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Louisa County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1766-1900, are bonds and contracts of apprenticeship given by the Overseers of the Poor, showing the names of master and apprentice, the trade to be taught, details of the contract, the amount of the bond and the names of sureties. Many of the apprentices bound out prior to 1866 were free African Americans.

Louisa County (Va.) Clerk's Fee Bill. Consists of a bill from County Clerk John Nelson to Thomas Price for various court fees; no date.

Louisa County (Va.) Health and Medical Records 1771-1902, consist of two series: Mental Health Records and Smallpox Epidemic Records.

Louisa County (Va.) Judgment, Lewis Yancey, surviving partner vs. Louisa County, 1906 May, pertains to a smallpox outbreak of Dec. 1902-Apr. 1903, during which a local dry goods business, Yancey Brothers, served as a quarantine hospital and all goods/wares were ordered destroyed afterward. Legal issue in question was whether the county was liable to Yancey for goods used and/or destroyed during the four-month outbreak, and whether all information was correctly provided to the jury. Other issues in question relate to proper use of authority and eminent domain vs. police power. Includes printed proceedings as the county appealed, and later was heard by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals as Louisa County v. Yancey's Trustee et al. Jan 21, 1909. Documents reference the actions of Dr. P.P. May and the service of colored nurse "Davy" David Woofolk for 94 days between Dec 29, 1902-Apr 5, 1903.

Louisa County (Va.) Ministers' Returns, 1781-1853, records the returns made by individual ministers of marriages performed within the county. This volume was originally entitled, "Marriage Returns." Returns in this volume, prior to 1853, record the names of the parties, the date of the marriage ceremony--either month, day and year or month and year and the minister's name and denomination. As part of the return process, ministers filed marriage certificates with the county clerk. These signed documents certified that a minister had performed the actual marriage ceremony between the named individuals on a certain date. The majority of returns in this volume are in the form of lists. By 1853, more information was included in lists or certificates from the individual ministers such as the place of the marriage ceremony, the names of the parties, the ages of the parties, the status of the parties before marriage and the occupation of the groom. In addition, the parents' names of both parties and the birthplaces of both parties were sometimes noted.

Louisa County (Va.) Organization Records, 1859-1899, consists of Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Virginia, Dove Chapter No. 44, Treasurer's book (1855-1875), Masonic Lodge Records (1859-1905), and other Organization Records (1885-1899).

Louisa County (Va.) Records, circa 1700-1909, undated, consist of the following series: Business Records, Court Records (subfield series include Clerks' Records, Judgments, Criminal Records and Jury Records), Election Records, Bonds/Commissions/Oaths, Fiduciary Records, Justice of the Peace Records, County Administrative Records (subfield series include Treasurer's Records, Commissioner of the Revenue Records, Overseers of the Poor Records, Board of Supervisor's Records: Road and Bridge Records and Sheriff's Records), Land Records, Road and Bridge Records, Tax and Fiscal Records, Miscellaneous Records and Marriage Records and Vital Statistics.

Louisa County (Va.) Register of Licenses for Marriage, 1850-1861, records the marriage licenses issued by the clerk of Louisa County Court. This register includes the date of the license, the name of the male to be married and the name of the female to be married. In addition to the chronological listing of the licenses, the volume is organized by the last letter, A-Y, of the intended groom's surname.