Chapter XXXII. *to alter and to establish sundry Post Roads.* April 23, 1800. [Obsolete.] Section 1
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Chap. XXXII.— An Act *to alter and to establish sundry Post Roads.* April 23, 1800. [Obsolete.] Section 1. Discontinuance of certain post roads. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following post roads be discontinued, viz:—From Washington to Peters-burg, in Georgia; from Augusta, by Robinson’s, at the White Ponds, and Gillet’s Mills, to Coosawhatchie; from Charlotte, by Lincolnton, to Act of May 1, 1810.Statesville, North Carolina; from Chester Courthouse to Spartan Court-house; from Fayetteville, by Lumberton, to Cheraw Courthouse; from Moffat’s store to Danville; from Culpepper Courthouse to Orange Court-43 SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. 1. Ch. 32. 1800. house; from Leesburg to Fauquier Courthouse; from Tappahannock,Discontinuance of certain post roads. by Richmond Courthouse, and Westmoreland Courthouse, to Kinsale; from Prince Edward Courthouse to Lynchburg; from Easton, by New Market, to Vienna; from Aliensfresh, by Hoe’s ferry, to Port Conway; from Bladensburg to Upper Marlborough; from Harrisburg, by Peters-burg, Millerstown, Thompsontown, Mifflintown, Lewistown, Hunting-don, Alexandria, Center Furnace, Belleibnt, Milesburg, Aaronsburg, Mifflinsburg, Lewisburg, Northumberland and Sunbury, to Harrisburg; from Easton to Sussex Courthouse; from New Brunswick to New Germantown; from Washington, in Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, in Virginia; from Old Fort Schuyler, by Cincinnatus, to Oxford; from Vergennes to Basonharbor, to Plattsburg; from Rome to Rotterdam; from Boston, by Taunton, to New Bedford; from Camden, by Lancaster, South Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Lincolnton, to Statesville, North Carolina; from Fayetteville, to Pittsburg, in Chatham county; from Halifax Courthouse, Virginia, by Danville,to Caswell Courthouse; from Liberty, by Rocky Mount, to Martinville; from Louisburg, by Nash Courthouse, to Tarborough; from Newbern, by Beaufort and Swansborough, to Newbern; from Rutherfordton, to Spartanburg; from Springfield, Massachusetts, to Northampton; from Standish, in Maine, by Flintstown, and Fryberg, to Conway, Tamworth and Sandwich, in New Hampshire; from Suffolk, by South Quay, to Murfreesborough; from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Georgetown, South Carolina; from Petersburg, by Sussex Courthouse, and Southampton Courthouse, to South Quay.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the following be establishedNew post roads established. as post roads, viz. *In Georgia.—*From Augusta to Petersburg, by Lincoln Courthouse; from Franklin Courthouse to Jackson Courthouse; from Georgetown to Warrenton; from Louisville to Saundersville; from Washington to Ogelthorpe Courthouse. *In South Carolina.—*From Augusta, Georgia, by the Three Runs, to Coosawhatchie; the post road from Edgefield Courthouse, to Augusta, shall pass through Campbeltown; from Georgetown, by Willtown, Greenville, and Chatham, to Richmond Courthouse, North Carolina; from Statesburg, by Salem Courthouse, and Kingstree, to Willtown; from Columbia to Clarendon Courthouse; from Chester Courthouse, by York Courthouse, Pinckneyville, and Union Courthouse, to Spartanburg. *In North Carolina.—*From Washington to Bath, and from thence by Woodstock, to Hyde Courthouse; from Fayetteville, by M‘Fall’s, and Winfield’s, to Cheraw Courthouse, South Carolina; from Fayetteville, by Lumberton and Barefield’s mill, to Willtown, South Carolina; from Lumberton, by Elizabethtown, to the house of John Anders, or William H.
Beaty, on South River; from Fayetteville to Wilmington; from Charlotte, by Lincolnton, and Morganton, Buncomb Courthouse, the Warm Springs, and thence to Greenville, in Tennessee; the post road from Salem to Salisbury, shall pass through Lexington; the post road from Raleigh to Newbern, shall pass through the county of Davie; the post road from Moore Courthouse to Salisbury, to pass by the new or old Courthouse of Randolph, as may be found most eligible; from Rockford to Grayson Courthouse, Virginia. *In Tennessee.—*From Knoxville to Marysville; from Sullivan Court-house, by Hawkins Courthouse, and Orr’s tavern, to Knoxville; from Nashville, by Robertson Courthouse, and Montgomery Courthouse, to Palmyra; from Nashville to Natchez, in the Mississippi territory; the post road which now passes from Abington, in Virginia, to Knoxville, in Tennessee, shall hereafter pass by Sullivan Courthouse, Jonesborough, Greenville, Cheek’s cross roads, and Jefferson Courthouse. *In Kentucky.—*From Frankfort, by Versailles, and Richmond, to 44 SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 32. 1800. New post roads established.Orr’s tavern, Tennessee; from Danville, by Standford, to Lancaster; from Frankfort, by Clark Courthouse, Montgomery Courthouse, and Fleming Courthouse, to Washington; from Frankfort, by Scott Court-house, Harrison Courthouse, Pendleton Courthouse, and Campbell Court-house, to Cincinnati, North Western Territory; from Frankfort, by Shelbysville, Bardstown, Hardin Courthouse, and Logan Courthouse, to Robinson Courthouse, in Teunessee; the post road from Washington, to Cincinnati, shall pass by Bracken Courthouse; the post road from Beardstown, to Louisville, shall pass through Shepherdsville; from Logan Courthouse, by Christian Courthouse, Livingston Courthouse, Henderson Courthouse, to Muhlenberg Courthouse; and from Logan Court-house, by Warren Courthouse, and Barren Courthouse, to Green Court-house. *In the North* Hrstoui *Territory.—*From Washington, Kentucky, by Manchester, in North Western Territory, to Chilicothe; from Louisville, Kentucky, to Vincennes; from Zanes, on the Muskingum, to Marietta. *In Virginia.—*From Culpepper Courthouse, by Madison Courthouse, to Orange Courthouse; from Fredericksburg, by Spotsylvania Court-house, and Louisa Courthouse, to Columbia; from Fredericksburg, by King George Courthouse, Mattoxbridge, Leedstown, Westmoreland Courthouse on Templcman’s cross roads, Richmond Courthouse, and Farnham, to Kinsale; from Fredericksburg, by Rogers’ mills, Chiles’ store, Chesterfield, Oxford, and Crew’s store, to Goochland Courthouse; from King and Queen Courthouse, to Shackleford’s store; from Gloucester Courthouse, to Matthews Courthouse; from Moorefields, by Franklin, to Bath Courthouse; from Richmond, by Coles’ in Chesterfield county, Janetoebridge, Amelia Courthouse, Pridesville, and Ligontown, to Jamestown; from Petersburg, by Amelia Courthouse, Nottaway Courthouse, Bibb’s ferry on Staunton river, to Halifax Courthouse; from Alexandria, by Centerville, Middleburg, Paris, and Millwood, to Winchester; from Cartersville, by New Canton, Buckingham Courthouse, and Bent Creek, to Lynchburg; from Romney, by Springfield and Frankfort, to Cumberland, in Maryland; from Centerville, by the Red House, to Fauquier Courthouse; from Washington, Pennsylvania, by Charlestown or Brooke Courthouse, in Virginia, to Wheeling; the post road from Alexandria to Leesburg, shall passthrough Matildaville; and the post road from Leesburg, to Shepherdstown, shall pass through Charlestown, in tire county of Berkeley; the post road from Sweetspring, to Greenbrier Courthouse, shall pass by Monroe Courthouse; from Greenbrier Courthouse to Kanhaway Courthouse; from Lexington, direct to Cabellsburg; from Mecklenburg Courthouse, the mail shall return by Christian’s store, at Coxe’s, to Lunenburg Courthouse, and Edmond’s store, to Gholson’s. *In Maryland.—*From Baltimore, by Reisterstown, Westminster, Taneytown and Emmitsburg, to Fairfield, Pennsylvania; from Baltimore, by Libertytown, to Fredericktown; and from Fredericktown, by Harper’s Ferry, to Charlestown, in Berkeley county, Virginia; from Port Tobacco, by the Top of the Hill, to Nanjemoy; from Leonardtown, by the Great Mill to the Ridge; from Washington, to Upper Marlborough; from Washington, by Queen Ann, to Annapolis; from Easton, by Cambridge and New Market, to Vienna; from Easton, by Hillsborough, Deuton and Greensborough, to Whitelysburgh. *In Pennsylvania.—*From Lancaster, by Elizabethtown and Middletown, to Harrisburg, Sunbury, and Northumberland; from Lancaster, to New Holland; from Harrisburg, by Clark’s ferry, Millerstown, Thompsontown, Mifflintown, Lewistown, and Huntington, to Alexandria; from Lewistown, by Mifflintown, Aaronsburg, Milesburg, and Bellefont, to Centre Furnace; from Lewistown, by Muncey, and Milton, to Williamsport; from Northumberland, to Berwick, and thence by 45 SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 33. 1800. Catawassee, to Northumberland; from Wilkesbarre, by Wyalusing,New post roads established. to Athens; from Union, to New Geneva; from Pittsburg, by Franklin, Meadsville, and Le Beuf, to Presqu’isle; from Washington to Waynesburg. *In New York.—*From Hudson, by Katskill, Harpersfield, Ouliout, Unadilla, and Union, to Athens, Pennsylvania; from Athens, Pennsylvania, by Newtown, Painted Post, and Bath, to Canandarqua; from Utica, by New Hartford, Hamilton and Sherboume, to Oxford; from Cooperstown, on the State road, to Scipio; from Vergennes, Vermont, by Charlotte, Vermont, and Peru, to Plattsburg. *In New Jersey.—*From Easton, Pennsylvania, by Belvidere, and Johnsonburg, to Newtown; from New Brunswick, by Somerset Courthouse, and Pluckemin, to New Germantown; from Trenton, by Bordentown, Slabtown, Mount Holly, Moorestown, and Haddenfield, to Philadelphia. *In Connecticut.—*From Fairfield, by Trumbull, Huntington, Newtown, and Brookfield, to New Milford. *In Massachusetts.—*From Boston, by Bridgewater, and Taunton, to New Bedford; from New Bedford, by Rochester, and Wareham, to Sandwich; from Hanover, by Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury, to Kingston; from Truro to Provincetown; from Billerica, by Patucket bridge, to Dracut, and Hovey’s tavern, to Pelham, and Nottingham, West, in New Hampshire; from Concord, by Groton, New Ipswich, and Jaffray, to Marlborough, New Hampshire. *In Vermont.—*From Westminster, by Bellows Falls, through Rockingham, Chester, and Cavendish, to Rutland; from Newbury, to Danville; from Burlington, through St.
Albans, to Hyegate. *In New Hampshire.—*From Exeter, by Nottingham, to Concord; from Salisbury, through Grafton, to Hanover. *In Maine.—*From Portland, by Windham, Waterford, Buckfield, and Turner, to Portland; from Bucktown, to Edenton. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That nothing contained in this act shall be construed so as to affect any existing contracts for carrying the mail. Approved, April 23, 1800.