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Main Street Louisa around 1900. The second sign back on the left says 'Louisa Hardware". This shot is taken directly across from the courthouse.

Maggie Mae Lavinia Butler of Louisa County was born in 1879. The full body photograph was taken at the home of her grandparents, Louis H. and Lavinia Louisa Butler. Maggie was a school teacher and married George Edgar Kiblinger.

Lucy Taylor, the only remaining unmarried daughter who inherited a life interest in Westend, is pictured here as an octogenarian in September of 1955. She is seated in the middle, fixing her headband. She ran Westend with the help of her sister,…

Lucille Holt, born in 1883, became an influential woman in early twentieth century Louisa County. Born with a light skin tone, she was sometimes seen as a white woman and other times as a black woman. In 1916, Lucille Holt was appointed the first…

This document is a receipt for the Louisa Tobacco Company, written to Mr. T.A. Hatch in March 21, 1898. It advertises that the Louisa Tobacco Co has the best Louisa sun-cured stock with Virginia Chew of Louisa Select and Piedmont Brands. He had spent…

#409 Sarah Jackson, bright mulatto woman, age 18 years, 5'11" high, black eyes, straight black hair, good countenance, scar on index finger of left hand occasioned by a cut. Reg 10 Fen 1851 (Found on loose paper) Sarah Jackson daughter of Luzanna…

You are standing in the historic town of Louisa Court House (now Louisa). During the Civil War, the Virginia Central Railroad passed through this county seat. The main street became the Gordonsville Road (Rte. 22/33) at the west end of town. The…

Louisa Courthouse photograph from 1962.
The Courthouse was originally built in 1904.

Download Excel file above to access Index. This index is provided as a courtesy to let researchers know if a will exists. Please know that the courthouse does not provide copies. Although the image files are much too large to present online at this…

Index is downloadable as an Excel file and the full text, with spelling as written in the original document is downloadable as a PDF.

Special thanks to volunteer Cheryl Holzbach for tireless transcription efforts.

One of dedicated volunteers, Cheryl Holzbach, is a retired police officer with meticulous attention to detail. Last summer she took it upon herself to transcribe Louisa County Will Book 1 in its entirety. To read the document as a PDF, please…

File available for download above in Word or as a PDF. Transcribed by Cheryl Henshaw, 2013

William Jackson Walton served as the Superintendent of the Jackson District from 1871 until 1884 when he became one of the earliest Superintendents of Schools in Louisa County. As Superintendent, Walton kept records of how many schools were in each…

Published Winter 1975

First published in 1975

These instructions, provided to teachers for the 1932-1933 school year, detail important information related to the effective functioning of the schools within the Louisa County Public Schools system. On the third page of this outline, a section…