Burke County, NC – Act to Lay Road, 1828 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to appoint commissioners on a part of the road leading from Morganton to Avery's turnpike road in Burke county Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Charles M'Dowell, William M'Gimpsey, James Marlon, William English and Samuel Brown, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be to lay off a road from the house of William M'Gimpsey to Avery's turnpike road, as nearly along the present route as possible, so that it pass over the best ground and follow the nearest direction that the intervening country will admit. Source: NC Archives Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1828 Chapter XC Page 55 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts - gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________