Ferry Farm is the name of the farm and home at which George Washington spent much of his childhood.
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10 Facts About Ferry Farm
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Ferry Farm was named after the Washington family had left the property.
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Ferry Farm moved to Ferry Farm in the fall of 1738 with his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, and their five young children.
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Ferry Farm inherited the farm and lived in the house until his early 20s.
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Washington had acquired more land through his own hard work than Ferry Farm would be worth in the three years Washington had to wait to legally claim Ferry Farm.
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Ferry Farm often stayed with his half-brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon.
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Ferry Farm was periodically occupied by Union Soldiers as a war campground, which military personnel used to prepare for battle.
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The land around Ferry Farm was rich in nutrients and populated with multiple animals.
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In 1862 the Civil War arrived at Ferry Farm leaving behind a variety of artifacts throughout the duration of the war.
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Ferry Farm is the setting for some of the best known stories about George Washington, most particularly those brought to the American public by Mason Locke Weems, best known as Parson Weems, in the early 19th century.
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