time and was friends with Colonel George Washington. John Carlyle was appointed Colonel in 1755. When the French and Indian forces were stronger Great Britain sent General Edward Braddock to fight their enemies. In 1755, Carlyle's house was the initial headquarters for Major-General Edward Braddock in Virginia during the French and Indian War. The Congress of Alexandria convened at the house, most likely in the dining room, and here Braddock decided to make an expedition to the French Fort Duquesne. Braddock was urged not to undertake the expedition by Washington whom was then a volunteer aide-de-camp to Braddock. The expedition consisted in 1300 British troops, they fought against 300 Indian warriors and some French troops, Battle of the Monongahela resulted in the death of 456 British troops and 422 British injured, Braddock was severely injured and died after the battle, he was buried in a secret location in order to protect his grave. Morven Around 1770, Caryle constructed a plantation house and summer residence in what is now Fairlington, Arlington, Virginia first called Torthorwald (after his family's ancestral home in Scotland) and later changed to Morven (a mythical land of the Gaels in an Ossian poem) which stood until 1942. He used this plantation as a stud farm and operated a grist mill on Four Mile Run above what is now Arlandria. Carlyle died in 1780 and is buried at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria. Family In 1747 he married Sarah Fairfax (daughter of William Fairfax whom was cousin of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the larger land owner of Virginia), with whom he had 7 children, among them Sarah Fairfax Carlyle whom was born on January 4, 1757. Sarah Fairfax gave birth to her daughter Ann on 21 January 1761, but she died the following day. Sally got married when had 17 years old, and Ann got married when was 14 years old but died three years later in a birth related death. John Carlyle married Sybil West (daughter of prominent Alexandrian Hugh West) with whom had four more children, among them George William Carlyle, whom was born on May 27, 1766. William Carlyle (John Carlyle father) died in 1774. In 1779 while George William Carlyle was at school was informed of the illness of his father and returned to the house, after his father death he volunteered for Virginian regiment let by Henry Lee