Prince William County, Colony of Virginia

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Prince William County in the Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century British colonial county in northern Virginia that served as the birthplace and home region of several early American political and military figures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial Virginia county ⓘ
county ⓘ
former county ⓘ
borderedBy Caroline County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
King George County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Orange County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Rappahannock River ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
containedRegion Bull Run area ⓘ
Occoquan River valley ⓘ
linked to: Occoquan River

Potomac River shoreline ⓘ
Quantico Creek area ⓘ
linked to: Quantico Creek
containedSettlement Bristow, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Buckland, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Dumfries, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Dumfries, Virginia

Haymarket, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Leesylvania plantation ⓘ
Occoquan, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
country Colony of Virginia ⓘ
createdFrom Accomack County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Brunswick County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Charles City County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Elizabeth City County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
James City County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
King George County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Nansemond County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
New Kent County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Norfolk County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Northampton County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Northumberland County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Prince George County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Princess Anne County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Richmond County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Surry County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Warrosquyoake County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
York County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
currency Virginia pound ⓘ
economy plantation agriculture ⓘ
port trade at Dumfries ⓘ
tobacco cultivation ⓘ
established 1731 ⓘ
existedDuring 18th century ⓘ
governedBy Governor of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
House of Burgesses of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: House of Burgesses
hadCountySeat Brentsville, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Dumfries, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Dumfries, Virginia
hadParish Dettingen Parish, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Hamilton Parish, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
historicalRegion Piedmont of Virginia ⓘ
Potomac River watershed ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
militarySignificance home region of Revolutionary War officers ⓘ
recruiting area for Virginia militia ⓘ
modernSuccessor Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ
namedAfter Prince William, Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Cumberland

son of King George II ⓘ
partOf Northern Virginia ⓘ
recordedIn Prince William County court order books ⓘ
Prince William County deed books ⓘ
Virginia colonial land records ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
statusAfter1776 county of the Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
timeZone local mean time (pre-standard time) ⓘ
usedLaborSystem enslaved Africans ⓘ
indentured servants ⓘ
wasBirthplaceOf Henry Lee III ⓘ
Light-Horse Harry Lee ⓘ
Mason family members ⓘ
wasHomeRegionOf early American military figures ⓘ
early American political figures ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

William Grayson → placeOfBirth → Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Henry Lee III → birthPlace → Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
subject linked to: Light-Horse Harry
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia → precededBy → Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia → borderedBy → Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Henry Lee I → residence → Prince William County, Virginia Colony ⓘ
linked to: Prince William County, Colony of Virginia