Louisa County Historical Society

The Belmont Club of Women held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Our guest speaker was Katelyn Coughlan of the Louisa County Historical Society. Her presentation was entitled “Women of Louisa County”. She spoke about many topics, i.e. women’s history, immigrants, the revolution for Central Virginia, Jack Jouett’s historical ride from Cuckoo to Monticello and much more. She also provided interesting maps showing the area years ago vs. now and the homes in those areas. She had many historical documents, pictures to share, but interestingly she didn’t have info to display/share for women’s history (which was the title of her presentation!). She explained that many of the women maintained everything when their husbands were gone, but they were never acknowledged via historical documentation because they were women.