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Chopawamsic (plantation)

18th-century plantation estate, Stafford County, Virginia

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Chopawamsic was an 18th-century plantation on Chopawamsic Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. Chopawamsic was a seat of the Mason family, which enslaved people there.

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18th-century estate

18th century

Will listing enslaved people

1715

Marriage and move

1721

Death of George Mason III

1735

Birth of Stevens Thomson Mason

1760

Federal takeover for military base

1942

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38.53° N, -77.42° E