Pope’s Creek and George Washington

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at the farm along Pope’s Creek. Pope’s Creek is a small Potomac tributary on the Virginia side of the river, fifty miles due south of his namesake city, Washington D.C.

In The Hesperus Prophecy, Hesperus reveals Washington’s birth fulfilled the prophecy “Downstream from where Greek and Roman rivers meet a child will be born onto Papal lands.” The prophecy refers to the Greek Potomac River and Roman Tiber Creek, and Papal lands refers to the farm at Pope’s Creek.

The Washingtons moved away from Pope’s Creek when George was 3 years old, finally settling 30 miles west at Home Farm (Ferry Farm). George’s father died a few years later, when he was 11 years old, and young Washington inherited Home (Ferry) Farm. His brother Lawrence inherited Little Hunting Creek, a plantation only 15 miles south of the future location of Washington, D.C., and renamed it Mount Vernon. Although George Washington only lived at Pope’s Creek for a short time, it fulfilled his prophecy.

Pope’s Creek (not the original house)