Louisa County, Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1742--Louisa County was created 6 May 1642 from Hanover County. County seat: Louisa

Neighboring Counties

 * Albemarle
 * Fluvanna
 * Goochland
 * Hanover
 * Orange
 * Spotsylvania

Newspapers
Indexed images of the Virginia Gazette(1736-1780) are available online through the Colonial Williamsburgwebsite. In addition, Professor Tom Costa and The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia have created a database of all runaway advertisements for slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, and ship deserters listed in this source and other Virginia newspapers (1736-1803), see: The Geography of Slavery in Virginia. These newspapers are valuable resources for all regions of Virginia.

Taxation
The 1791 Personal Property Tax List of Louisa County, Virginia is indexed online at Binns Genealogy.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog