Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

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Mount Pleasant in Westmoreland County, in the former Colony of Virginia, was an 18th-century plantation estate notable as the birthplace of American Founding Father Francis Lightfoot Lee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
plantation estate
architecturalSetting rural plantation landscape
associatedWith Francis Lightfoot Lee
associatedWithFamily Lee family of Virginia
birthplaceOf Francis Lightfoot Lee
country United States
economicSystem slave-based agriculture
governingAuthorityAtTimeOfEstablishment British Empire
governingColony Colony of Virginia
heritage 18th-century plantation
historicalEra 18th century
Colonial America
locatedIn Colony of Virginia
Westmoreland County, Virginia
locatedInRegion Northern Neck of Virginia
linked to: Northern Neck
locatedNear Nomini Creek
Potomac River
locatedOn Northern Neck land grant
linked to: Northern Neck
notableAs birthplace of Francis Lightfoot Lee
partOf Lee family plantations in Virginia
propertyType slave plantation
regionHistorically Chesapeake Bay plantation region
usedFor agricultural production
tobacco cultivation

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Francis Lightfoot Lee birthPlace Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
Betty Washington Lewis placeOfBirth Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
linked to: Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia