Mason, George
statesman, was born in 1726 in Doeg's Neck, Va. He was a member of the Virginia legislature, and in 1776 drafted the declaration of rights and constitution of Virginia, and was known as the Father of States' Rights.
In 1777 he was a delegate to the continental congress; and in 1787 was a member of the convention to frame the federal constitution. He was elected first United States senator from Virginia but declined, and retired to private life. He died Oct. 7, 1792, in Gunston Hall on the Potomac.