Sara, I am sure we all know that George Washington had no heirs by Martha, but before he was very old, he apparently did spend much time in the Orange/Old Frederick County, VA area "surveying et al". My Loftons had his crew do their land surveying in Old Frederick Co. in the 1740s for ex. as did many others in that era! Perhaps, just perhaps, if DNA were sampled of old families in the Panhandle and Shen. Valley we might find some FitzWashingtons or FitzCoberns even today! Perhaps one in our midst should even write a novel based on this notion of a possible inheritance with considerable historical significance!! (move aside Jefferson!) Dick Matteson College Park MD