[Diary entry: 5 August 1769]

5. Prosecuted our Journey to the springs (by Jacob Hites). Bated at Opeekon and lodged at Joshua Hedges.

Jacob Hite, son of Jost Hite, was a resident of Frederick County. In 1772 he became a justice of the peace of newly formed Berkeley County. Hite married Frances Madison Beale, aunt of President James Madison, and moved with his family to South Carolina in 1773, where most were killed by Indians during the Revolution.

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Title: [Diary entry: 5 August 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 5 August 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 5 August 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0022-0005. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 174.]