George Washington was born on 22 February 1732 on Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. This is … George Washington, also called Father of His Country, (born February 22 [February 11, Old Style], 1732, Westmoreland county, Virginia [U.S.]—died December 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.), American general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and subsequently first president of the United States (1789–97). George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War and was America’s first president. The plantation where Washington was born was located between Bridges Creek and Popes Creek which is 72 miles south of Washington D.C. on the Potomac River. The Washington immigrant ancestor and great-grandfather of President George Washington was John Washington, who was born in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, in 1631 and arrived in the Colony of Virginia in 1657 after being shipwrecked.