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In 1859, Cynthia and Susanna Jones owned this building. It was purchased and converted to a professional building by R. Jefferson Garnett.

This is a contract between C.L. Goodwin and the Virginia Central Railroad Company, in which Goodwin agrees to provide the wood necessary at the appropriate sizes and other specifications to the railroad. He is given eight dollars for every cord he…

This 1933 notice, from the Virginia Bankers Association, lets bank employees know about the legal holiday declared by Governor Pollard. Notice the wording of this letter, such as the phrases “unusual situation” and “cool thought”; these…

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 at 9:45 and traveled to the next station – Wildwood. Although this station had no memorable name,…

In February 1907, the Virginia Airline first began acquiring land to build a new railroad that would run through Fluvanna County, and would connect to the C&O Railroad. This offered Fluvanna the opportunity to be connected to many larger cities such…

Victory Mail, also known as V Mail, was the product of a newly adoptedmethod for mail processing and delivery. In 1942, V Mail, originally from England,became an alternative method to first class postal services. Microfilmed reproductionswere created…

Built around 1852 for the Louisa Methodist Episcopal Church and the upper story for the Masonic Day Lodge #58. After the Battle of Trevilian Station the wounded were brought here. The furniture was moved to serve as a makeshift hospital.

A portrait of and unidentified women involved somehow with the Mineral Pyrite Mines.

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

Possibly Mourning with a son of Barbara and Joe Tinsley- could be Little Joe Tinsley, Felix or "Stiff Lad Johnny"

Joseph Wilson Randolph – a native of Mineral, Virginia – served in the United States Army Air Corps and is now buried in Louisa. His older brother Edward was a serviceman stationed in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor attack. In December 1942,…

Original is in the Tennessee State Archive from the papers of John Overton of the Hermitage, TN. It appears to be a register of births and baptisms while Reverend Robert Barret was the minister of Trinity Parish in central Louisa County. Among the…

Trial of those involved in the Boxley Slave Revolt.

The trail occurred about a week after the incident.

At a Court of Oyer and Terminar held at the courthouse of Louisa County on Tuesday the fifth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and…

Louisa was a major depot stop on the railroad between Richmond and Gordonsville. The train stopped to unload passengers at the Louisa Hotel where visitors often stayed to escape the heat and unhealthy air in the city (Richmond) during summer.

This photo from the album of the Danne family, who lived in the home on the battlefield near the depot, shows a train passing through around 1900

This photograph is an eastward view of the Town of Louisa. Taken in 1922, the change from horse and buggies to cars is evident in this photo. Parked outside a store which sports a sign for the Authorized Federal Tire Agency and a gas pump is a horse…