Home of George Gilpin (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

Home of George Gilpin 1740-1813
Member, Fairfax Committee of Safety
Colonel, Virginia Regiment Fairfax Militia, Served with General George Washington in New Jersey campaign and Battle of Germantown
Surveyor of the Town of Alexandria 1798 then part of the District of Columbia
Member of the Alexandria Lodge of Masons
Vestryman of Christ Church
Honorary Pallbearer to General Washington

Erected 1979 by Kate Waller Barrett Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.