John Cary (valet)

John Cary (August 1729 (unattested date) - 2 June 1843) was the African-American enslaved body servant of American Revolutionary War General George Washington.

Cary said that he was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in August 1729; he died in Washington, D.C., 2 June 1843. He was with Washington in the old French war at Braddock's defeat, and accompanied him through the revolutionary struggle. In 1843, he petitioned for a Revolutionary Pension.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "Cary, John". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.