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John Cary (August 1729 (unattested date) - 2 June 1843) was the African-American enslaved body servant of American Revolutionary War General George Washington.[1]

Cary said that he was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in August 1729; he died in Washington, D.C., 2 June 1843.[2][3] He was with Washington in the old French war at Braddock's defeat, and accompanied him through the revolutionary struggle.[3] In 1843, he petitioned for a Revolutionary Pension.[4]

public domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "Cary, John". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Cary, John" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. p. 548.
  • ^ Muller, John (2013). "John Cary: General Washington's Body Servant". Mark Twain in Washington,: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent, Part 3. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625840318. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  • ^ a b The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1844, Volumes 15-16. Gray and Bowen. 1843. p. 321. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  • ^ United States Congressional serial set, Issue 417. 1843. pp. 218, 308. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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