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George Weedon (1734–1793) was an American military officer from Fredericksburg, Colony of Virginia, who served during the Revolutionary War. He held the rank of brigadier general in the Continental Army and later in the Virginia militia. After the Revolutionary War ended, he became an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati (Va.).
Biography
Weedon served as a lieutenant under George Washington in the French and Indian War, primarily assigned to garrison duty in western Virginia. After the war, he moved to Fredericksburg and opened a tavern.
In 1778, he resigned after a dispute with the Congress over seniority. He went home to Virginia to lead a brigade of the state's militia at the request of Governor Thomas Jefferson. He led his militia unit in the Yorktown campaign, in which his brigade successfully repelled the feared and infamous unit of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, thus closing the one means of British escape.
Some of his many descendants who are alive today include Paul Ashford Weadon, III, Christopher Weadon, Jared Weadon, Lisa Fell, Zoey Fell, Henry Fell, Blair Fell, Darcy Weadon, Ethan Weadon, and Grant Weadon. George’s last name has evolved over the centuries.
References
- Yorktown Battlefield: Brigadier General George Weedon at National Park Service, retrieved September 7, 2014
- George Weedon at George Washington's Mount Vernon, retrieved September 7, 2014
- This Day in History: George Weedon is Promoted to Brigadier General at History.com, retrieved September 7, 2014