George
"Great George"
Granger
Born about in Colony of Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ursula (Unknown) Granger
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 69
in Virginia, USA [uncertain]
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Biography
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Great George Granger was born enslaved around 1730. He and his family were purchased by Thomas Jefferson. They filled some of the most important positions at Monticello. Ursula his wife was a favorite house-woman of Jefferson's wife, Martha. George Junior "Little George" was a skilled blacksmith; Bagwell was a farm laborer and Isaac was a blacksmith and tinsmith. By 1796 Great George became the only African-American overseer at Monticello, receiving an annual wage for the oversight of 50 farm laborers and the production of the cash crop of tobacco.
He, his wife and his son, Little George all died within months of each other in 1799 and 1800 from illness.[1]
Slave Owner
Plantation
Monticello Plantation, Albemarle, Virginia
Sources
- ↑ Monticello Slavery Website (https://www.monticello.org/slavery/people-enslaved-at-monticello/)
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