| 1725/12/11 |
Born on the Mason family plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. |
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| 1748/00/00 |
George Mason elected vestryman |
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The Falls Church |
Falls Church |
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| 1750/04/04 |
Ann Eilbeck marries George Mason. It is believed Anne and George will live at her parents home until the completion of Gunston Hall. |
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Araby, Mason Springs |
Mason's Springs |
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| 1755/00/00 |
Construction begins on Gunston Hall for Ann and George Mason. |
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Gunston Hall |
Mason Neck |
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| 1766/06/06 |
To London Merchants - We do not deny the supreme Authority of Great Britain over her Colonys, but it is a Power which a wise Legislature will exercise with extreme Tenderness and Caution. - Mason |
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Gunston Hall |
Mason Neck |
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| 1769/05/00 |
George Mason drafts resolutions asserting that only the governor and the provincial legislature have the right to lay taxes in Virginia. |
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American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt |
| 1773/04/27 |
George Mason mourns the loss of his wife, Ann E Mason, at her memorial service in Pohick Church. |
Widow |
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Pohick Church |
Lorton |
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| 1776/06/12 |
Virginia Declaration of Rights adopted |
Principal author |
Virginia Declaration of Rights |
Colonial Williamsburg |
Williamsburg |
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Fifth Virginia Convention |
| 1777/01/13 |
George Mason, George Wythe, Edmund Pendleton, Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Ludwell Lee meet to outline the Statute of Virginia for Religious Liberty. |
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Rising Sun Tavern |
Fredericksburg, VA |
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| 1792/10/07 |
George Mason dies at home |
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Gunston Hall |
Mason Neck |
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