Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-11-18

o Chesterfield c unity.
VIM. II. ROBERTSON,
OF Amelia County.
FTfher notice on the above. Road-Tne undo r,isned
wi alec prefer hi' indiv dual petition opposing the Road
question, az not called for by the publ snienc
local question, At out ting the lower sorner
Of Amelia, by new Bridge, and new continued Road
TO and In Chesterfield. 10 judicial case exures Iv
provided for BY our general Road Law. whereby the
Court Of the Two eonnes have sompsept lotion
70 grant and reiu'e the Road Bridge public and
private convenience may require Al tho last Ssssen
Of 'ns y neral Assembly, pc ion was pre,en,ed fci
ibis k'ad IN: no Ice being at III tim Sly ned bv som,
her citizens Of Amelia. than NJ sssr, Tpoma, T Gile,,
Robsr, Cousins, Sem. Ell. w. Anderson ard w ash E.
,oorn-MI; Ander;on' being the proprietor Of The
1dp.rn on the Amelia side IF the River |, will be
observed That 'he 'gDers just named re,dents or
iaod. holders OF lower Amelia, and that oil the
ct ha psri Of Tho Cou, ty will b, sonveni y assom-
nncda'ed In gong TO tho Rishmsnd market, BY the
Bdcge au horned to DO built a. the Exeter Mills,
the middle position betneen Petersburg and Be-
VIZ sidke. where public roads in every eonve-
nieot direction, on each eide Of The River, hav,
oefn long e,isblbed, and a ferry SUPP orted: Tha,
Mr., b. Moody, the proprietor Of tn. Spring
htm 1auern. on the C"est:Ifstd side. and Mr.. j. r
Boiling, OF lower Amelia (who sifn.r Of the 0,
no'ise) did make application 20 Chesterfield County
Cour Tor opening this same Road, AID epposed
Coor'' end an appeal IL now depending between then
snd the undersigned, concerning the same: Ttat IN.
iocdhes Of this Rosd are adapted % The prva.s vi.ws
OF few, and as The County CIurs Of Chesterfield and
Amelia have gnal Jurisdiction with The right d ,p-
peal, the updsrsigued ought not to be aggri,ved 10y
proceedings at the rame time, before The Cou OF JUS
use and tn. honorable L-giaure. Aud a, the notice
OF Tho las, Session brought into view besides Anne Ia
Dinwideir, Holloway, Sc. Sc il become. prope, To-
State that at former perioi the ner Assembly up.
der special Act, appointed fourteen Commits ioners Of
Dswiddie, B'un,wick, Mesklenburg, Lunenburg,
No'ttwsy, Amelia and Che s,ei field, with autho-
ri'y TO cause o be opened with .he tuperiDte ndns
agency OF the Courts OF Justice the mo dir ct ,sd
TO tbs Richmond market, for the bsnef, OF our
fellow siszens Of certain portions Of those South
ern C'onue', and part Of North Carolina, borae,-
ing on Brunswick Ard Meskienburg. Th,e, en-
missoners, assisted by their Surveyor, after care
tui examination, rejected any for Road on the
lands OF Cousins and Puryear, in Amelia, scros.
Appomattox, and through the lands in the Fork OF
near the confluence OF winterpock Creek, and In,
River 10 Chesterfield (he lands through which it i
proposed to conduct the present Road,) because i
on account OF The low grounds on the River and
Creek, liable to frequent Jrcsh.s, and the Intervening
Lengthy, s:upendousiy high clay hills ia woods but
that Bevils Bridge was sufficiently convenient the
largest portion OF the Southern ounties. Thew To-
Gated their Road and Bridge below the confluence
at Goose. Island, on ridge and eligible ground,
TO enter into the public Road, in Chesterfield 5eIO,c
uoodys Idrern. Their Bridge-se, on the south side
OF the River, was, at point, in direct land route
only short distance above Exeter Mills This Road
OF the Commissioners was soon abandoned, as the re
suit proved that the saving OF distance throughout IT.
whole length: and the public convenience, on com
Parison with tho existing numerous, direct and inter
secting old roads, did not justify the execution OF the
Pian-The undersigned was with some of the Commits.
sioners, when they were on tho lands, in and Just
ABOVE the commence and after they had completed their
duties, and the certificates Of two Of the last SURVEY.
ors OF them, sustain the material facts TO their pro
ceedngs, above stated.
1 eel proper to mention, that the proposed Raa,
crosses .nrerPoek Cree few yards above the nc
ton o. Buckhorn Banst, TO which The back waier
ne River fl wa 10 Freshes then it pas'ed by ,he Oh
MIL on III, Branch, near the Gre k, formerly Franei
pes, Afterwards Ch'lderS,' thence across the be,
OF the old nil pond 'eaides ,he fridge ard eau, e
ways on each side OF the creek serious di.nn,e O
ditchrg, rafting, u'ewaying and bridging AM
nj wards through un'rcddeD, inelgitls onDd dowi
to Mr.. Moody Tavern The saving OF distance OF
this Course in travelling TO Manchester when
will the convenience Of he d.vers6. ed r ,sd
by which Amelia and Chos,erfsd are intersecied II
every di eciion, will prove to be worthy OF sonsi
deEstion. ARCHIBALD THWEATT,
Log a re',dent on lands adjoining
Epp.s' FdliS, Appomat,ox River.
Nov Is. 55-wd