Three files:
1. Excel: Sorted by Year, Register Page and Line Numbers.
2. Excel: Sorted by Father Last, First Name.
3. Word: Comma Separated Value Document, 14 of 19 data fields.
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This is a spear point found around five miles north of the town of Louisa in close proximity to other artifacts in the Native People collection. It is approximately 3.5 x 1.75 inches and is milky white in color. Archaeologists date the object to…
Dates in parentheses refer to the day the membership card was signed. All other words in brackets refer to anything written on the front or back of the card.
Names of the enrollees:
Neal. A. Hasher and Mrs. N. A. (Minnie) Hasher of Trevilians,…
Dr. Julian Kean of Goochland moved to Attonce in the lower end of Louisa County and kept this list in his memorandum book. A digital copy of a photocopy of the original was donated by the family.
Originally known as the Upper Goldmine Church that was organized in 1849 when the congregation of black and white members reached 223. The name was changed in 1885 to the Louisa Baptist Church.
Hired help at Westend, 5 men in livery and a cook to staff the country inn. These suited men were likely taking guests' bags to their rooms, and bringing food to the dining room table.
While the time period is not certain, the shawl lapels that…
The second Great Awakening in America spread to Louisa County by 1830. The zeal stirred by this second wave of revival inspired the rise of tract and Bible societies, missionary societies and the Sunday school movement.
This image portrays the workers of the Mica Mine, located across the Spotsylvania border. The caption states Orange, Virginia, as it was taken by a photographer from Orange. While the mine itself was not in Mineral, it was in very close proximity and…
This image is of miners working at the Mica Mine in Spotsylvania County. While not a Mineral mine, it is located along the same pyrite belt from which the miners in Mineral found their ore. Because of this, the methods by which they mined were likely…
These items, part of the Harris family collection, were given to individuals during World War II with the onset of mileage and gasoline rationing. The United States Office of Price Administration (OPA), through local War Price and Rationing Boards,…
This image is of a shifter engine pulling into the Mineral City Depot in 1896. The railroad was the primary means of transportation of goods during this time period. Through the Mineral Depot, shipments of goods would be brought to the county's…