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Louisa County (Va.) Muster Roll of Louisa County in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865, consists of two muster rolls compiled in 1905 and 1910 from roll lists, ordinance reports and participants' memory of men from Louisa County who served in the Civil War. The muster rolls contain information about the Thirteenth Regiment Virginia Infantry, Company D, Earley's Brigade, Stonewall Jackson Corps; and the Twenty Third Regiment Virginia Volunteers Infantry, Company G, Fredericks Hall Grays. Notes in the muster roll state that the Thirteenth Regiment, Company D was organized in 1860. Notes about the Twenty Third Regiment state that the company was organized at Fredericks Hall about April 1, 1861, and mustered in Richmond aobut May 1, 1861, where they were attached to the Twenty Third Regiment as Company G. Information recorded includes names, when and where mustered, by whom, when company was mustered in, and remarks such as when and where killed, deserted, wounded, etc. The lists are arranged with officers first and then all others alphabetically by surname. The two muster rolls occupy pp. 1-7 of the volume.

Louisa County (Va.) Muster Roll of Louisa County in the War with Germany, 1917-1918, is a listing of men who served in one of the several branches of the armed services during World War I. Information included in the muster roll includes name, address (town), age, color, selective service (date drafted), volunteers for army, navy and marine corps (date accepted and which branch), National Guard and naval militia (date and where mustered), rank, branch, and remarks which include notations about date discharged, reason and date of deaths, whether someone was a chaplain, etc. There is no index.

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.) Records Related to the Registration of Free Persons,1803-1865, includes two "Register of Free Negroes" volumes, 1754-1837 and 1837-1865; as well as loose "Free Negro" Registrations, 1803-1864, undated

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.

Louisa County (Va.) Tithables Lists, 1767-1854 and undated, consist of lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1767-1854 and undated. The lists are foldered by the tax collector name and year.

Louisa County (Va.) Township Records, 1870-1872, consist of papers related to the creation of the townships of the county. Papers include bonds of commissioners appointed to lay off the county into townships, report of commissioners appointed to lay off the county into townships, and three pages of minutes from Green Springs and Cuckoo townships concerning district line changes. Townships named in the report include Green Springs, Louisa Court House, Cuckoo, and Jackson. The election places for each township are also named.

Louisa County (Va.) Unidentified Account Book, 1846, is an account book volume, possibly from a store, that records payments made either in money or by labor for various goods. The persons in the book are most likely African Americans as the volume has the phrase "negro book" written on the inside cover. Each entry is made under the name of a person and records the goods purchased and either the money owed or paid, or if paid in labor and what labor was done. Kinds of goods purchased include sugar, tobacco, molasses, buttons, shoes, trousers, cloth, knives, a watch, and so forth. There is no discernible arrangement though there is an index at the front of the volume. The volume is extremely difficult to read due to ink bleed through from other pages.