Washington's Farm

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Two miles southwest Washington owned 600 acres of land bought in 1775 and retained until his death. In 1786 he visited this property accompanied by Gen. Smallwood.

Marker is at the intersection of Liverpool Point Road and Beaverdam Road, on the ...

Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry Farm

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

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Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry

For George Washington, Fredericksburg was "...the place of my growing infancy." The old town on the Rappahannock River remained his home until he moved permanently to Mt. Vernon after the death ...

Washington's Farm

519 acres owned 1794-1799 by the First President

Thomas Sprigg, Jr., patented in 1725 as "Woodstock" 1,102 acres here, inherited in 1782 by Sprigg's three granddaughters, Sophia, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sophia married John Francis Mercer (later Governor of Maryland, 1801-1803.) ...