Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-08
We are authorized 10 state that counter-pctions will be
presented TO the opening OF the road mentioned in the above
notice. ARCHIBALD THWEATT,
vi Incslcrilcld County.
VIM. III. ROBERTSON.

presented to the opening road mentioned in The aoyc
notice. ARCHIBALD THWEATT
0f Chesterfield County
VIM H. ROBERTSON,
OF Amelia County.
will also prefer his individual petition opposing e Road
question: not called for by The public convenience Its
local question: about connecting the lower corner of Anc
ma by anew bridge and new continued Road to and in
Chesterfield 1t is judicial case, expressly provided for
by our general Road Law whereby the Courts the two
Counties have competent jurisdiction grant refuse
the Road and Bridge, public and private convenience
may require At the last Session of the General Assem-
bly,, petition presented for is Road tie notice
ing at that time signed by other citizens Amelia
than Messrs Thomas T. Giles, Robert Cousins Sen Ed
w. Anderson and Wash T. Torburn-Mr ANDERSON be-
ing the proprietor Of the Tdr7n on the qleha side of
the Rirr IL will be Observed that the sgners Just nam
cd are residents or landhoder of lower Amelia that
all the residents OF that part of the County will be
ncntly accommodated in going to the Richmond market
by the Bridge authorized TO be built the Exeter Mills
the middle position between Petersburg and Beys Bridge
where public roads in every convenient direction on each
side of the River have been long established and forty
supported: That Mr. Il. Moody, the proprietor Of the
Spring HW Ia"e'7i, ON The Gesferfeh side and Mr. j.
r. Boiling. Of lower Amelia (ylio was signor of The first
notice. did make application 10 Chesterfield County Court
Tor opening tins same Road and were opposed in Court
and appeal is depending between them and the
undersigned, concerning the That the ioeGli-
fisS oil this Road adapted TO the private views few
and as the County Courts Of Chesterfield and Amelia have
original jurisdiction with the right OF appeal the under
signed ought be aggricvcd by proceedings al t
time before the Court of justice ad the honorable
Legislature And the notice of the last Session brought
into view, besides Amelia, Dnwddic, Notioway, SC Sc
1t becomes proper 10 state, that former period
General Assembly under special Act appointed fourteen
Commissioners of their selection, two from each of
the Counties of Dinwiddc, Brunswick, Mcckenurg, I.u
nenburg, Noi,oway Amelia and Chesterfield wild aui.or
~ TO to be opened, with the experimenting agency
of the Courts Of Justice the direct Road tho Rich
mond market for the benefit OF our fellow citizens OF
tain portions of those Southern Counties, and part Of n
Carolina, bordering Brunswick and Mecklcnhurg.
These Commissioners, assisted by their Surveyor, after
careful examination, rejected any for Road the
lands of Cousins and Purycar i'll Amelia, Appoma
tox and through lands in the Fork or near the conu
The in heat
hc lands through which is proposed conduct the pre-
sent Road) because il not only mpracicalc get
good public Road, account of the low grounds the
River and Creek, liable 10 frequent eSheS and the
vcning lengthy, stupcndously high clay hills in woods bt
that BeviIs Bridge sufficiently convenient 10 the LARGEST
portion OF The Southern Counties They located their Road
and Bridgcsitc below the confluence Goose Islqd in
Amelia ON ridge and eiSibc ground so as TO enter into e
public Road, in Chesterfield beio'c .fOodyS Tdrcyn.
Their Bridge the south side of the River was at
point in direct land only short distance above
Exeter Mills This Road of the Commissioners was soon
abandoned The result proved that the saving of distance
throughout its whole length and the public convenience
comparison with the existing numerous direct and in
tersecing old roads, did not justify the execution of the
plan.-Thc undersigned with Of the Conms-
sioncrs when they the lands, in and just above
the confluence and after they had pced their duties
and the certificates of of The survivors of them
sustain the material facts their proceedings, above
stated.
1t also proper 10 mention, that The proposed Road
es Wintepock Creek few yards above the junction of
Buckhoin Branch, TO which the backwatcr of the Ri
yer flows in Fcses then il passed nv the Old Mill the
Branch the Creek, orfcrly Francis Eppes after
wards Chdors thence the bed of the old mill pond
(beSidcs the bridge and causeway each side the
creck) serious distance of d'chng, raising cause
waying and bridging will be required aud after
wards it IL conducted through unroddcn ineligible
ground, down to Mr.. Moodys Tavern. The saving of
distance this course in travelling To Manchester,
when compared with the convenience of the numerous
diversified Roads by which Amelia and Chesterfield are
ntersccted in every direction will prove TO hc unworthy
OF consideration. ARCHIBALD THWEATT,
Long resident lands adjoining Eppes' Falls Appo.
mat;oN River, and each side Of Wintcrpock Creek
short distance above the confluence,
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