WEEDON, George, soldier, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, about 1730; died there after 1790. He was an inn-keeper in his native town previous to the Revolution, and a zealous patriot. Dr. John D. F. Smythe, who made a tour of this country, of which he published an account (2 vols., London, 1784), says of him in 1772: "He was very active in blowing the seeds of sedition." Weedon was Dr. Smythe's host during his visit to Fredericksburg. He became lieutenant-colonel of the 3d Virginia regiment in February, 1776, and in August of the same year was transferred with the same rank to the 1st Virginia regiment. He was commissioned brigadier-general, 23 February, 1777, participated in the battles of the Brandywine and Germantown, in the former battle supporting the brigade in General Nathanael Greene's division that rendered valuable service in arresting the British pursuit and rallying the routed army. In consequence of a question of supremacy in rank with General William Wood-ford, Weedon retired from the service shortly after the battle of Germantown, but he resumed the command of a brigade in 1780, and during the siege of Yorktown in October, 1781, was in charge of the Virginia militia at Gloucester.