Are you sure about that? I think he ran a very large agribusiness operation in the days that agribusiness was the major industry of Virginia.
Granted, quite a few of George Washington's workers didn't have the right to leave, but he still had to feed them, and there were lots of others who were freemen working for him.
“George Washington never met a payroll.” xzins....
“I think he ran a very large agribusiness operation in the days that agribusiness was the major industry of Virginia.” darrellmaurina......
Not to mention his earlier work as a surveyor. Last I checked surveying took a crew, and that means a payroll......