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Virginia Airline Railroad
On Friday, May 1, 1908 students from Palmyra High School boarded the train in North Palmyra on this momentous occasion. Here, they left Station 812…
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Louisa County Courthouse Records and Transcriptions
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Reconstruction to 1900
This exhibit shows the African American experience after the Civil War (during the years known as Reconstruction) up to 1900. VS.1a,...
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Uncle Burton's Recollections of Chatham, VA. Commencing 1835
Narrative of Burton Payne, enslaved by John Wills at Chatham Plantation, and Albert Gallatin Wills of Forest Place Planation, narrative collected…see more
Death Certificate of Burton Payne
Death Certificate of Burton Payne founder of African American community "Payne Town" includes notation "slave of AG Wills" died at age 105see more
