Thanks for the response to my bit about road orders and petitions but I wasn't the one who posted the map of Granville Co. Barbara M On Aug 4, 2008, at 11:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Barbara M. wrote in response my thanking her for her posting on > the internet > an early map of Granville Co., NC, which also had some residents named > Harris--and a lot of other common names. > > Another very helpful source , if available, are the Petitions for > Roads submitted by residents to the county governments.. When these > were circulated around for signatures, most every male head of > household in the general area seems to have signed-- even with an > X. . They give a great list of the people living in one specific > area. I have found this especially helpful in mid-western states > where counties have been split up and then split again. I use these > petition records (where available) along with land records and old > maps. Good substitute where there are no watercourses of importance. > Barbara Metzger > > Dear Barbara--and interested others - > > Thanks for jogging my memory. > > Lately the Dept. of Transportation in Virginia has published some road > orders of various counties. In fact, some of their publications > are on the > internet, and, not long ago, there was a notice about a FREE CD > from VA DOT of > these published road orders. > > Unfortunately, for some of my Virginia folks--who went thataway-- > some of > these Virginia road orders are too late -- dates.after my folks > had started > their migrations westward--mainly to Kentucky. > > _http://www.virginiadot.org/VTRC/main/online_reports/pdf/76-r27.pdf_ > (http://www.virginiadot.org/VTRC/main/online_reports/pdf/76-r27.pdf) > > The first booklet is about Albemarle Co., but there are 335 pages > altogether, and currently I do not have time to explore what comes > after Albemarle Co. > > In court records of other States/Colonies, however, I do find road > orders. > And in some early Virginia vestry books, those that survive, the > processioning records group neighbors together, which is quite > helpful. > > Thanks, again, Barbara. > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review? > ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message