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The Goochland County Historical Society
welcomes you to our web site. We are pleased to offer information about our organization and the history of Goochland County. Browse these pages and discover information about the Jail c. 1833, which is now a museum, our research
library, the museum shop, and current data about Goochland
County. For further information we have provided links to other web pages that may be of interest.
Hours:
Our offices in the Historical Center are open
April through October, Tuesday
to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. During November
through March, we are open Wednesday
through Friday. At other times, visitors are welcome
by appointment. Call (804) 556-3966 for more information. At
this time, the Jail Museum is open by appointment.
Next
Membership Meeting: Sunday, May 18, 2008, 3 P.M. Tuckahoe
Plantation, 12601 River Road, Richmond, Virginia located
on River Road between Route 288 and Tuckahoe Creek. Our guest
speaker will be the author Alan Pell Crawford
who will discuss his most recent book Twilight
at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson.
Mr. Crawford's prior work was titled Unwise Passions,
a revealing 1700's story of the Randolph branch of Jefferson's
family.
2008
Vintage Goochland Calendars NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE
PREVIEW Available
for purchase at the Historical Center or by mail through the
museum shop.
A
project to increase the historical content presented on this
website is underway. If you should have materials that would
enhance information about Goochland's past, please consider
sharing. The Society will photograph items and scan documents
suitable for presentation at your convenience. Please contact
the Historical Center.
Recent
Contributions from GCHS Members and Supporters
Barn
Fire at Castle Rock, 1908 Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia, Supplemental Petition for Writ of Error, Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway Company vs Ann S. Rutherfoord's Exor and
Record of Case Notes.
Goochland
County Historical Marker Program
The
Society, through the efforts of our member-volunteers, has
developed a program to erect county historical markers commemorating
a person, site, building or event of local significance.
Information
about the program is located in the Program
Description, the Marker
Process provides further information about protocol and
costs, and the Nomination
Form is used to start the commemoration.
Of
Note: Our photograph collections are a significant
holding of the Society. They tell many stories about our heritage
and serve as a resource for our publications. The Board of
Directors has adopted a photographic services policy that
makes the Society's photographs available. Please review the
Photographic Services
to view the fee schedule and the Photographic
Services Order Form to place an order. The order form
also contains the terms and conditions of use.
The
Society has acquired more than 1,200 volumes of genealogical
material from the library of Reverend Forrest D. Sheets, past
president of the Society and former pastor of Byrd Presbyterian
Church. See the May
2004 Newsletter in our archives for more information.
Facilities:The Society maintains two facilities.
The Jail Museum, located on
the Courthouse Green, now houses our Museum Exhibits featuring
artifacts representing various periods of County history. The
Historical Center, located just East of the
Courthouse at 2875 River Road West (Route 6), houses our offices,
research library, map and photograph collections, and museum
shop. There, Historical Society members are available to welcome
visitors to Goochland, assist researchers and to answer mail
or telephone inquiries about County history or genealogical
research. Our map collection offers maps from 1820 to the present
with roads, churches, mills and transportation depots. The photograph
collection contains pictures of identified persons, events and
buildings in Goochland.
Pictured
is the Goochland County Courthouse, located on the Courthouse
Green in Goochland , Virginia on State Route 6, approximately
25 miles west of Richmond's Capitol Square.
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