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George Washington grew up on a farm, he looked up to his brother Lawrence who fought in the army. As a teen his job was to survey land for Lord Fairfax of Virginia, and then he moved to Barbados with his half-brother Lawrence before Lawrence died

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When George Washington was 17 years old he was appointed official surveyor for Culpeper County. It was a lucrative position that allowed him to purchase land in the Shenandoah Valley located in West Virginia.

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He survaid land for Lord Fairfax of Virgina.

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George Washington was on a plantation working

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He taught himself to do surveying of land on his older brother's estate.

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He trained as a surveyor

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he died

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no he was not

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