While Renaissance Books carries thousands of well-known used books, there's no shortage of rarities within the store.

Halfmoon Town Clerk and Historian Lynda Bryan displays the town’s newly acquired historical "indentured documents" from the 1700s on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at Halfmoon Town Hall.

Books are on sale at the Museum Store, and can be ordered by phone at 828-497-3481 x 208, or online at www.cherokeemuseum.org. Softcover retails for $24.99 and hardcover is $39.99.

One of the books includes entries from 1758 through 1818 — covering the period of the American Revolutionary War, along with the time when Freeman was enslaved by the Ashleys, and after her trial.

STAUNTON — The Augusta County Courthouse now has four recently restored record books back from extensive work. Some of the records date back to the late 1700s. Augusta County Clerk of Circuit Court R.

The treasure trove included records spanning from the late 1700s through the 1980s when most official records were starting to be digitized. ... Random books contain naturalization records, ...

The Trustees of Reservations has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize record books of a family that enslaved Black people, including Elizabeth Freeman.