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From: "Wilmer L. Kerns" <>
Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] tolls on Northwest Turnpike
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:31:22 -0400
In-Reply-To: <001201c13247$a723e9a0$63378118@se.mediaone.net>


The information that you seek is housed in the Library of Virginia under
Public Works (Northwest Turnpike records). These records are voluminous,
including tolls, traffic counts, payrolls of persons making repairs, etc.
Also, there are 60 volumes of field notes by engineer C. Crozet who was
hired by Virginia. Crozet was Napoleon's chief engineer. You could spend a
month in these records without reading everything available, including
sectional maps that pinpoint the residences along the way (1820s-1840s).

Wilmer L. Kerns

-----Original Message-----
From: John [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:06 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] New Creek and Westward Migration to Ohio


Could anyone give me information as to where toll booths were located on
this turnpike and who inn keepers and toll colklectors were? Thank you,
John McGee Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilmer L. Kerns" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:59 PM
Subject: RE: [WVHAMPSH-L] New Creek and Westward Migration to Ohio


> Phyllis,
>
> The Northwestern Turnpike (now US Rt. 50) was not completed until the
1830s
> and 1840s. Most settlers going west prior to that used the National Road,
> which is approximately the same course as US Route 40.
>
> Wilmer L. Kerns
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:48 PM
> To:
> Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] New Creek and Westward Migration to Ohio
>
>
> Many thanks to all of you that let me gently realize that New Creek is
today
> in Mineral County instead of Hampshire County where I was looking for it.
> Now that I found it on the map thanks to your help<g>, I am wondering if
> anyone can point me to a good resource regarding travel to Ohio about
1810.
>
> The Sheridan family seems to have been in Hampshire County until about
1810.
> In abt. 1811, a child was born in Maryland. By 1814 the family was in
> Tuscawaras Co., Ohio and eventually settled in Richland/Ashland Co. Ohio
abt
> 1820.
>
> In looking at the Handy Book for Genealogists, the New Creek area seems
> relatively close to the Old Northwestern Turnpike which seems to pass
> through
> Maryland with a western terminus in Parksburg. Was this route in use at
> this
> time? I am interested in how long would such a journey would typically
take
> and other such information. Any reference suggestions?
>
> Thanks again for sharing so much information with me.
>
> Phyllis
>
>
>

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