George Mason IV, U.S. Revolutionary War

Colonel George Mason IV Forms The Fairfax County Militia

Hamilton Historical Records

On September 21, 1774, Colonel George Mason IV formed an independent company of a volunteer militia in response to the crisis with the British Parliament. George Mason IV’s son William Mason enlisted in the Fairfax Militia at the start of the American Revolutionary War.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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