George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (born 1781)

George Washington Parke Custis

Step-grandson of George Washington (1781–1857)

George Washington Parke Custis was an American antiquarian, author, playwright, and slave owner. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. His father John Parke Custis served in the American Revolution with then-General George Washington, and died after the Battle of Yorktown that…