Hello Everyone (I apologize for cross-posting) Maybe I'm way behind here, but doing a google search for a Hezekiah Bussey, I came across the following Virginia Dept of Transportation website that has several early road order books online in PDF format. (Free Adobe Reader needed for PDF files downloadable at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html). I hope there's someone else out there besides me that didn't know about this (smile). Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter -- Info & List follows: http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/index_main.htm Using the links on the left, click on Publications. Click on this at the bottom of the lefthand column: VTRC's historic road documents are now available online. You will find the following (links at end): 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 03-R19 Mitchell B. Fairfax County Road Orders 1749-1800 Online Report 02-R14 Pawlett, N.M., Miller, A.B., and Clark, K.M. Amelia County Road Orders Online Report 99-R17 Pawlett, N.M., Miller, A.B., Clark, K.M.and Samuel, T.L. Jr. Augusta County Road Orders 1745-1769 Online Report 94-TAR13 Miller, A.B. Culpeper County Road Orders, 1763-1764 Online Report 93-R17 Pawlett, N.M., and Boyd, T.J. Lunenburg County Road Orders, 1746-1764 Online Report 90-R6 Miller, A.B. Orange County Road Orders, 1750-1800 Online Report 89-R1 Pawlett, N.M. Brunswick County Road Orders, 1732-1749 Online Report 85-R17 Pawlett, N.M. Spotsylvania County Road Orders, 1722-1734 Online Report 85-R2 Miller, A.B. Orange County Road Orders, 1734-1749 Online Report 81-R36 Pawlett, N.M. Albemarle County Roads, 1725-1816 Online Report (2 MB. Size) 78-R16 Pawlett, N.M. A Brief History of Roads in Virginia, 1607-1840 Online Report 76-R45 Pawlett, N.M. An Index to Roads in the Albemarle County Surveyor’s Books Online Report 76-R32 Pawlett, N.M. and Newlon, H. The Route of the Three Notch’d Road Online Report 76-R27 Pawlett, N.M. Albemarle County Road Orders, 1783-1816 Online Report 75-R72 Pawlett, N.M. Albemarle County Road Orders, 1744-1748 Online Report 75-R71 Pawlett, N.M. Goochland County Road Orders, 1728-1744 Online Report 75-R59 Young, D. A Brief History of the Staunton and James River Turnpike Online Report 75-R43 Pawlett, N.M. Louisa County Road Orders, 1742-1748 Online Report