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Revision as of 08:58, 17 June 2015
John Cary (August 1729 - 2 June 1843) was the colored servant of American Revolutionary War General George Washington.
Cary was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in August 1729 and died in Washington, D.C., 2 June 1843. He was with Washington in the old French war at Braddock's defeat, and accompanied him through the revolutionary struggle.[1]
References
- ^ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.