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Letter from the supervisor giving thanks for kindness during his visit

signed Silas, addressed to W. Pace, Mr. Mcleney (?)

Slave woman sent to Columbia; Allen Richard

This is a letter from the Western Electrical Supply Co. to the mayor of Louisa. He is pursuing an inquiry made by the mayor for the building of a power plant and electric lighting in Louisa. Written in July 8, 1903, leaders of Louisa were beginning…

Regarding the birth years for several ancestors from the 1970 census; Doug Barnett, Ms. Miyagwa, David Barnett

This letter, from Cousin Annie to Mary, was written in the early years of the Great Depression. The second paragraph depicts how Louisa was the victim of both terrible drought and frosts; the agricultural-based facets of Louisa’s economy suffered…

From Private William W. Downer, Company J, 6th Regiment VA written while he was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was captured August 13, 1864 and released June 11, 1865 when he was finally willing to sign the oath of allegiance to the U. S.…

This is a letter from Patrick Henry to the Court of Louisa, during his term as governor. He is warning the court of the abuse of Revolutionary War pensions. Veterans and their family members were entitled to land grants out west. However, often those…

This letter, written by the president of the Grange League Federation in 1934, to egg producers in Virginia. Farmers and retailers turned to cooperatives like the G.L.F. during the Great Depression as a way to control supply and raise prices of farm…

Jack and his wife Isabella, Alex McRae, Pullinam and Davis

Gustavus Jackson
G. W. Hayden
Jam? Hayden
Matt Hayden
Ealiar Underwood
James Robinson
Diamond Robinson
R. Wood
J? ???
Bettie Shelton
W. J. Adams

LeRoy S. Hughes is one of the few, proud Montford Point Marines. He’s also a Congressional Gold Medal recipient.

The 87-year-old Louisa native became one of the country’s first black Marines after President Roosevelt established a presidential…

Leon Luxford Loyall, from Willowbrook, Louisa County, Virginia, is one of many individuals to join the Equal Suffrage League. He was born on November 1, 1876 and is noted as being a teacher at the time he registered to vote in 1902. He married Ada…

Lena B.