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Narrative of Burton Payne, enslaved by John Wills at Chatham Plantation, and Albert Gallatin Wills of Forest Place Planation, narrative collected before 1922, identifies Burton Payne's father Thomas Mathews

Reuben Lindsay Gordon Jr. was born January 21, 1855 in Orange County, Virginia to Reuben Lindsay Gordon and Elizabeth Somerville Beale. Gordon was a lawyer in Louisa County and served as Commonwealth’s Attorney from 1890 to 1905. He was also a…

This contract is between Alice Hanger of Louisa County, Virginia, and the Richmond Co-operative Milk Producer's association. Members of the co-op pooled the milk they produced in order to reduce competition between milk producers and obtain a higher…

The first existing Session records of Providence Presbyterian Church in Gum Spring begin in 1822. The church, established in 1747, is the oldest Presbyterian building still in use in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These records contain the birth and…

"A Look into the Past" an exhibit by Porter C. Wright. features the Town of Louisa in the 1920's

Brick store operated by W. L. Bumpass at Railroad crossing at Bumpass, VA.

Helen Hoy Greeley was an early and significant voice for the women’s suffrage movement. Born in Albany, New York in 1878, she received her law degree and began to practice in 1903. Se became deeply involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement. In…

Page from the account records of William Jackson Walton, later Superintendent of Louisa County Schools 1884-1886. Last date on account is Jul 1, 1859. W.J. Walton lived in the Jackson District off of what is now Paynes Mill Road.

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US Department of Interior NPS historians description of Green Springs Plantation. Owned in 1972 by Audette Kimball. Describes twin entranceways describe the 18th Century house and other architectural significant features. Owner at time of…

Born at Bear Castle in 1743, Dabney Carr was a boyhood friend of Thomas Jefferson, and a classmate in the late 1750s of Jefferson, James Madison and John Taylor at Reverend James Maury’s school on the Louisa-Albermarle County line. In 1758, when…

NAACP Records transcriptions
Actual Photos available upon request
Library of Congress, Madison Building (LM)
Manuscript Room
Record Title: NAACP records, 1842-1999
Container: Box I: C202
Contents: Part I: Administrative File, 1885-1949,…

Built in the later-1700s, known as "Baker's Mill" until purchased by Reuben Ruffner in January 1845. Mill was washed away by flood waters in 1928

A letter outlining the several land transfers of the property containing Whitlock's Mill (operated 1886-1914), previously called Hancock's Mill (? - 1886). The mill ceased operation sometime between 1921 and 1934.

This mill was owned by various members of the Michie family prior to being deeded to John S. Buck in 1849. Ever since then the mill has been known as "Buck's Mill". On Harris Creek at old Price's Road, now 208.

Copied from his original manuscript and slightly abridged by his son, Lauman Ben Johnson. Retyped from photocopy of typed manuscript of son, Lauman Ben Johnson, on March 7, 1990.

In this photo, one observer – Pauline Towsey – stands inside the shack used by the group during their volunteer time.

The group photo was taken on August 14, 1942 at the Louisa Observation Post; their group name, “Three Roses and Two Thorns”, is written on the back of the photograph, along with their nicknames.

Henry Brown was born about 1815 in Louisa County at a plantation known as “The Hermitage,” located about two miles from Cuckoo (shown in this photo as it appears in 2011). His master, John Barret, was a Revolutionary war veteran and a former…