MEET GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOM
Although she was a Loyalist, she lived to see her son, George Washington, become President of the United States of America.
From what I have read, she would have applied for Food Stamps and all entitlements she could had they been available:
"Mary Washington was by no means poor despite the fact that she petitioned the Government of Virginia claiming to be destitute."
Her son, George, purchased her a fine house in Fredericksburg, where she lived from 1772 until her death in 1789. In her will, Mary Washington left George the majority of her lands and appointed him as her executor.
MEET GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOM
Although she was a Loyalist, she lived to see her son, George Washington, become President of the United States of America.
From what I have read, she would have applied for Food Stamps and all entitlements she could had they been available:
"Mary Washington was by no means poor despite the fact that she petitioned the Government of Virginia claiming to be destitute."
Her son, George, purchased her a fine house in Fredericksburg, where she lived from 1772 until her death in 1789. In her will, Mary Washington left George the majority of her lands and appointed him as her executor.