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In 1791 Thomas Beall deeded his land to the United States so that Washington DC could be built. A friend of George Washington, Beall hosted the General in 1791 in his Georgetown residence during the planning of the new national capital. Thomas Beall’s daughter Elizabeth married George Corbin Washington (1789–1854) in 1807. Upon his death,Thomas Beall left Beallair to George and Elizabeth Washington.In 1963, the Thomas Beall house in Georgetown was purchased by Mrs. John F. Kennedy when she left the White House.
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