Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
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Stafford County, Colony of Virginia was a colonial-era county in northern Virginia that formed part of the early English settlements in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stafford County, Colony of Virginia canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division in the Thirteen Colonies
ⓘ
colonial county of Virginia ⓘ former county ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Potomac River
ⓘ
Rappahannock River ⓘ |
| colonialPower | England ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
plantation system
ⓘ
tobacco agriculture ⓘ |
| governedUnder | charter of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ |
| hadIndigenousPresence |
other Algonquian-speaking peoples
ⓘ
tribes of the Powhatan-related peoples ⓘ |
| hadMinorityLanguages |
African languages among enslaved people
ⓘ
various Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| hadPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hadRoleIn | expansion of English settlement along the Potomac River ⓘ |
| hasColonialCapitalNearby | Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | county government under colonial Virginia law ⓘ |
| hasModernCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasModernState | Virginia ⓘ |
| hasPresentDayRegion |
Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
|
| hasPresentDaySuccessor | Stafford County, Virginia ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Colonial America
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial America
|
| historicalRegion | Southern Colonies ⓘ |
| laterColonialPower | Great Britain ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInTime |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| locatedOn | North American continent ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Staffordshire
ⓘ
surface form:
Staffordshire, England
|
| partOf |
Church of England in the Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglican parishes of colonial Virginia
Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
surface form:
Chesapeake Bay colonial region
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of Virginia
English colonial settlements in North America ⓘ |
| religionOfficial | Church of England ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
House of Burgesses legislation
ⓘ
Governor William Berkeley ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Governor of Virginia
|
| transportationRoutes |
Potomac River
ⓘ
surface form:
Potomac River waterway
colonial roads connecting to Williamsburg and other Virginia counties ⓘ |
| usedCurrency |
Virginia pound
ⓘ
tobacco as commodity money ⓘ |
| usedLaborSystem |
African chattel slavery
ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.