Berkeley County, Virginia

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Berkeley County, Virginia was a former county in colonial Virginia (now largely in West Virginia) known as the birthplace of several early American political figures, including statesman Felix Grundy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Berkeley County, Virginia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
associatedWith early American frontier politics ⓘ
associatedWithEvent westward migration of settlers ⓘ
birthplaceOf Charles James Faulkner Sr. ⓘ
Felix Grundy ⓘ
other early American politicians ⓘ
borderedBy Frederick County, Virginia ⓘ
Hampshire County, Virginia ⓘ
Jefferson County, Virginia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
colonialEra yes ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
containedSettlement Bunker Hill ⓘ
Falling Waters ⓘ
Hedgesville ⓘ
Martinsburg ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countySeat Martinsburg ⓘ
createdFrom Frederick County, Virginia ⓘ
dateEstablished 1772 ⓘ
establishedBy House of Burgesses of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: House of Burgesses
governingBody Berkeley County Court ⓘ
hadEconomyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
tobacco farming ⓘ
wheat production ⓘ
historicalJurisdictionNowMostly Berkeley County, West Virginia ⓘ
historicalJurisdictionPartly Jefferson County, West Virginia ⓘ
Morgan County, West Virginia ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of several early American political figures ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalSuccessor Berkeley County, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
namedAfter Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt ⓘ
participatedInEvent American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
partOfJudicialDistrict Virginia judicial system ⓘ
religiousEstablishment Church of England ⓘ
representedIn Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
Virginia Senate ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Felix Grundy → placeOfBirth → Berkeley County, Virginia ⓘ
John Augustine Washington → residence → Berkeley County, Virginia ⓘ
Thomas Jesup → placeOfBirth → Berkeley County, Virginia ⓘ