Bettie Woodson Weaver is an author and former schoolteacher from Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. She has written several works focused on local history and natural resources in central Virginia. She has written several articles for on local history, including a local history textbook used in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Chesterfield County

Chesterfield County, Virginia

Chesterfield County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. In 2010, its population was estimated to be 316,236. Chesterfield County is now the fourth-largest municipality in Virginia . Its county seat is Chesterfield...

 has named an elementary school in her honor (Bettie Weaver Elementary in Midlothian, Virginia

Midlothian, Virginia

Midlothian is an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Founded over 300 years ago as a coal mining village, it is now a suburban community located in the Southside of Richmond well beyond the city limits of Richmond in the Richmond–Petersburg region.It was named...

).

Her latest work is "“The Continental Training Depot and General Rendez-Vous at Chesterfield Courthouse, Virginia (1780-1781) with rosters of Chesterfield County Revolutionary War Officers and Troops from 1775-1783." She has contributed to the Journal of Southern History (JSTOR), and the magazine article "The Mines of Midlothian."

Further reading

• Weaver, Bettie W. (1961—1962) The Mines of Midlothian, in Virginia Cavalcade Winter: pages 40–47.
• Weaver, Bettie W. "Midlothian, Highlights of Its History" (1994).