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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prince William County, Colony of Virginia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4719064 — 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: Prince William County, Colony of Virginia Context triple: [William Grayson, placeOfBirth, Prince William County, Colony of Virginia]
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Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
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.
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Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century county in colonial Virginia notable as the rural birthplace of explorer Meriwether Lewis and later associated with figures like Thomas Jefferson.
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Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
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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D.
Caroline County, Colony of Virginia
Caroline County in the Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century Virginia county notable as the rural birthplace of explorer William Clark and part of the broader colonial plantation society.
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E.
New Kent County, Colony of Virginia
New Kent County, Colony of Virginia was a colonial-era county in eastern Virginia that served as an important agricultural and plantation region during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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: Prince William County, Colony of Virginia Target entity description: 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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A.
Stafford County, Colony of Virginia
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.
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B.
Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century county in colonial Virginia notable as the rural birthplace of explorer Meriwether Lewis and later associated with figures like Thomas Jefferson.
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C.
Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
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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D.
Caroline County, Colony of Virginia
Caroline County in the Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century Virginia county notable as the rural birthplace of explorer William Clark and part of the broader colonial plantation society.
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E.
New Kent County, Colony of Virginia
New Kent County, Colony of Virginia was a colonial-era county in eastern Virginia that served as an important agricultural and plantation region during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial Virginia county
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county ⓘ former county ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Caroline County, Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ King George County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rappahannock River NERFINISHED ⓘ Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Stafford County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containedRegion |
Bull Run area
NERFINISHED
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Occoquan River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Potomac River shoreline ⓘ Quantico Creek area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containedSettlement |
Bristow, Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Buckland, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dumfries, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Haymarket, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Leesylvania plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ Occoquan, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFrom |
Accomack County, Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Brunswick County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles City County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth City County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ James City County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ King George County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nansemond County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kent County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Norfolk County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northampton County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northumberland County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince George County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Anne County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Richmond County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Stafford County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Surry County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Warrosquyoake County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ York County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Virginia pound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
plantation agriculture
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port trade at Dumfries ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
| established | 1731 ⓘ |
| existedDuring | 18th century ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Governor of the Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
House of Burgesses of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadCountySeat |
Brentsville, Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dumfries, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadParish |
Dettingen Parish, Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamilton Parish, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Piedmont of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Potomac River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militarySignificance |
home region of Revolutionary War officers
ⓘ
recruiting area for Virginia militia ⓘ |
| modernSuccessor | Prince William County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
NERFINISHED
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William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ son of King George II ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Prince William County court order books
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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
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indentured servants ⓘ |
| wasBirthplaceOf |
Henry Lee III
NERFINISHED
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Light-Horse Harry Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Mason family members ⓘ |
| wasHomeRegionOf |
early American military figures
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early American political figures ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Prince William County, Colony of Virginia Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Henry Lee III