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A snippet from Sam Towler’s article, “Albemarle County Chancery Cases Preservation Project”:

In the 1970s, Albemarle County sent most of the chancery cases in its files which ended before 1912 to the Library of Virginia. The Library of Virginia preserved all the cases they received and put them in acid-free folders to prevent deterioration. With the Albemarle County Clerk’s approval, I have been working on a project to preserve the post-1900 cases that Albemarle still had at the Courthouse in Charlottesville by unfolding the documents and putting the papers in acid-free folders provided by the Clerk’s Office.

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Table of Contents for the Winter 2016 issue:

Division of the Negro Property of the Estate of William Morris of Louisa County, Virginia, 1832 … page 1
Albemarle County Chancery Cases Preservation Project … page 4
Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Franklin, of St. Anne’s Parish, Albemarle Co., VA … page 6
Early Broadus Wood High School History … page 7
The Wyatt Family of Albemarle County, Virginia … page 9
Reductions in Service at the Library of Virginia … page 11
The Times-Dispatch Genealogical Column: The Walker Family of Virginia … page 12
Castle Hill … page 16
James Govan Estate Settlement and Division of Slaves (1831-1835), Hanover Co., VA … page 18
List of the Hire of Negroes [of the Heirs of] Richard Terrell of Louisa Co., VA (1771) … page 19
Funeral Home Records Available Online … page 20
Letter from Edward Govan to Mary Govan Hill, near Fredericksburg, VA (1831) … page 22
Slaves of John Ambler (April 1829) at his Plantations in Amherst and Louisa Counties … page 23
President’s Column, by Patricia Lukas … page 24

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Here is a snippet from Patricia Lukas’ article “Hill & Wood Funeral Service Records:
A Brief Overview”:

The business now known as Hill & Wood Funeral Service was founded in 1907 as the Irving, Way, Hill Company. Mr. Willard Irving handled the livery business, Mr. C.T. Way was a carriage maker, and J. Hercules Hill was the undertaker. It was located at Water and Main Streets. After one relocation, the business was moved to its present location at 201 N. First Street, Charlottesville, VA in 1936.

The company was incorporated as Hill and Irving in 1929. Mr. Paul H. Wood assumed the presidency in 1975 when a new corporation named Hill and Irving Funeral Home, Inc. was formed. Hill and Wood Funeral Service, Inc. became the name of the firm on January 1, 1978.

The earliest records held by the company date from August 1914. The first book consists of preprinted pages with the record of services provided …

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Table of Contents for Fall 2016 issue:

Excerpts from A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services … page 1
Burial Records of Jewish Cemeteries in Central Virginia … page 5
Thomas M. Appling (1 Jan 1832-ca. 22 Aug. 1862) … page 6
Hill & Wood Funeral Service Records: A Brief Overview … page 7
Genetic Genealogy in Practice: Book Announcement … page 8
Pension Testimony from Veterans of the American Revolution in Albemarle County … page 9
The Pension Act of 1818 … page 13
An 18th-Century Pre-Nuptial Agreement from Fluvanna County … page 14
Three Lists of Negro Slaves Owned by Lewis Holladay of Bellefonte, Spotsylvania County, Va., 1800-1817 … page 19
Spotsylvania County, Va. Tax Assessments, 1779-1780 … page 20
Central Virginia Historical Organizations … page 24
President’s Column, by Patricia Lukas … page 27

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