and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave community. Excerpted with permission from Virginia Cavalcade. Volume 48 ...

The Woodlawn plantation in Northern Virginia has long been one of those iconic sites of American history. Once part of a ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15 ...

Washington was born at Pope's Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia ... when George was 11, leaving the future founding father with a great deal of responsibility managing the family's plantation.

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...