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Freedmen's Bureau Schools
In 1866, Lt. Jacob Roth, Assistant Superintendent at the Louisa field office of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Land (usually knows…
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Mining in Mineral
The prospect of gold boosted the population of tiny Tolersville, Virginia. Many came to the area, desperate to strike it...
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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
Slave sales by public auction
Auctioneer RC Stiegman; Names of Slaves: Harry, Louisa and child, Isaac, Isaac and Mahala and 3 children, Mills, Edmund, William and child
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