Lunenburg County

The Read and Reid Families of Charlotte and Rockbridge Counties

Foote records two distinct Virginia families whose surnames are easily confused. The Read family was established at Bushy Forest in present-day Charlotte County and became prominent in county government, Revolutionary service, education, and the ministry. The Reid family entered Rockbridge County through several migrations and became connected by marriage with the Alexander and McDowell families. Foote does not establish a relationship between the Read and Reid lines.

The Carrington Family of Cumberland and Charlotte Counties

The Carrington family established itself first along Willis Creek in what became Cumberland County and later formed an influential branch in Charlotte County. Through marriages with the Mayo, Read, Cabell, Venable, Bernard, Sims, and Watkins families, its descendants became prominent in Virginia’s legal, political, military, and educational life. The following account brings together the Carrington family references scattered throughout William Henry Foote’s Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Second Series, arranging them by generation and family relationship. Paul Carrington and the Barbados Family Foote begins the family line with Paul Carrington and his wife, whom he describes as belonging to … Read more

Mecklenburg County Public Library Collection of Yearbooks

1956 The Golden Link Yearbook, Bluestone High School, Skipworth, Virginia

The Mecklenburg County Public Library has digitized numerous yearbooks of schools in Mecklenburg County Virginia, Brunswick County Virginia, and Lunenburg County Virginia. These yearbook images they have placed online for everyone at Internet Archive. To facilitate your access we have provided links to the individual yearbooks below, by year published, oldest to newest. All 73 of these yearbooks, can be read, and/or downloaded from the following links for free!