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By JANE BANGLEY
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
Washington’s Town Council recently completed work on a new town charter, and since Washington has not had a charter drawn up since 1894 the historical significance of the new charter is evident. The town’s boundaries are also being slightly modified in conjunction with the charter, and to put the changes in perspective requires a look back to Washington’s beginnings.
A young George Washington is said to have surveyed the town in 1749 for Lord Fairfax, and there is some supporting evidence for the claim. Washington was 17 years old when he was employed as a surveyor for Lord Fairfax. In field notes written in July of 1749, Washington wrote, “...accompanied by John Lonem and Edward Corder, I journeyed one half day in a northwestern direction from Fairfax, and in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Culpeper County, I laid off a town.” Fairfax is now Culpeper and the part of Culpeper County referred to is now Rappahannock County.
The town of Washington is twenty-six miles from Culpeper which
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