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Compiled by Norwood Thorpe

Originally published in the ECHGS newsletter.  Used with their permission

Road Overseers - 1835

Overseer Area Responsible
James Johnson From Whites ferry to where it intersects the road beyond Burgins.
Aaron Richardson From the forks of the road at Martins Ford to Vaughns Branch
Samuel Kelly From Bentons line to William Alcorn's branch
Simpson Park From the forks of the road near Cox's Ford to Big Doe Creek
James Sheffield From Bar Waller on Mount Scratchum to the foot of the hill this side of Jesse Noland's
Adudson Vaughn From his place to the ford of Millers Creek
John W. Moore From Irvine to the Bar Waller and Mount Scratchum
Aaron Barnes From the forks of the road near Blackwells to the dividing line between Jesse Tipton and James Brown
Audly Campbell From the forks of the road near A.D. Campbell to intersection of the road nears Barnes' mill
Josiah Johnson From Tillman Sharps to Wilda McKinneys
Tucker Abney From the dividing line between James Brown and Jesse Tipton to the foot of the mountian where Samuel West's road leaves said road
John Arvine From the ford of Millers Creek to a white oak marked AA
Nathan Lutes From the ford of the river at Rock Shoal to the Tar Kilm
Obed Noland From Rock Shoal to the Clay County line
William Elliott From the forks of the road near Webber Harris to Sheffields
John Brown From the ford of the creek at John Scrivners to the branch opposite Frumans
John Logsdon From the Lick road at the mouth of Tudors & Gums lane to John Murphys
Leroy Tudor From the forks of the road this side of Tudors to the Old lick on Drowning Creek
Joel White From the forks of the road near White Oak to Triggs old boat yard
Charles Witt From the ford of the river near Lackeys to intersect the road from the mouth of Callaways Creek near the school house
Isaac Wiseman From Callaways Creek to Joshua Mize's Spring
Allen Witt From the Richmond road near the school to the river near the mouth of Callaways Creek
Peter Mason From Sheffields to the furnace
Aaron Horn From Wilda McKenneys to Red River at the old meeting house
Samuel Wheeler From the foot of the mountain where West's road leaves the road to the furnace
Samuel I. Vaughn From Tates to the Montgomery County line
Luther Wasson From the Old Bridge to Waddy Tates
Johnson Pigg From the forks of the road near Irvine to Joshua Mize's Spring

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