Joe, The thing of interest to me here is how wrong I've been in thinking about access among the three valleys. If you had asked me a week ago how someone would go from Hamburg, Page Co. to Woodstock in 1800, I'd have said out the pike through the New Market Gap, then down the Valley Pike. But, I'm a callow youth and think in terms of cars where the extra 5 miles means nothing. My great grandfather lived at Saumsville and, when he came to Luray, always used the Edinburg Gap; but then, he started crossing that mountain before 1900 when he used a horse or shank's mare. I have to think about the Milford and 675 roads being at least as important as Rte 211, at least in terms of going to the courthouse. I bet I've told other prople a hundred times not to make the mistake of seeing old time folks in terms of our modern world! Proves the old adage that you can't hear with your mouth open. Jwbake@aol.com wrote: > My notes indicate that 1814 was the first year the distance from the >Shenandoah County Courthouse to each piece of taxable land was shown. There may be an >entry regarding this and the method of measurement in the Shenandoah County >Order Book during the time period ca. 1812-1814. Also the Virginia Assembly >may have enacted a law requiring this information be recorded and stipulated the >method of measuring the distance. > >Joe > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >Shenandoah Co VAGenWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/vashenan.html > > > >

Lena and I have been discussing the date of the map which I thought when copied to be 1825 Boye. As she notes, the one dark line on the map is a railroad runnng from Manassas west to Front Royal. . .Strasburg. . .and south throught the Valley to Timberville. It is possible what I have copied is a later version of the map or another--will verify next week and report back to the list. Sorry for any confusion. Sandra