Complex sentence: As a young man, Burroughs traveled Tidewater Virginia at the turn of the nineteenth century building stone and brick structures, including the county clerks' offices in York and Middlesex Counties.
Split into simpler sentences: As a young man, Burroughs worked in the Tidewater Virginia region at the turn of the nineteenth century. During his travels he built stone and brick structures, including the county clerks' offices in York and Middlesex Counties.