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Belvoir (plantation)
38.6792° N, -77.1293° E
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Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. The main house, called Belvoir Manor or Belvoir Mansion, burned in 1783 and was destroyed during the War of 1812. The site has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973 as "Belvoir Mansion Ruins and the Fairfax Grave."
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War of 1812 engagement and demolition
September 1–4, 1814
William Green land patent
1669
Belvoir mansion completed
1741
George Washington surveys land
1752
William Fairfax dies; inheritance
1757
Fairfax leaves and furnishings sold
1773-1774
Confiscation during Revolutionary War
1779
Mansion fire
1783
End of Fairfax association
1820
Public auction sale
1838
Property ceded to U.S. Army
1917
National Register listing
1973
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