Greorge Mason IV (1725-1792) authored the Virginia Declaration of Rights,  It was eventually incorporated into the Virginia Constitution as Article 1.  Why is this of interest?  Many of the guarantees of the document were  incorporated into the Declaration of Independence and the US Bill of Rights.

At the time George assumed responsibility for the family's plantation, Mason Neck, the Gunston Hall home had not been built.  It was completed in 1759 when he was only 34 years old.  Aside from the 5,500 acres on Mason Neck,  George Mason owned other plantations - some of which are now the names of popular residential areas - Hollin Hall, Woodbridge, Lexington and Mason's Island.  Mason's Island puzzled me, but research revealed Mason's Island was in the middle of the Potomac River - Mason's Island is now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island.

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