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    Berkeley Plantation, one of the first plantations in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the James River on State Route 5 in...
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    that extends from Governor Berkeley's capital at Jamestown, past many former great plantations (including Berkeley plantation) to the current state capital...
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    for a time abandoned. In the mid 18th century, it became known as Berkeley Plantation, the traditional home of the Harrison family of Virginia. In 1862...
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    born into the Harrison family of Virginia at their homestead, the Berkeley plantation. He served an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia House of...
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    celebration has been commemorated there annually at present-day Berkeley Plantation, ancestral home of the Harrison family of Virginia. The more familiar...
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    Harrison IV was born in a small house on the plantation named "Berkeley Hundred" or "Berkeley Plantation". The immigrant of his family is thought to have...
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  • Berkeley Software Distribution, a Unix operating system Berkeley (film), a 2005 drama directed by Bobby Roth Berkeley Hundred or Berkeley Plantation,...
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    mid 20th century, been commemorated there annually at present-day Berkeley Plantation, the ancestral home of the Harrison family of Virginia. This early...
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  • Berkeley, Virginia may refer to: Berkeley, Albemarle County, Virginia Berkeley, Charles City County, Virginia Berkeley Plantation, namesake of the community...
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    Virginia before 1633 and eventually settled on the James River at Berkeley Plantation; he and his descendants are often referred to as the James River...
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    Lewisfield Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1774, and is a 2 1/2-half...
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    Mulberry Plantation is a historic plantation property in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina. Located between Moncks Corner and Charleston, this property...
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    Porter, the protégé of George McClellan, who was stationed at nearby Berkeley Plantation, and purportedly had its east wing struck by a Confederate cannonball...
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  • Virginia, in Richmond, Powhatan, Tamworth, Petersburg, and Mathews. Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County was used for Auburn, New York. Harriet had...
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    of President Benjamin Harrison. Benjamin Harrison VI was born at Berkeley Plantation, the ancestral home of the Harrison family of Virginia, in 1755....
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    River plantations open to the public, listed from west to east, include Shirley Plantation, Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill, Berkeley Plantation, Westover...
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    terms such that Berkeley received permission to remain on his own plantation as a private person. At the monarchy's Restoration, Berkeley was reappointed...
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    United States (1889–1893) Senator from Indiana (1881–1887) Life Berkeley Plantation 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site...
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  • Quincy Adams Birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts William Henry Harrison Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Zachary Taylor Hare Forest Farm, Orange...
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    colonial capital at Jamestown, as well as plundered Berkeley's Green Spring Plantation, Ludwell's plantation and goods, and those of his Burwell stepson and...
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    Gippy Plantation is a historic plantation house located at 366 Avenue of Oaks, near Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The main house is...
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    of Independence and a Governor of Virginia, who lived nearby at Berkeley Plantation. Originally completed in 1966, it was substantially rebuilt following...
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    where he bought a plantation at Middletown – the famous "Whitehall". Berkeley purchased several enslaved Africans to work on the plantation. In 2023, Trinity...
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  • James River plantations were established in the Virginia Colony along the James River between the mouth at Hampton Roads and the head of navigation at...
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  • Henry Harrison Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Grouseland, Vincennes, Indiana 10 John Tyler Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City...
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    V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison. Born on February 9, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation, the home of the Harrison family of Virginia on the James River in...
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    Northwest Territory's at-large congressional district (1799–1800) Life Berkeley Plantation First American Regiment Treaty of Greenville Grouseland Treaty of...
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    Shirley Plantation is an estate on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. It is located on scenic byway State Route 5, between...
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  • Green Spring Plantation, James City County - home of governor Sir William Berkeley site of Bacon's Rebellion, ruins Greenway Plantation c. 1776, Charles...
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    United States (1889–1893) Senator from Indiana (1881–1887) Life Berkeley Plantation 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site...
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