Louisa County (Va.) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1865-1866
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Louisa County (Va.) Circuit Court.
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Louisa County was formed from Hanover County in 1742. The county was named for Louisa, a daughter of King George II. Prior to 1853, when the Commonwealth began recording vital statistics, Virginia marriages were recorded at the county or city level. Beginning in 1661, in order to be married by license, the groom was required to go before the county clerk and give bond with security that there was no lawful reason to prevent the marriage. The license, issued then by the c...
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...
