Collections

Bedford County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1751-1929, consist of road petitions that include orders, reports, and plats if filed with petitions; road applications; road reports that include orders if filed with reports and commissioner's reports; road orders not filed with reports or petitions; road accounts that include payments and claims; road overseer records that include writs of ad quod damnum, builder's bonds, plats, receipts, contracts, Board of Supervisor's papers related to roads, bids, correspondence related to roads, contracts, right-of-way papers, State Corporation Commission railroad opinion filed with road records; road hand records; miscellaneous road records that include bridge records, oversize plats and plans, and mill dam records filed with road and bridge records.

Henrico County (Va.) Map and Survey of Road Districts, 1884, consist of a map and survey of fourteen road districts in Henrico County west of Mechanicsville Turnpike. The survey records the boundaries of each road district. The map shows the boundaries of each road district, roads, bridges, and prominent landmarks such as creeks, coal pits, stores, mills, and churches.

Henrico County (Va.) Road Books, 1853-1870, record the appointment of road surveyors and surveys of individual roads in Henrico County.

Norfolk County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1719-1925, consist of the following records: road petitions include orders, reports, and plats if filed with petitions; road applications; road reports include orders if filed with reports and commissioner's reports; road orders not filed with reports or petitions; road accounts include payments and claims; road overseer records include papers related to overseers, viewers, and surveyors such as petitions, applications, orders, communication to courts, appointments, resignations, and bonds; road hand records; medical excuses from road work; jury records related to roads; miscellaneous road records include orders of publication, court correspondence related to roads, writs of ad quod damnum, petitions for writs of mandamus, builder's bonds, plats, receipts, summons, contracts, road commissioner appointments, petitions for road trustees, road fines collected, board of supervisor papers related to roads, turnpike and drawbridge company papers; bridge records include petitions, memorials, communication from bridge companies, commissioner's reports, papers relating to causeways, papers relating to mill dams, reports, and orders; ferry records include petitions; orders; reports; leases and contracts; accounts; appraisements; papers related to Federal interests in ferry operations; receipts; communication from agents, superintendents, ferry committee, neighboring localities; drain records include various records relating to drain requests; and dock, wharf, landing, and harbor records.

Powhatan County (Va.) Road and Bridge Records, 1782-1912, consist of the following records: Ferry Records, 1817-1886; Road and Bridge Committee Minutes, 1911; Road Accounts, 1793-1788, undated; Mill Records, 1790-1841, undated; Road Orders, 1804-1903; Road Surveyors Appointments, 1801-1878; Road Reports, 1787-1893, undated; Lists of Road Surveyors, 1796-1885; Lists of Road Hands, 1813-1857, undated; Road Hand Records, 1802-1879; Medical Excuses From Road Work, 1881; Road Claims, 1876-1879; Commissioner of Road Settlements, 1888; Road Petitions, 1782-1915, undated (includes petitions, applications, plats, and motions for roads.)