Political Career
Like his father, Mason served as a colonel in the Stafford County militia and represented Stafford in the House of Burgesses. He also served as the county's sheriff and justice of the peace between 1699 and 1700. Mason also received funding from the county to build what was probably Stafford's first jail in 1690. Also between 1699 and 1700, Mason was county lieutenant of Stafford County, under General Nicholson, and was engaged in the defense of the Potomac region against Native Americans.
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