The following information was contributed by Janice L. Abercrombie
Suggested Printed Material for Louisa County, Virginia Research
Janice L. Abercrombie, ©1992
Louisa County Historical Society Magazine, Vols. 1-22. Volumes 1-12 have a combined index and Volumes 13-22 are indexed in the second issue of each volume. There are two issues to each volume. These are available at Alderman Library and Albemarle County Historical Society as well as the Louisa County Library.
Abstracts of Wills of Louisa County Books 1-4, 1742-1800 by Chapplear and Hatch.
Abstract of Deed Books A-F, 1742-1800, in four volumes by Rosalie Edith Davis, Manchester, MO.
Louisa County Old Home Places, Chisholm and Lillie, published by the Louisa County Historical Society.
The Douglas Register, transcribed and edited by W. Mac. Jones, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977.
Louisa County Public Service Claims by Claudia A. Chisholm.
Free Blacks Of Louisa County, VA: Bonds, Wills & Other Records transcribed by Janice Luck Abercrombie. 1993, published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
Louisa County Public Service Claims by Janice L. Abercrombie, soon to be published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
Louisa County, Va. Death Records 1853-1896 by Janice Abercrombie, published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
LOUISA COUNTY, VA JUDGMENTS, 1770-1790 by Janice Abercrombie, 1998, published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
Louisa County Records You Probably Never Saw of 18th Century Virginia compiled by John C Bell, 1983, Nashville, TN.
LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS Transcribed by Marty Hiatt & Craig Roberts Scott. published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia 1766-1815, compiled by Kathleen Booth Williams; available through Genealogical Publishing Co.
Marriages of Louisa County, Virginia, 1815-1861, compiled by William H. Kiblinger and Janice L Abercrombie, available from the Louisa County Historical Society, PO Box 1172, Louisa, VA 23093, hardcover $18.50.
A History of Louisa County, Virginia by Malcolm Harris, Dietz Press.
Wartime Letters Of Louisa County, Virginia: The Cooke Family Papers, 1859-1866, transcribed and annotated by Pattie Cooke. 1997, published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
MAP OF LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1863) 23 inches by 29 inches, published by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens GA.
The patents being published in the Virginia Genealogical Society Magazine include the patents of Louisa County and also many of the patents in Volume III of Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nugent which were in Hanover County and are now in present-day Louisa County.
There have been published a number of books on families of Louisa County.