds.
Notwithstanding his use of enslaved labor described below, Bushrod C. Washington became a charter member of the local chapter of the American Colonization Society in 1819, and his namesake uncle was the national president.
[5] By 1829, Bushrod C. Washington had completed his move to Jefferson County, and voters there elected him as one of their representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates.
[6] To the extent that any census characterized his occupation, it was that of farmer, and Washington farmed using enslaved labor, and appears to have sold slaves to rebuild his mansion as well as finance his lifestyle, else many escaped.
[17] This youngest notable Bushrod C. Washington became a lawyer as well as published books about the Lost Cause,[18] Virginia law, and his famous relative.
He was still in Jefferson County in 1890 and 1900, and was one of the charter members of the Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company,[20] but died two decades later in Almira, a railroad stop in eastern Washington state, where his son Nathaniel had moved his family.