1. In 1758 GW’s Mount Vernon estate consisted of the original Mount Vernon tract on Little Hunting Creek (2,162 acres) and the Mill tract on Dogue Run (172 acres) as well as the Darrell tract of 500 acres on the northwest boundary of the Mount Vernon tract, bought from Sampson Darrell in December 1757. See the map in Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 1:240–42, entitled “The Growth of Mount Vernon, 1754–86.” Of the five tenants that Knight names here only John Crook is among the nine listed in General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends as still paying rent in 1761. Crook, who began renting a farm in the original Mount Vernon tract in 1755, continued as GW’s tenant until 1767. Benjamin Williamson rented a farm on Little Hunting Creek near the mansion from 1756 until 1760 when GW put what came to be called Creek Plantation in the hands of an overseer (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 1:229). Elizabeth Ransom discontinued renting one of GW’s farms in 1760, after having rented it for three years. GW’s account with William Nations (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 69), who died in February 1760, shows that Nations gave 1,000 pounds of tobacco as rent for his farm every year from 1755 through 1759. The account with William Gates only shows his account with GW’s blacksmith for the years 1760 and 1761, and no account with Nathan Williamson has been found in General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends .