Louisa County, Virginia

Louisa County Historical Society

 Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2007

Volume 21, Number 1 Spring 1990 (Pages 1 to 144)    
Taverns of Tolersville, Virginia 3 William H. Kiblinger
Tolersville, P. O. to Mineral, Virginia 15 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Officers and Directors of Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Company 24 Pattie P. Cooke
Mineral City Tax List 1890-1900 28 Janice Luck Abercrombie
1900 Census Mineral City, Virginia 32 Janice Luck Abercrombie
1910 Census Mineral Town, Virginia 33 Janice Luck Abercrombie
The Progress of Mineral, Virginia 40 The Central Virginian
Early Mineral 43 W. H. Boyle - The Central Virginian
Wm. Henry Adams 46 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Grace Curtis Adams Van Deursen Davis 50 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Pyrite Mining in Louisa County, Virginia 52 J. J. Porter
Arminius Chemical Company Records 56 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Postoffice and Postmasters 58 Louisa County Historical Society Museum
Walter L. Bishop 59 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Mineral Schools 64 Pattie P. Cooke
Commencement Program 1924 69 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Fourth of July Celebration 70 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Mineral Hotel 72 Abercrombie and Kiblinger
Coleman Hotel 74 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Mineral Lodge 31 F.M. & A.M. 76 Hunter C. Perkinson
Churches of Mineral, Virginia 79 Claudia Anderson Chisholm
Mineral Town Minutes 91 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Mineral Volunteer Fire Department 96 Irene D. Luck
A Backward Glance 98 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Newspapers of Louisa County 120 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Military Personnel of Mineral, Virginia 121 Pattie P. Cooke
Business and Phone Directory of Mineral, Virginia 125 Pattie P. Cooke
Mayors of Mineral, Virginia 126 Janice Luck Abercrombie
     
     
Volume 21, Number 2 Winter 1990 (Pages 1 to 51)    
Cuckoo House 1 Mildred McLean Pendleton
History of Louisa County High Schoo 10 Eugenia T. Bumpass, Alice E. Martin & Lucy B. Sale
Fifth Street School, Mineral, Virginia 14 William H. Kiblinger
Some Louisa County Teachers –1884 16 Janice Luck Abercrombie
Clerks of the Court, Louisa County, Virginia 20 Pattie P. Cooke
Memories of Bygone Days 28 Eugenia T. Bumpass
The Carpenter Families of Elk Creek 32 Claudia A. Chisholm
Old Trinity Meeting House 36 William H. Kiblinger
Abstracts of Louisa Judgment Papers 38 Janice Luck Abercrombie
     
     
Volume 22, Number 1 Spring 1991 (Pages 1 to 52)    
Clerks of the Court, Louisa County, Virginia 3 Pattie P. Cooke
A Favorite Soldier of 1776 10 Fannie Brooke Francisco Goodwin
The Village of Fredericks Hall, Virginia 13 Claudia A. Chisholm
Fredericks Hall, Virginia, Post Office 16 Claudia A. Chisholm
Bethpage Christian Church 19 Claudia A. Chisholm
War Between the States, Fredericks Hall 22 Col. Walbrook D. Swank
Patrick Henry, Burgess From Louisa County 32 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Fork Methodist Church Roll Book 36 From The Museum
Jackson Post Office 40 From the Museum
Old Timers - Pearl Mills Harris 41 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Abstracts of Louisa Judgment Papers 45 Janice L. Abercrombie
     
     
Volume 22, Number 2 Winter 1991 (Pages 54 to 113)    
Village of Fredericks Hall (Continued) 55 Claudia A. Chisholm
The Immortal Six Hundred 73 Paul Murphy
John Nelson, Addendum 77 Pattie Cooke & Judy Frayser
Along the Ellisville Road 79 James W. Wright
Articles of Agreement 88 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Sheriff Joseph Bickley, Jr. and the First Jail 89 Edna H. and James J. Bushnell
John Poindexter, Addendum 93 J. Quintus Massie and Pattie Cooke
Glimpse in the Past, Wilhelmina Mills Antley 96 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Susanna Smith Fox Wash, Pension Papers 99 Janice L. Abercrombie
     
     
Volume 23, Number 1 Spring 1992 (Pages 1 to 76)    
David Richardson of Louisa County 3 Janice L. Abercrombie
David Richardson's Almanac: How Accurate Was It? 13 Lawrence D. Kavanagh, Jr.
The Village of Fredericks Hall, Virginia 22 Claudia A. Chisholm
A Very Pretty Marriage 41 Mary E. Richardson
Along the Ellisville Road 45 James W. Wright, Jr.
A Diary of Thomas Anderson Hope 55 Mary H. Poole and Eugenia T. Bumpass
Clerks of the Court, Louisa County 67 Pattie P. Cooke
Mills Family Bible 75 Mary E. Richardson
     
     
Volume 23, Number 2 Fall 1992 (Pages 77 to 134)    
The Village of Fredericks Hall (Continued) 77 Claudia A. Chisholm
Boxley Family Bible 95 Doris Pleasants Diggs
Researching Free Blacks in Louisa County, Virginia 97 J. Quintus Massie
Revolutionary War Pension Application of Sam Hill 99 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Roster of Slaves Bought by Matthew Anderson 100 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Jackson School District Ledger 1871-1887 101 Pattie P. Cooke
Little River Baptist Church 108 Frank Boxley, Jr.
     
     
Volume 24, Number 1 Spring 1993 (Pages 1 to 54)    
Cabinet Makers of Louisa County 1 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Louisa County Ads 16 James Waltorz Wright
Clerks of the Louisa Court 17 Pattie P. Cooke
The Story of Lucy Langston 23 Quintas Massie
Little River Baptist Church 30  
Village of Fredericks Hall 31 Claudia A. Chisholm
Along the Ellisville Road 45 James Walton Wright
     
     
Volume 24, Number 2 Winter 1993 (Pages 55 to 109)    
A Few Thoughts on Saving Paper 55 J. Quintus Massie
Boxley- McCandlish and Pleasants Cemeteries 60 Eugenia T. Bumpass
A Petition to the General Assembly 61 Eugenia T. Bun~pass
The Village of Fredericks Hall (continued) 63 Claudia A. Chishol~n
William Cecil Elam 73 James Walton Wnght
Letter from Mrs. Waters, Mother of Six Union Soldiers 84 Eugenia T. Bumpass
The Town of Louisa 87 Patti P. Cooke
Ledger Book Dr. John Fleming Hope 92 Eugenia T. Bumpass
     
     
Volume 25, Number 1 Spring 1994 (Pages 1 to 54)    
Bibb Store in the Old Days 1 Edward H. Turner
Langston Hughes - His Louisa Heritage 3 Ann Avery Hunter
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Louisa County 7 Eugenia T. Bumpass
The Village of Fredericks Hall - Locust Grove 15 Claudia A. Chisholm
1825 List of License Issued 26 Janice L. Abercrombie
Private Schools in Louisa County 1845-1879 27 James W. Wright
J. H. Andrew's Letter: An Account of the Depression 33 Mary Ellen Andews Ekblad
David Morris Hunter - Addendum 35 Pattie P. Cooke
William Cecil Elam and William Mahone 38 James Walton Wright
Dr. Frank Harris, The Traveling Dentist 51 Eugenia T. Bumpass
     
     
Volume 25, Number 2 Winter 1994 (Pages 55 to 120)    
The Meeting House Called Bethany 55 W. Reid Ware
The Education of Charles J. Daniel 59 J. Quintus Massie
Louisa County Native Recalls D-Day 62 William Francis Harris, Jr.
The Village of Fredericks Hall 66 Claudia A. Chisholm
William Cecil Elam and William Mahone 79 James Walton Wright, Jr.
Patrick Belsches, 18th Century Entrepreneur 95 Eugenia T. Bumpass
The History of Quail Home Demonstration Club 99 Josephine Henderson Neal
     
     
Volume 26, Number 1 Spring 1995 (Pages 1 to 56)    
The Timberlake Affair 3 Jill Ramsey
The Nathaniel Hughson Family Bible 8 Ann Grubbs Joyce
The Renovation of White Walnut 10 Mike and Judy Seaton
Journalistic Journeys to the Past 19 James Walton Wright, Jr.
Thomas M. Fowler's Contract for Will 30 Eugenia T. Bumpass
The Village of Fredericks Hall 34 Claudia A. Chisholm
Last Will & Testament of Michael Ailstock 41 Odell McGuire
     
     
Volume 26, Number 2 Fall 1995 (Pages 59 to 116)    
Folk Housing Revisited 59 Alison Bell and James Deetz
Peter Mickleborough Daniel 72 J. Quintus Massie and Becky M. Dale
Letter Book of Dr. Henry W. Holman 77 Pattie Cook
The Hermitage and the Barret Family 80 Jane Pendleton Wootton, M.D.
The Marriage Contract 87 Jill Ramsey
The Village of Fredericks Hall* 96 Claudia A. Chisholm
Letters by Thomas Jefferson and Major John Winston 103 James Walton Wright, Jr.
Tanglewood, The Grasberger Place 105 Eugenia Bumpass
Index 109  
     
     
Volume 27, Number 1 Spring 1996 (Pages 1 to 54)    
George McDuffie Blake, 1859-1944 3 Ann Cottrell Free
Widow's Petition for a Pension 19 Janice L. Abercrombie
Saint James: From Mission to Church 22 Pattie Cook
Yancey Bros. vs The County of Louisa 27 James Walton Wright, Jr.
The May Place 29 Eugenia I: Bumpass
Census of Louisa County Teachers, 1893 34 Frank T West
Fleshman Family Cemetery 36 Ann G. Joyce
The Village of Fredericks Hall, Brookeville* 37 Claudia A. Chisholm
The McGehee Family Record 48 Janice L. Abercrombie
Louisa Weekly Reader 51 Pattie Cooke
Crank-Collins Memorial Endowment 53 Mary E. Richardson
     
     
Volume 27, Number 2 Fall 1996 (Pages 55 to 114)    
Historic Sites Archaeology in Louisa County 57 Alison Bell
Spring Hill: The Rigsby House 71 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Secondary Education in Virginia, 1870-1886 76 James W. Wright
Tracking the Estes Family 82 J. Quintus Massie
The Village of Frederick Hall* (continued) 86 Claudia A. Chisholm
Three Dickinson Family Bibles 97 Jill Ramsey
Index 104  
     
Volume 28, Number 1 Spring 1997 (Pages 1 to 55)    
Farming and Gardening in the Green Springs 3 Martha A. McIntire
Grace Freewill Baptist Church 10 Joyce Palmer
The Chewnings of Green Springs, Louisa County 13 Sam Towler
The History of Mt. Garland Baptist Church 23 Ms. Hortense Gordon Lewis
Portrait of an Old Confederate 25 Jill Ramsey
The Village of Fredericks Hall - Hart's Shop 33 Claudia A. Chisholm
The George Lumsdens of Louisa County 38 Alice L. Brown
Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War 50 Nancy C. Baird
     
Volume 28, Number 2 Fall 1996 (Pages 56 to 116)    
Sarah Michie of Sedgy Creek 55 Phyloise Crank Hunt
Valentine's Mill 69 Eugenia T. Bumpass
The Hart Family Papers 72 Kenneth Lancaster
The History of First Baptist Church, Louisa, Va. 83 Mrs. Christine P. Thomasson
The Village of Fredericks Hall - Palo Alto and Garlands 85 Claudia A. Chisholm
A 19th Century Girlhood 94 Jill Ramsey
John Chew Cammack 101 Pattie Cook
     
Volume 29, Number 1 Spring 1998 (Pages 1 to 59)    
Porter Clay Wright 3 Pattie Cook
The History of the Town of Louisa Speech, 1973 5 Porter Clay Wright
Charter of the Town of Louisa, Va. 11 Pattie Cook
The Town of Louisa, Virginia 13 Pattie Cook
History of the Louisa County Post Office 28 Porter Clay Wright
Louisa Telephone Company 32 Porter Clay Wright
Patrick Henry in the Town of Louisa 34 Pattie Cook
Tavern Owners and the Town of Louisa 36 Pattie Cook
A History of the First Baptist Church, Louisa, Virginia 42 Christine Thomasson
Christian Church is Organized at Louisa Courthouse 44 R. Milton Atkins
Memorial Baptist Church of Louisa, Virginia 47 Reverend Jerry Riggins
Louisa Presbyterian Church of Louisa, Virginia 49 Mrs. Albert Clyde Marshall and Mrs. Laurel D. Marshall
St. James Episcopal Church of Louisa, Virginia 52 Pattie Cook
History of the Louisa United Methodist Church 54 from Louisa United Methodist Church
Louisa Baptist Church 56 Reverend David Cole
     
Volume 29, Number 2 Fall 1998 (Pages 60 to 116)    
Dr. Wiley Anderson, Architect for the Courthouse 63 Courtesy of Scottsville Museum Newsletter, No. 7
The Leigh Family of Louisa, Va. 65 Lucy Whitlock and Robert Milton Atkins
Walking Tour of the Town of Louisa 67 Pattie Cook
Louisa Weekly Record 101  
Louisa County Directory Circa 1894 102 Pattie Cook
     
Volume 30, Number 1 Spring 1999 (Pages 1 to 56)    
Descendants of John Jenkins, Sr. 3  
The Fights at Louisa Courthouse and Trevillion [sic] 17 A personal Memoir of Captain John Bauskett, Co. B, 6th S.C. Cavalry
Trevilian! 29 Jerry Meyers
Background to the Massie Brother Farming Operations during the Depression 51 Quintus Massie
     
Volume 30, Number 2 Fall 1999 (Pages 57 to 96)    
The Air Crash at Trevilians, Virginia 59 Ed Bimler
Making Sorghum 62 Beckie Massie Dale
The Family of Benjamin Bibb, Jr. 66 Susan A. Henderson
Memorandum Book of A. M. Perkins 81 Jan Stark
In Memoriam 88 Eugenia T. Bumpass
Index 89