Editing Louisa County, Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
* [[James Waddel Alexander]] (1804–1859), born in Louisa County, noted [[Presbyterian]] minister and professor at [[Princeton Theological Seminary]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Arthur P. Bagby]] (1794–1858), born in Louisa County, tenth [[Governor of Alabama]] from 1837 to 1841.
* [[Henry "Box" Brown]] (c.1816–after 1889), a slave who escaped to freedom by having himself mailed in a wooden crate to Pennsylvanian abolitionists.
* [[Paxus Calta]] (b. 1957), anti-nuclear activist, blogger and member of [[Twin Oaks Community]] and [[Acorn Community]].
* [[Dabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman)|Dabney Carr]] (1743–1773), celebrated Louisa County patriot.
* [[Patrick Henry]] (1736–1799), at Roundabout Plantation, eight miles southwest of Louisa Court House, Patrick Henry lived in Louisa County from 1765 to 1768, when he sat for Louisa County in the House of Burgesses. This was the beginning of his political career.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/hiway_markers/marker.cfm?mid=3541 Virginia Historical Markers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609174408/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/hiway_markers/marker.cfm?mid=3541 |date=June 9, 2012 }}, Virginia Historical Marker W-211: '''Patrick Henry's Home'''</ref>
* [[Charles W. Kent]] (1860–1917), English scholar
* [[Charles Henry Langston]] (1817–1892), born free and of mixed racial ancestry, one of two men tried and convicted after [[Oberlin-Wellington Rescue]], abolitionist and political activist in Ohio and [[Kansas]].
* [[John Mercer Langston]] (1829–1899), abolitionist, activist, educator and politician; in 1855 first black person in Ohio elected to public office, first dean of [[Howard University]] law school, first president of [[Virginia State University]], in 1888 first black person to be elected to the [[United States Congress]] from [[Virginia]].
* [[Flora Molton]] (1908–1990), singer.
* [[John Overton (judge)|John Overton]] (1766–1833), born in Louisa County, notable political leader who was an adviser to [[Andrew Jackson]] and co-founder of [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
* [[James Waddel]] (1739–1805), celebrated Presbyterian preacher