I know other people have commented on this, but I was just at VHS and I have
more current info.

The Gilmer maps are available at the VHS Museum Shop at the cost per map of
$20.00 plus tax.  If you order them from the Museum shop on-line at
http://www.vahistorical.org/ the cost is $20.00 plus actual shipping.

The Gilmer maps are 94 surviving maps produced from 1862-1864 under the
supervision of Confederate  engineer Lt.Col. Jeremy Francis Gilmer; 75 of
them have been reproduced.  They are very detailed, giving locations and
names of inhabitants, churches, schools, mills, etc.  For whatever reason,
some names are omitted (our plantation is shown, including the outbuildings,
but the owner's name was omitted.  And no, they weren't Union
sympathizers.).  There are not surviving maps for every county; for
instance, there are none for Appomattox, Halifax or Pittsylvania.  The VHS
website tells you which ones are reproduced.

Kathy Liston


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Subject: Virginia Historical Society - Gilmer Maps -


> Hello to the list...this site at the Library of Congress may be of
interest
> to those interested in the Gilmer Maps
>
> http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmconm.html
>
> And this is found on a Virginia GenWeb site - it may assist you.
>
> Availability of 1864 Gilmer map of Mecklenburg, information November 1999.
> Before
> you order, you might contact the Virginia Historical Society to assure
there
> has been no price change since this posting: Gilmer maps in the
collection -
> the Virginia Historical Society has reproduced 75 of the maps and does
> include Mecklenburg County, 1864 map, map #56. They also have another map
> listed as Mecklenburg, Brunswick and Greensville Counties, 1864. The maps
are
> reproduced on a heavy, buff paper. The cost of each map is $30.00 plus
$5.00
> shipping. (Add $1.35 tax per map if you are a Virginia resident.) You may
> send an order and a check to: Virginia Historical Society, 428 North
> Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220, Attention: Museum Shop. If you would like
to
> order by phone, you may call 804-342-9671.
>
>
> Alice in Fluvanna
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