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The Washington Family

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What West Virginia town was established by George Washington's brother?
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As a colonel in the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, what was George Washington's principal plan for protecting settlers on the western Virginia frontier?
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George Washington was this age when he became a surveyor in what is now West Virginia?
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Who hired a teenage George Washington to survey much of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle?
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Which member of the Washington family was the first to move to what is now Jefferson County?
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Which Virginia governor granted George Washington most of the Western Virginia bounty lands he acquired because of his French & Indian War service?
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Whose death led to George Washington being named lieutenant colonel of Virginia's forces during the French & Indian War?
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During the French & Indian War, in which battle did George Washington first participate?
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A pioneering prototype of this mode of transportation was made in Wheeling in 1816 and named for George Washington.
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No counties in West Virginia are named for George Washington.
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