1. Capt. Thomas Hanson Marshall (1731–1801) lived at Marshall Hall, just across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, in Charles County, Maryland.

2. Will was Washington’s old mulatto body servant Billy, or William Lee, who had served with him throughout the Revolution. See note 3 to Washington’s Last Will and Testament.

3. Washington had a total “26” here because of a mistake in bringing a figure from the previous page. The mistake was repeated in his summing up of Mansion House and Tradesmen.

4. Christopher was Washington’s current body servant who was with him at his death. Note: We disagree, and believe Image portrayed is that of William Lee at time of Washington's official family portrait sitting. 

His wife was either a slave or a free black woman living at Roger West’s. See note 11 to Tobias Lear’s Narrative Accounts of the Death of George Washington. 

5. Molly, Charlotte, and Caroline—all listed here among the dower slaves—were in Washington’s room when he died. See Tobias Lear’s Narrative Accounts of the Death of George Washington.

6. Mrs. Washington was Elizabeth Foote Washington, widow of Washington’s old manager and cousin Lund Washington, who lived at Hayfield, northwest of Mount Vernon. Several other Mount Vernon servants were married to slaves at Hayfield.

7. “Adans” was probably Abednego Adams (1721–1809), Washington’s closest neighbor, who lived on Little Hunting Creek.

8. This may be one of Robert Alexander’s (d. 1793) sons. Alexander had lived on a plantation upriver from Mount Vernon.

9. Moreton was probably Archibald Moreton who lived near Belvoir on the road from Washington’s mill to Boggess’s house.

10. This may be Daniel Stone who lived in Truro Parish on the road from Washington’s mill to Robert Boggess’s.

11. Penelope Manley French lived at Rose Hill, on the back road to Alexandria.

12. The slave list at NN, which was enclosed in GW’s letter to Benjamin Dulany of 15 July 1799, describes Julius as “A very good Carter, and can do any other work, although defective in Shape from his Infancy.”

13. The slave list at NN describes him as “A good Carter and Mower and able at any business.”

14. The slave list at NN calls her “A good working woman, notwithstanding her <age>.”

15. Daniel McCarty, Jr. (1759–1801), lived at Cedar Grove on Pohick Bay. The slave list at NN describes Lucy as “Lame, or pretends to be so occasioned by rheumatic pains, but is a good knitter, & so employed.”

16. The slave list at NN claims she “Ploughs very Well, and is a good hand at any work.”

17. The slave list at NN describes her as “Equally good at the Spinn<ing Wheel> or Hoe, but has been kept chiefly at the form<er>.”

18. The slave list at NN calls her “A very good Plougher—and equally so at all sorts of Work.”

19. The slave list at NN claims she “Ploughs Well—and can Milk & Churn.”

20. The slave list at NN describes her as “A full grown Woman, and <illegible>ly; has been used to Common work only.”

21. The slave list at NN describes her as “The same—in all respects.”

22. The slave list at NN claims she is “nearly at her full growth and a woman in appear[anc]e.”