by gwffoundation | Mar 20, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Washington family
When visitors come to George Washington’s Ferry Farm, they can stand in what were once the fields of the Washington family’s farm, where they grew tobacco and other crops. While living here, Augustine Washington, George’s father, taught his sons – George, Samuel, John...
by gwffoundation | Jan 25, 2017 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
Recently I was contemplating Augustine and Mary Washington’s family bible. Like many families at the time, the Washingtons recorded the births of their children on their bible’s end pages. As I casually perused the handwritten notes that I had read so many times, I...