Thanks to his older brother Lawrence's connection to the prominent Fairfax family, Washington was appointed official surveyor for Culpeper County, a well-paid position which enabled him to purchase land in the Shenandoah Valley, the first of his many land acquisitions in western Virginia.
He was subsequently able to purchase land in the Shenandoah Valley, the first of his many land acquisitions in western Virginia. Thanks to his older brother Lawrence's connection to the prominent Fairfax family, Washington had been appointed to this well-paid official position.
Thanks to his older brother Lawrence's connection to the prominent Fairfax family, Washington had been appointed to this well-paid official position. He was subsequently able to purchase land in the Shenandoah Valley, the first of his many land acquisitions in western Virginia.
Thanks to his older brother Lawrence's connection to the prominent Fairfax family, Washington had been appointed to this well-paid official position. He was subsequently able to purchase land in the Shenandoah Valley, the first of his many land acquisitions in western Virginia.