--------------020203060905020308040307 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Those of you with early Virginia kin will be interested in this new offering on the Virginia Dept of Transportation's website. These documents record some of the early VA road orders... "The establishment and maintenance of public roads were among the most important functions of the county court during the colonial period in Virginia. Each road was opened and maintained by an overseer (or surveyor) of the highways, who was appointed each year by the Gentlemen Justices. The overseer was usually assigned all the able-bodied men (the "Labouring Male Tithables") living on or near the road. These laborers then furnished their own tools, wagons, and teams and were required to work on the roads for six days each year." "County court records relating to roads and transportation are collectively known as "road orders." The Virginia Transportation Research Council's published volumes of road orders and related materials contain not only information on early roads, but also the names of inhabitants who lived and worked along the roadways, plantations, farms, landmarks, landforms, and bodies of water." "Much of this information is found nowhere else in early records, making these publications invaluable not only to historical and cultural resource research, but also to other disciplines, including social history, preservation planning, environmental science, and genealogy." VTRC Number Author, Title 04-R17 Miller, A.B. New Kent County and Hanover County Road Orders 1706-1743 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/04-r17.pdf> 03-R19 Mitchell B. Fairfax County Road Orders 1749-1800 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/03-r19.pdf> 02-R14 Pawlett, N.M., Miller, A.B., and Clark, K.M. Amelia County Road Orders Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/02-r14.pdf> 99-R17 Pawlett, N.M., Miller, A.B., Clark, K.M.and Samuel, T.L. Jr. Augusta County Road Orders 1745-1769 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/99-r17.pdf> 94-TAR13 Miller, A.B. Culpeper County Road Orders, 1763-1764 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/94-tar13.pdf> 93-R17 Pawlett, N.M., and Boyd, T.J. Lunenburg County Road Orders, 1746-1764 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/93-r17.pdf> 90-R6 Miller, A.B. Orange County Road Orders, 1750-1800 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/90-r6.pdf> 89-R1 Pawlett, N.M. Brunswick County Road Orders, 1732-1749 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/89-r1.pdf> 85-R17 Pawlett, N.M. Spotsylvania County Road Orders, 1722-1734 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r17.pdf> 85-R2 Miller, A.B. Orange County Road Orders, 1734-1749 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r2.pdf> 81-R36 Pawlett, N.M. Albemarle County Roads, 1725-1816 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/81-r36.pdf> (2 MB. Size) 78-R16 Pawlett, N.M. A Brief History of Roads in Virginia, 1607-1840 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/78-r16.pdf> 76-R45 Pawlett, N.M. An Index to Roads in the Albemarle County Surveyors Books Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/76-r45.pdf> 76-R32 Pawlett, N.M. and Newlon, H. The Route of the Three Notchd Road Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/76-r32.pdf> 76-R27 Pawlett, N.M. Albemarle County Road Orders, 1783-1816 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/76-r27.pdf> 75-R72 Pawlett, N.M. Albemarle County Road Orders, 1744-1748 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/75-r72.pdf> 75-R71 Pawlett, N.M. Goochland County Road Orders, 1728-1744 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/75-r71.pdf> 75-R59 Young, D. A Brief History of the Staunton and James River Turnpike Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/75-r59.pdf> 75-R43 Pawlett, N.M. Louisa County Road Orders, 1742-1748 Online Report <http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/75-r43.pdf> Happy Hunting, Ed Waller --------------020203060905020308040307--