John Cary (valet)
John Cary was the colored body servant of American Revolutionary War General George Washington.
Cary claimed 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.
