George Washington and the Fairfax Family

George washington was born in virginia in february 17 32 into a gentry family of the middle tier. His connection to the enormously powerful fairfax family got washington his first job as a county surveyor at the age of 17. Young george soon developed a passion for the two things that would come to dominate his life, land speculation and military service. He finegled a commission as a major in the virginia militia,. As tensions with france mounted, he wound up being the guy assigned to head a small expedition into the ohio valley to politely tell the french to get the hell out.