He was a surveyor but when his elder brother died he took over the family ranch. He was also an officer in the British Army.
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Before George Washington was President of the United States of America he served as the top General of the Continental Army. He also was a farmer and a surveyor.
Before becoming US President, he was a successful landowner and planter, surveyor and military officer
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He was a surveyor.
The Second Continental Congress named George Washington as supreme commander of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775.
That was George Washington's second inaugural speech in 1793. Click on the "Second George Washington Inaugural Speech" link below to read it. George Washington's 2nd inaugural address was the shortest in history.
George's first paying job was as a surveyor. It enabled him to be appointed official surveyor of Culpepper County.