John Thornton Augustine Washington

Orphaned as a child (his father died in 1787), his maternal uncle Lawrence Berry, as guardian, raised J.T.A.

[6] In 1824, Jefferson County voters elected Washington as one of their representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates,[7] but he declined to run for a second term.

[8][9] In 1825, Washington built the present Federal-style brick dwelling on the property, which he renamed Cedar Lawn.

[10] Her brother, Henry Bedinger III, was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later served as Chargé d'Affaires and Minister to Denmark for United States President Franklin Pierce.

[10] Washington had finished drafting his will on July 16, 1840, and it was proved nine days after his death in Charles Town on October 18, 1841.

[6][25] A theoretical "King John I of the United States" would have had a lengthy reign spanning from Washington's death in 1799 until 1841.