An article by Emily Emerson Lantz in the Baltimore Sun of Sunday, 11 June 1905 states in part: “George Washington Banks, third son of Richard P. and Elizabeth (Tunstall) Banks was born in Tappahannock, Essex County, VA in 1775 and named for the famous George Washington a personal friend of his father. He married first in 1798 Kitty Baughan, daughter of Griffin Baughan, and, second, Charlotte Hayward Martin of Snow Hill, MD.”