While many African American families struggled to survive as well as to receive a good education, there were a few families who prospered after emancipation. Reuben Gordon was a former slave who worked on the Garland Plantation. After the Civil War,…
During the Jim Crow era every area of life was segregated. In many ways, two parallel universes existed in the South and in Central Virginia; one white and one black. Since agriculture was vitally imporant to white and black farmers in Louisa…
Hired help at Westend, 5 men in livery and a cook to staff the country inn. These suited men were likely taking guests' bags to their rooms, and bringing food to the dining room table.
While the time period is not certain, the shawl lapels that…
Joe Tinsley and Bobby Gilliard, taken on the front porch of Westend.
In February 28, 1931 issue of The Southern Churchmanis Mr. Tinsley's obituary:
"Entered into eternal life, February 16, 1931, at the home of the late Mrs. Mary Watson Taylor,…