Kenny Franklin, REALTOR® ~ Stafford, Virginia

Virginia Historical Highway Markers

Stafford County

J 61

George Washington's Childhood Home

This marker is on Route 3 (Kings Highway) in Ferry Farm, on the right, heading east.

George's actual home is not standing, but there is an area open for visitors at the home site.

The sign reads:

The Washington family moved to a plantation here in 1738 when George Washington was six years old. Along with his three brothers and sister, young Washington spent most of his early life here, where, according to popular fable, he cut down his father's cherry tree and uttered the immortal words, "I cannot tell a lie." His father, Augustine, died here in 1743, leaving the property to him. His mother, Mary Ball Washington, lived here until 1772 when she moved to a house in Fredericksburg that Washington bought for her.

Virginia Historical Highway Markers

Stafford County

J 93

Little Falls

This marker is on Route 3 (Kings Highway) heading east a couple miles outside of Ferry Farm, on the right hand side. I live a few miles from here in a subdivision called Little Falls Village. At one time we lived in a subdivision called Brookstone and we had Little Falls Run going through the back of our property. Little Falls Run empties into the Rappahannock River.

The sign reads:

On 11 December 1862, Union engineers began the construction of pontoon bridges here so the army could cross the Rappahannock River to Fredericksburg. They began in the morning, hidden by fog. Soon the fog lifted, however, and Confederate sharpshooters drove them off. A heavy Union artillery barrage and an amphibious assault finally secured the crossing and the engineers completed the bridges. Two days later, Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's Left Grand Division, including divisions led by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade and Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday, crossed over the bridges when the Battle of Fredericksburg began. They were defeated by Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps.

Orange County, Virginia is basically half an hour west of the City of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg is in the middle of Richmond and Washington, D.C. It takes about an hour to get to Richmond or Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95 from Fredericksburg.

Orange is surrounded by Culpeper County to the north, Madison County to the north, Greene County to the west, Albemarle County to the west, Louisa County to the south and Spotsylvania County to the east.

Caroline County, Virginia is basically a little south of the halfway point from Richmond to Washington, D.C. It takes about 45 minutes to get to Richmond and about an hour and 15 minutes to get to Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95.

Caroline is surrounded by Spotsylvania County to the North, Stafford County to the north, King George County to the north, Essex County to the east, King and Queen County to the east, King William County to the south and Hanover County to the south.

King George County, Virginia is west of the City of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg is in the middle of Richmond and Washington, D.C. From Fredericksburg, it takes about an hour to get to Richmond or Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95.

King George is surrounded by Stafford County to the west, Caroline County to the south, Essex County to the south and Westmoreland County to the south.