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FOUNDED: Current church built in 1906-1907

LOCATION: 3rd St., Mineral

INFORMATION: Originally members met in a small chapel on the Harris farm near Pendleton. Preachers were Circuit Riders from the Goochland Charge . After a fire destroyed the…

This is a flier for a night of entertainment at Odd Fellow's Hall in Mineral. There was to be a band playing and the play "Childhood," consisting of two acts of charades. Admission was charged at twenty five cents for adults and fifteen cents for…

This form reveals a little bit about the political and economic setting in the Mineral District of Louisa in 1934. J.A. Kent was the Treasurer of Louisa County; he was to receive these tax forms back from the citizens within the Mineral District. …

This photograph portrays a group of miners posing on a break from their work in the mines. It demonstrates that many of the miners were in their early teens, but did the hard labor expected of men.

This image is of miners at the Arminus Mines posing together. A clergyman is present in the middle and it is evident how many children grew up around and worked in the mines. Frequently, the miners weren’t steady long-term employees. They worked…

In this image, Dr. Issac Van Duerson Adams visits the mines on bicycles. From period photographs, it appears that bicycles were a primary means of communication around the mines. Numerous images show visitors, both men and women, bicycling around the…

This stock certificate certified that P.P. Porter owned ten shares of stock in the Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Company. He bought each of these shares at a price of one hundred dollars. Stocks such as this one ensured capital for the…

Helen Hoy Greeley was an early and significant voice for the women’s suffrage movement. Born in Albany, New York in 1878, she received her law degree and began to practice in 1903. Se became deeply involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement. In…

Maggie Mae Lavinia Butler Kiblinger and George Edgar Kiblinger in their front yard on their farm, RTE 522 N, Mineral, VA.

Letter stating why he wasn't present on July 9th but that he will be more than happy to visit Louisa after his vacation.

Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, wife of Hugh Alexander Moore

This is a photograph of Eugenia Mallory, wife of Alva Mallory, and her seven children. There are no records that Eugenia ever registered to vote.

Photo of Mrs. G. E. Kiblinger and Children William Henry and Sarah Elizabeth

Mrs. Josephene C. Adams, wife of Colonel W. H. Adams, manager of Arminius Mines, Mineral, VA

Kate Towsey Butler wife of John Hugh Butler

Mrs. Lavinia Lou Butler, wife of Lewis H. Butler, pictured here with her daughters Susan Jane and Barbara Ann.

FOUNDED: Organized in 1866

LOCATION: Buckner Rd.(Rt. 609) , Bumpass

INFORMATION: Black members asked to leave Little River Baptist Church to form their own church. They met in a brush arbor until winter when they met in the home of a member.…