Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia

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Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia was a prominent 18th-century county in colonial Virginia that became an influential political and plantation center in the region.

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Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
former county-level jurisdiction ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
borderedBy Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Maryland (across the Potomac River) ⓘ
linked to: Maryland

Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
capital Alexandria, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
containsEstate Gunston Hall ⓘ
Mount Vernon ⓘ
country Colony of Virginia ⓘ
economy export trade via Potomac River ports ⓘ
slave-based plantation system ⓘ
tobacco plantation agriculture ⓘ
exportCommodity tobacco ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
followedBy Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
governmentType county government under royal colony ⓘ
hadInstitution county court ⓘ
parish vestries of the Church of England ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel county ⓘ
laborSystem chattel slavery ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Virginia ⓘ
locatedOn Potomac River ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
notableResident George Mason ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
partOfConflict American Revolutionary era (political developments) ⓘ
politicalRole base of power for leading Virginia planter families ⓘ
influential county in colonial Virginia politics ⓘ
precededBy Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
regionType political and plantation center in colonial Virginia ⓘ
religion established Church of England ⓘ
significantSettlement Alexandria, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Colchester, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Falls Church, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
socialStructure planter elite dominated society ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Fairfax County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure colonial roads connecting plantations to ports ⓘ
river landings and wharves on the Potomac River ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Mason → placeOfBirth → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Lawrence Washington → representedDistrict → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Prince William County, Colony of Virginia → borderedBy → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Alexandria, Colony of Virginia → partOf → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Colchester, Colony of Virginia → locatedIn → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia → createdFrom → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
George Mason IV → placeOfBirth → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Christopher Greenup → birthPlace → Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ