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LCBirths 1853 pg004
1, May 1, John W. Bullock, white, free, male, Mary C, Bullock, Granville Bullock, Father
2, November 13, William, black, slave, male, Betsy Ann, Granvlle Bullock, Owner
3, March 25, James W. Melton, white, free, male, Louisa A.…

LCBirths 1853 pg003
1, April 15, James Henry, black, slave, male, Mildred, William Gentry, Owner
2, May 7, Lucy Ellen, black, slave, female, Julia, David Richardson, Owner
3, March 11, Marcellus, black, slave, male, Nancy, Robert Duggins,…

LC Births 1853 p.002
1, November 1, Reuben, black, slave male, unknown, B.T., Winston, Owner
2, June 20, not known, black, slave, male, unknown, Dorothy, Pearsons,Owner, A.G. Bowles, Executor
3, April 10, Patrick, black, slave, male, unknown,…

Louisa County Birth Records 1853 - Register Page 1
1, October 8, 1853, Camilla, Garland, White, , Female, Charles, Tisdale, America, Tisdale, Tisdale, Charles , Tisdale, Farther
2, December 28, 1853, Without name, , White, , Female, Elijah,…

Back Row: W. Earle Crank (Future Commonwealth's Attorney for Louisa County for 40 years), Henry S. Daniel, Jr. (Become beloved physician and built the Louisa Hospital), Atwood M. Wash ( who became a dentist in Richmond) , Welford J. Massie (became…

The Married Woman’s Property Act which allowed married women to hold property separately from their husbands finally passed in VA in 1877 (the last state to do so, by the way)… this was a delicate period where women, of necessity, became vital…