September 29, 2013 / Joanne Yeck

Buckingham Migrations: Richmond, Virginia

Photo Courtesy Kitty Snow

Buckingham slate graces the Mortuary Chapel at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, a permanent reminder of the many families, including my Woodsons, who migrated from Buckingham County to Richmond at the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century. Tom Woodson (b. 1875) became a conductor on the Richmond streetcar, a far cry from farming, hunting, and whittling at his home on Muddy Creek.

Interested in Tom Woodson’s transition from country to city, I was drawn to Kitty Snow’s first book, From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the lens of Harris Stilson (Dietz Press, 2013). Read more about her and her great-grandfather’s photography in the July 10^th post: Buckingham County: Migration to Richmond

Kitty Snow is preparing a new book, On the West Clay Line, and she’s using crowd funding to help her with the project. Visit her Kickstarter page and learn how you can be a part of preserving Richmond’s history: Richmond, 1919: pictures and stories