Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia

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administrative division of the Colony of Virginia former county-level jurisdiction historic county

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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ former county-level jurisdiction ⓘ historic county ⓘ
borderedBy	Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland (across the Potomac River) Prince William County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
capital	Alexandria, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
colonialPower	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
containsEstate	Gunston Hall ⓘ Mount Vernon plantation ⓘ surface form: Mount Vernon
country	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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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Input

Subject: Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (2)

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 ⓘ