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Native People in Louisa County

Although Native People were present in Central Virginia for more than 12,000 years, Louisa County was sparsely inhabited when the first English men were establishing themselves at Jamestown. There may have been no…

Although Robert Lewis Dabney was not born in this house, it stands on Route 601 (Payne's Mill Road at the Crewsville Road intersection) marking the location of Dabney's birthplace about 1/4 of a mile west along Cub Creek.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC (formerly St. Mary’s Church)

FOUNDED: Church built in 1876; It is one of the 4 continuously operating Catholic churches in the Diocese of Richmond.

LOCATION: Rt. 618, Fredericks Hall Rd.,…

This is the mill built after the original was destroyed during the Civil War in 1863.

The PDF file to the right is based upon a powerpoint presentation funded by Dominion Virginia Power. The presentation uses photos, many from the Louisa County Historical Society archives, to tell the story of Civil Rights from the end of the Civil…

FOUNDED: Early 1740’s during the Great Awakening under the ministry of The Reverends Samuel Davies and John Todd.

LOCATION: Three Chopt Road, Gum Springs

INFORMATION: Oldest Presbyterian Church in continuous use in Virginia. Only remaining…

Records of marriages, deaths, membership at Salem Christian Church from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Included are several segregated lists of white and black church members.

John Tisdale and Frances, his wife deed Bernard's Mill and surrounding property to James Trevelian on January 9, 1804.
Names of certain creeks and a bridge are stated which may help with identification of the mill's location.

A 1935 photograph furnished to LCHS by two different donors. One note states:
"Valentine Mill located on Rte. 22 about 2 miles west of Trevilians. Photo taken in 1935 by Frances Benjamen Johnston, WPA photographer, furnished to Society by Ferol O.…

Among the various sects seeking to follow more pure apostolic ways in Louisa County were the Christadelphians. Also know as Thomasites, this group originally built the curiously shaped Octagon Church in lower Louisa County in 1858. The structure was…

The original Shelton's Mill was completed around 1820, but was destroyed by fire in 1859. A second Shelton's Mill was built in the same location completed in 1863. It operated continuously until 1960. The mill building still stands when this was…

Elisha Melton once owned a sizable portion of real estate in and around Louisa Court House. He was in deeply in debt by 1854 and his extensive property was put up for public auction to pay his debts. The images here are from the account kept by H.…

The following is searchable text from the attached Excel Spreadsheet indexing the Genealogical Files of the late Janice Abercrombie. The files are held in the Sargeant Museum archives and are viewable by appointment.

Trudy Adams request for…

In early 1942, sugar was rationed; each rationing book contained 28 stamps, each stamp good for one week's ration of sugar. It is estimated that 3/4 pound of sugar was considered aweek's ration. To prevent people from stocking up on sugar, the…

On November 29, 1942 coffee joined the list of rationed items in the United States. While coffee production itself was not affected by the war, the distribution suffered as a result of the prioritization of the military's shipping needs. Demands…

Miscellaneous items could be purchased with the use of the stamps marked "Spare."

Stamps, such as these from the third ration book, were used to purchase various rationed items of the time.

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.

Elijah Rollins (1895-1962) and his wife Violet Shelton (1900-1982) were both born along the Louisa County/Goochland County line above Gum Spring. Place names associated with these people include Rolling Path Rd, East Leake, and Hadensville. Elijah…