Charles W. Washington was born about 1802, possibly in Wilkes County, Georgia. I do not know the names of his parents, but I can tell you he had two brothers. Of the three, Charles was "the middle." Robert Beverly Washington was the elder brother, and James H. R. Washington the younger. Approximate location of Washington Academy land on today's map. It possibly extended closer to the Ocmulgee River. Full map here . In a 1923 Macon Telegraph (Georgia) article, Charles's niece (Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy) offers this anecdote: ..."In 1824, one year after Macon came into being," she began after a few minutes, "Robert and Charles Washington came to Macon from Milledgeville. They were the grand-nephews of George [Washington, first president of the United States], and were the brothers of my father... "Charles Washington opened the first mercantile establishment in East Macon, where the remains of the mounds are. He lived at the foot of...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones