{"id":1815,"date":"2021-12-03T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2021-12-03T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:55:22","slug":"central-virginia-heritage-winter-2021-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/?p=1815","title":{"rendered":"Central Virginia Heritage, Winter 2021 &#8211; Available Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/frontcoverWinter2021-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/frontcoverWinter2021-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/cvga.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/frontcoverWinter2021.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will of Mahala, a Free Woman of Color, Hanover County, Virginia, 1831<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the name of God amen. I, Mahala, a free woman of color of the County of Hanover and parish of Saint Paul being in sound mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To see the rest of this article, CVGA members should go to \u201cMembers Only\u201d on the menu bar above, and choose \u201cCentral Virginia Heritage \u2014 Current Issue.\u201d (Note: You have to be logged in to this website in order to see \u201cMembers Only.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>If you have trouble logging in to the site to download your copy, please contact me at the webmaster link at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are not members of CVGA, we offer the opportunity to purchase a printed copy of each issue. The Winter 2021 issue is available from Amazon.com at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Central-Virginia-Heritage-Winter-2021\/dp\/B09MDRD48Z\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Central-Virginia-Heritage-Winter-2021\/dp\/B09MDRD48Z<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for $6.50. Click on the Amazon.com link above or search for \u201cCentral Virginia Heritage\u201d on Amazon.com.<\/p>\n<p>Contents of the Winter 2021 issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Successful Cluster and Collateral Searching, by Thomas MacEntee<\/li>\n<li>Lost No More: Buckingham Burials, a book review by Joanne L. Yeck<\/li>\n<li>Company B\u2014The Boyd Rifles from Goochland County, and Company C\u2014The Travis Rifles from Buckingham County, at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 1862<\/li>\n<li>Beazley Estate, Spotsylvania County VA, 1856<\/li>\n<li>The Estate of Japheth Towler, Charlotte County, VA<\/li>\n<li>The Will of Joseph Towler, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1818<\/li>\n<li>The Will of Mahala, a Free Woman of Color, Hanover County, Virginia, 1831<\/li>\n<li>A Brief Biography of William Campbell Scott, of Powhatan County, Virginia, by Jean L. Cooper<\/li>\n<li>New FamilySearch Interface, by Barbara Branham<\/li>\n<li>List of Hanover County (VA) Sheriffs (1753 to Present)<\/li>\n<li>A History of Tarry Farm, White Hall, VA, by Katherine Spaar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any articles you\u2019d like to share with CVGA members, please send an email to the editor,\u00a0eleanordew at gmail dot com\u00a0\u2014 The Editor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will of Mahala, a Free Woman of Color, Hanover County, Virginia, 1831 &#8220;In the name of God amen. 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