George washington ferry farm child biography
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George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm
George Washington was 6 years old in 1738 when his family moved to a farm in Stafford County, Virginia. The Washingtons called this place the Home Farm but it later became known as Ferry Farm because people crossed the Rappahannock River on a ferry from the farm to the town of Fredericksburg.
A visit to Ferry Farm starts in the Visitor Center where there are displays of colonial and Civil War artifacts found on the property and the archaeology lab, where archaeologists can be viewed working Monday through Friday. After leaving the Visitor Center, guests can enjoy the gardens that feature plants grown in the 18th century. Head over to the house for a guided tour of the Washington house. The replica explores the lives of George, his mother Mary, other Washington family members, and the enslaved community. It recounts the adversity all of these individuals faced after the death of Augustine Washington, George’s father. You can walk
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George Washington's Childhood
George Washington's childhood helped in building him into the great national leader and fearless military commander that he would later become. Born in 1732 to his father Augustine Washington and mother Mary Ball Washington, George grew up on farms as a young boy. Augustine Washington owned several farms in Virginia, and his marriage to Mary Ball after the death of his first wife enlarged the size of his land holdings and farms. At the age of six, George moved with his parents and step-siblings from one of the family's farms on the Potomac River to a farm later known as Ferry Farm, located beside the Rappahannock River. Ferry Farm would become home for the young George Washington as he grew up in the Virginia countryside.
On December 24, 1740, a fire started in the Washington's home. Although this experience was undoubtedly traumatic for George, the fire was fortunately contained to a small corner of the house. The first t
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Last month, inom reviewed George Washington’s birthplace in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and gods year, inom reviewed the estate where he spent most of his adult life, Mount Vernon. Did you know that there is an additional location where George spent the formative years of his youth? For my Presidential focus this month, inom visited George Washington’s Ferry Farm, just outside of Fredericksburg, VA.
After his birth in 1732, George spent his first three years at the family’s farm along Pope’s Creek, in what fryst vatten now known as Virginia’s Northern Neck. From ages 3-6, his family lived at Mount Vernon, and when he was six years old, his father, Augustine, moved the family to Ferry Farm, located on a bluff across the Rappahannock River from the city of Fredericksburg. This location was strategically located nära his Pope’s Creek farm and on the river to additional property. Augustine grew mostly t