At 17 years old, George Washington served as county surveyor of Culpepper County ... and Fox—relinquished large portions of their land to the United States and then moved west. In foreign affairs, ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... land surveying, a customary means of upward mobility. In 1754, at age 22 ...

George Washington received some formal education as a youth. But the major focus of his learning was on the practical skills of farming and surveying. At age 16, young Washington journeyed to ...