Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia
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Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia was an 18th-century administrative division of colonial Virginia that encompassed a largely rural, plantation-based region in the northern part of the colony.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial administrative division
ⓘ
county ⓘ former subdivision ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Leesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Blue Ridge Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFrom | Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyUsed |
British pound sterling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia colonial currency ⓘ |
| demographicsIncluded |
artisans and tradesmen
ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ planter elite ⓘ small farmers ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
mixed grain farming
ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1757 ⓘ |
| geographyCharacterizedBy |
Piedmont region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Governor of the Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
House of Burgesses of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadJudicialUnit | county court ⓘ |
| hadMilitia | Loudoun County colonial militia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadParishes | Anglican parishes ⓘ |
| hadSettlementPattern |
rural plantations
ⓘ
small villages ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Leesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | North American continent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | American Revolutionary era politics ⓘ |
| partOf |
British colonies in North America
ⓘ
Province of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| religiousEstablishment | Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Loudoun County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxationSystem | colonial Virginia tax laws ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| transportationRoutes |
colonial roads to Alexandria and Winchester
ⓘ
ferries across the Potomac River ⓘ |
| usedLaborSystem |
enslaved African labor
ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ |
| wasSubjectTo | British imperial authority ⓘ |
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