Richmond Enquirer , v. 372 no. 28, 14 August 1840, page 3 LOUISA COUNTY At a meeting of a part of the sub-Committee of Vigilance for...

In 1799, eight slaves (a woman and her seven children) which belonged to the estate of Barnett Mitchell were sold in Louisa County, Virginia...

Nashville Tennessean , 9 September 1907, page 9          ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––            ...

Madison, James. By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation. Washington, DC, 1812. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portf...

Excerpt from will of Chapman Gordon, written 14 April 1853, proven 10 September 1855 in Louisa County, Virginia. Louisa County (Va.) Circu...

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789. Richmond, state of Virginia. In convention, Wednesda...

National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Govern...

I am so glad to be able to write about my 5th-great-grandfather Chapman Gordon, because before my recent trip to Virginia, I did not have pr...

Today was the first day of the National Genealogical Society's 2014 Family History Conference. And what a busy day it was for me! In the...

Today I visited the  Library of Virginia in Richmond. I came prepared with information about documents that I wanted to find, and I was ...