George Washington
In July 1749, at seventeen years of age and largely through the Fairfax
influence that he had cultivated, Washington secured an appointment as county surveyor for the newly created frontier.
He then continued to work in the Northern Neck with the permission of the Fairfax family from November 1750 to November 1752.
From the records documenting 199 professional surveys attributed to George Washington it is clear that he did not confine
himself to Culpeper County, even while he served as its official surveyor. Rather, Washington did the majority of his surveying
in Frederick and Hampshire Counties, the westernmost counties of the Northern Neck. Partly because of his close relationship
with the Fairfax family, he may have had a distinct advantage over other Northern Neck surveyors
