Ferry Plantation House [SEP] inception
encompassed by of open space owned by a homeowners association. There are some small gardens on the property and in the back yard is a large Southern Magnolia planted on April 6, 1863 by Sally Rebecca Walke in memory of her fiancé' John, her fallen Confederate officer.
Description Renovation.
Resident Virginia Higgins moved out of Ferry Plantation in 1986 and turned deed over to the City of Virginia Beach.. The Ferry Plantation House was abandon from 1986 to 1996. group of citizens saved the house from demolition around 1996. Investors
more or less} with the dwelling-house, stores, and buildings thereon erected, situate in Berkeley County, {formerly part of Frederick County} within of Winchester, on the great road leading thence from Shweringan's Ferry. The said tract is well watered and improved, being the plantation whereon the said Jacob Hite now lives, and from its situation, and other great improvements and advantages, is esteemed equal to any place in Frederick County.--Also, twenty-seven valuable Negro Slaves [Sep 17, 1772].