York River plantations
E810096
The York River plantations were extensive colonial-era estates in Virginia that formed a key part of the Custis family’s wealth and social prominence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| York River plantations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9610070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: York River plantations Context triple: [Custis family, associatedWith, York River plantations]
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A.
Stafford Plantation
Stafford Plantation is a historic estate on Georgia’s Cumberland Island known for its antebellum-era ruins, former cotton plantation grounds, and ties to the Carnegie family.
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B.
Westover Plantation
Westover Plantation is a historic 18th-century plantation and Georgian-style mansion on the James River in Virginia, noted for its architecture and role in early American history.
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C.
Gunston Hall plantation
Gunston Hall plantation is the historic 18th-century Virginia estate of statesman and Founding Father George Mason, renowned for its Georgian architecture and role in early American history.
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D.
Tuckahoe plantation
Tuckahoe plantation is a historic 18th-century Virginia estate best known as the childhood home of Thomas Jefferson and one of the most intact examples of colonial plantation architecture in the United States.
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E.
Leesylvania plantation
Leesylvania plantation was an 18th-century Virginia estate along the Potomac River that served as the ancestral home of the prominent Lee family, including Revolutionary-era statesman Henry Lee II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: York River plantations Target entity description: The York River plantations were extensive colonial-era estates in Virginia that formed a key part of the Custis family’s wealth and social prominence.
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A.
Stafford Plantation
Stafford Plantation is a historic estate on Georgia’s Cumberland Island known for its antebellum-era ruins, former cotton plantation grounds, and ties to the Carnegie family.
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B.
Westover Plantation
Westover Plantation is a historic 18th-century plantation and Georgian-style mansion on the James River in Virginia, noted for its architecture and role in early American history.
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C.
Gunston Hall plantation
Gunston Hall plantation is the historic 18th-century Virginia estate of statesman and Founding Father George Mason, renowned for its Georgian architecture and role in early American history.
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D.
Tuckahoe plantation
Tuckahoe plantation is a historic 18th-century Virginia estate best known as the childhood home of Thomas Jefferson and one of the most intact examples of colonial plantation architecture in the United States.
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E.
Leesylvania plantation
Leesylvania plantation was an 18th-century Virginia estate along the Potomac River that served as the ancestral home of the prominent Lee family, including Revolutionary-era statesman Henry Lee II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial plantation complex
ⓘ
historic estate ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Virginia gentry
ⓘ
planter aristocracy ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| economicRole |
basis of Custis landholdings
ⓘ
source of plantation income ⓘ |
| era | colonial era ⓘ |
| exportedProduct | tobacco via York River ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | situated along York River ⓘ |
| governedBy | laws of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
British colonial America
ⓘ
linked to:
British America
|
| laborSystem | enslaved labor ⓘ |
| landUse | large landed estates ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colonial Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
Virginia ⓘ York River region ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Peninsula of Virginia
|
| ownedBy | Custis family ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chesapeake plantation economy
ⓘ
Custis family estates ⓘ
linked to:
Custis estates in Virginia
|
| propertyType | rural estate ⓘ |
| significantFor |
Custis family social prominence
ⓘ
Custis family wealth ⓘ |
| socialRole | symbol of elite status in colonial Virginia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| transportation | river-based shipping ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural production
ⓘ
cash crop agriculture ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: York River plantations Description of subject: The York River plantations were extensive colonial-era estates in Virginia that formed a key part of the Custis family’s wealth and social prominence.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Custis