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In 1866, Lt. Jacob Roth, Assistant Superintendent at the Louisa field office of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Land (usually knows simply as The Freedmen's Bureau or B of R.F and AL) sent this report to his superior listing the…

Extracted records for individuals from various states listing Louisa or Goochland Counties as place of birth.

The index and finding aid is a brief abstract of each item in the collection and includes the names of all individuals mentioned in each item.

Gable Manor is a fine example of Gothic Revival design, a style influenced by the writings of Andrew Jackson Downing.
Judge Edward H. Lane, first Judge of the newly created Louisa County Court in 1870, built this house. Once called Rose Cottage,…

This house was built in the popular vernacular style, of the time. Dr. Frank L. Woolfolk originally owned it. R. Jefferson Garnett bought the land in 1981 and it is now Garnett Law Office.

When the comedic, yet poignant, movie “The Help” hit theaters and DVD, women of all ages and walks of life were driven to watch with a kind of frenzied urgency.

The film portrays young black women in the segregated south and the movie’s…

Stop 7: Hampton's Wagon's Captured / Rosser's Charge / Custer's First Last Stand

Nearby stood Trevilian Station, south of which Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton had parked his wagon train on the evening of June 10, 1864. At daylight the next…

Picture of George Whitfield Kemper as a member of the Brown Light Infantry

Purchased in 1891 by Weir Goodwin a Deputy Clerk of Court. The house stands on a site that some believe was once occupied by the Old Walton Tavern. This part of town around West Street was called “The Grove” for many years.

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,…

This is a gorget made of micha shist stone used for personal adornment. It was found around five miles north of the town of Louisa, in close proximity to other artifacts in the Native People collection. It is approximately 1.25 x 4.5 inches and is…

This is a spear point found around five miles north of the town of Louisa in close proximity to other artifacts in the Native People collection. It is approximately 1.75 x 1 inches and is clear in color. Archaeologists date the object to between 5500…

Built by the Leigh Brothers, as were so many of the finer homes in Louisa. H. Q. Dickenson was the first owner to be associated with the house. He proceeded to add the Flemish bond brick Victorian portion of the home, in the Queen Ann style.…