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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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"Thar's gold in them thar...umm...Piedmont!"

With great reward can come great destruction and controversy. Two recently rediscovered Albemarle County chancery causes illustrate that reality. Read more in today's The UncommonWealth.

https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/06/14/operating-for-gold-gold-mining-in-nineteenth-century-virginia/



Vincent T. Brooks
Senior Local Records Archivist
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804-692-3525
Fax 804-692-2277
The Uncommonwealth<https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/>


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