Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-11-25
VIM. ii. ROBERTSON,

inc above notice. ARCHIBALD THwEATT.
OF Chesterfield County.
VIM H. ROBERTSON,
o Amelia County,
Farther notice on the above Road:-The und. rsisned
WI" also prefer his individual opposing tho Road
question: as not called for by The public
10 local question, about come ms the lowe corner
Of Apeli', by anew Bridge; and new continued Read
to and In Chesterfield lis judicial case. xnr. s,lv
provided Tor by our general Road Law whereby the
Courts oil the two counties have iurisdicoo
70 grant aud refuse the Road and Bridge public and
Pfvae sonven'encs may require Al The last Session
Of me General Assembly, pc ition was presented for
ibis hoad tho notice being that time sgne nv ,om.
Gner e'zen: CT Amelia than Me.srs. Taomss Gile,,
E'ber' Cou,ins, San. Ell. w. Anderson and Wash E.
aoroufn-Mr. Anderson. being the proprietor of the
Ldoern on the Amelia side Of the River. /, wall be
,na' the 'isnet' Just named, are residents
Iand-hoders OF lower Am.l, and that all tho re
OF that part Of the County wi sonvenisuv accom-
moea,ed IN gong TO the Richmond market, by the Bridge
au'norized 10 DO built At the ExGr Mill, the middle
p, s,ion between Psersburg aud BsviPs Bridge where
pubic roads in every convenient dree on on ca eb side
Of ms River, have been long established, and ferry
supported That Mr.. Is. Moody, the propretor of he
Spring HH Idrern on the Chesterfield side and Mr. j
r. Boiling, OF lower Amelia, (who was sguer Of the
nrs noise) did make application 70 Chesterfield County
Cour', ard an appeal 10 ndirg between the m
anu the undsr'is ned concerning the same That the
loedtes OF THIS Road arc adapted 10 the private ws
OF isw and az the County Courts Of Cbe,er6sl cid and
hmel have original Jurisdiction with the right of ap-
peat me undersigned ought not to be sggtieyed by
p.oeeeang' AZ the same time before the Court Of Jus
o, 'h 'as' session brought into view besides Amelia
Dnwiddie' Holloway, Sc. SC. il becomes proper 10
sae hat ut former period the General Ascent iv mn.
der special Act, appointed fourteen Commssir ns,s If
their own selection, two feom each Of the eounts.
OF Dinwitdie, Brunswick, Meckls, burg. Lunenburg,
Noiioway, Amelia, and Chesterfield with autho,i,y :"
cause to be opened with ihs experimenting sgensy of
the Courts of Jutee, the drec, Road 10 the Rich
mond maxi et, for The benefit of felsw-ciizens of
certain portions OF those Southern Counes and Fart of
Norsh Carolina bordering On Brunswick and Meek
ienourk Taese Commssionsrs assiSed by heir Sur.
veyor after saieiui examination, rejected any route
Ter Road on the lands OF Cousins and Puryear in Anne
VA, across Appomatox. and through the lands In the
FORK, or near tho eoLh nnsa 1f Winierpock Creek,
AGA the RIVER In (tde lands through which
proposed 10 conduct The present Read,) besause II
was not only imPrasticabo to get good pubic Road
on account OF the low grounds on the River and
lengthy, .,ur. ndousy high clay hills In woods, bu
,ka' Bevrs Bridge was tu1ici-ny convenient, to the
rges, por lon OF he South I'm Coune,. They located
,hir Road and Bridgc-site below tbe COZ fuenee Al
Goose Island, in Amelia, on ge and eligible ground
so az 10 sner into the public Road in Cheser Id be-
ioc 1Moodys Tduen. Their b dge-siie, on the south
only short dis ance above Exeter Mile This r lad of
The Commissioners as abandoned, as the re suit
proved thai the saving Of distance its whole
ispg'h AID the public convenience, on comparison
win me ex'sog numerous drest aud ipterse sting old
roads, did not justify the execution of the pan.-The
undersigned was with some OF the Commissioner,
when they were on The landr, in and Just above the
cor huence, aud after they had completed ther duties
and 'he seri Gates OF two Of the last survivors
sustain the material fss, as TO the proceedings above
STA ed.
Iisaso proper TO mention, that the proposed Road
crosses Wint'rpo'k eek few yards above the jung
zion o. Buckhorn Bsansh, to which the back-water OF
The River flows in freshes, then it passes by the Old
MI on The Branch, near h- Greek, formerly Franei.
EpPss', a'erward' ChIders', thence across the bed
OF The old mill pond, (bssides tho bridge and cause
way on each aide OF the ersek) serious dis ance of
ching, raising, causewayiug e, end Bridging will
be required, and afterwards il is conducted through
unrodden. insiigiblo ground, down 10 Mr. Moody's
Tavern The saving OF dis'sneo this course in ira.
Yelling TO Manchester, whn compared with Inc
nenee OF the mum. rous diversified Roads by viii,
Amelia and Chesie field Interested in every di-
rectin, will prove 10 be worthy Of confederation
ARCHIBALD THWEATT,
Long proprietor OF lands adj hing Eppss Fails, APP
psmattox RIVER and on each eide OF Wn,erposk creek
short distance abovs the confluence.
Nov. I5. 53-4t
GThe errors in Mr.. Thweatt's preceding advertise
ment were committed by us in the hurry Of printing.