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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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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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Letter from Doug Barnett to Ms Ellen Miyagwa
Regarding the birth years for several ancestors from the 1970 census; Doug Barnett, Ms. Miyagwa, David Barnettsee more
Administrator 's Sale of valuable slaves sold at public auction
Auction at the late residence of R. Omohundro, Sr., deceased, situated in Fluvanna, within three miles of Columbia; seventeen total slaves, likely…see more