I'm not sure if I need an expert or not...just need someone who can tell me positively which present day street/road in Cresaptown was once Virginia Street. It is listed as such on deeds dated 1841 and 1925. Thank you. Nora Florida Norman Collier wrote: > Jan, > > Are a Cresaptown semi expert? > > I am related to the Cresaps. > > Norman Collier > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet Adams" <janadams_99@yahoo.com> > To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:59 AM > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Old street names in Cresaptown > > > >> I believe that Winchester Rd. (Route 53) that runs >> from Cresaptown, past St. Ambrose Church to Pinto, MD >> used to be called Virginia Rd. There used to be a >> bridge at Pinto crossing the Potamac River into West >> Virginia (or Virginia pre-civil war). The road >> continued on to Winchester, VA. >> Jan >> >> --- Nora Avery-Wickham <cozycottage2005@bellsouth.net> >> wrote: >> >> >>> I'm interested in finding out where in Cresaptown >>> was Virginia Street in >>> both 1841 and 1925. >>> >>> My G-G Grandfather-Daniel Hutson, my G >>> Grandfather-John Bell Hutson, >>> and my Grandmother Armenia Susan Hutson Avery owned >>> property there. It >>> is listed on the deeds as Lot No. 2, fronting on >>> Virginia Street 82 1/2 >>> feet and running back 165 feet. >>> >>> While visiting Cumberland a few weeks ago I looked >>> in Cresaptown and >>> consulted the post office, but the street name has >>> changed. I ran out of >>> time or would have checked old maps at the public >>> library. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Nora Avery >>> Florida >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >>> to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word >>> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>> the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go >> with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. >> http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >