John Organ’s Survey Notes on Poplar Forest Roads, 28 November 1817
II. John Organ’s Survey Notes on Poplar Forest Roads
Coppy Courses and distances run the 28th Novr. 1817. for roads. | ||
Begining at the house and Runing | ||
1. | S 66 E. 100 po. | |
2. | N. 81 E 12 po. to a branch | |
3. | S 80 E 22 po. | |
4. | S 51 E. 13 po. | |
5. | S 74 E 42 po. to a fork. thence | |
6. | S 64 E 20 po. | |
7. | S 58 E 16 po. | |
8. | S 75 E 18 po. | |
9. | S 79 E 18 po. | |
10. | S 75 E 16 po. to the Crossing of an old road. thence | |
11. | S 83 E 17½ po. | |
12. | N. 68 E 21 po. through a Small old field. thence | |
13. | S 76 E 16 po. | |
14. | N. 81 E 4 po. Cross a branch. thence | |
15. | S 69 E 16½ po. | |
16. | S 82 E 14½ po. | |
17. | S 70½ E 13 po. | |
18. | S 60 E 10 po. | |
19. | S 87 E 23 po. | |
20. | S 82 E 21 po. | |
21. | S 77 E 13 po | |
22. | S 69 E 25 po | |
23. | S 65 E1 45 po2 to Thompsons Road thence3 John Thompson (Thomson) | |
24 | S 69 E 26 po. | |
25 | N. 84½ E 16 po. to Thompsons fence thence4 through the field | |
26. | S 76 E 46 po. | |
27 | S 80 E 19 po. to the fence—and 22 po. the first branch &. 32 po. the Second. thence | |
28 | N. 88 E 20 po. | |
29. | S 83 E 20 po to the Corner of a fence on the right, thence | |
30. | S 85 E 18 po. | |
31. | S 88 E 32 po. | |
32 | S 70 E 20 po. | |
33 | S 75½ E 22 po. | |
34 | S 85 E 25 po. | |
35 | S 18 E 35 po. to the fork turning to Lynchburg thence | |
36 | S 5 W. 16 po. | |
37. | S 18½ E 15½ po. | |
38 | S 34 E 19 po. | |
39 | S 4. E 26. po. | |
40 | S 26 E 12 po. | |
41 | S 45½ E 18 po. | |
42 | S 69 E 19 po. | |
43 | S 41 E 35 po. to the new london road & 9 po. to C.C. house road near Thompsons5 | |
Coppy Courses and distances from near Thompsons by the water lick and along Calleways road and to the western gate &C. | ||
Begining in the road near Thompsons and Runing | ||
44. | S 50 W. passing Thompsons door at 20 po. and 86 po in all thc | |
45. | S 32 W. 22 po. | |
46. | S 68 W. 82 po. | |
47. | S 40 W. 80 po. to Mitchels yard. thence | |
48. | S 69 W. 26 po. to where we leave the New london road thence | |
49. | N 60 W. 21 po to Calleways Road. thc along the Same | |
50. | N 29 W. 8 po. | |
51. | N 54 W. fork of Thompsons road at 16 po &. 36 po. in all thence | |
52. | N 71 W. Crossing the land mark at 11 po. &. 46 po. in all | |
53. | N 69 W. 92 po. | |
54. | N 70 W. 184 po. to the Crossing of an old road.6 | |
55. | N 72 W. Cross an old road at 67 po. & 206 to your Corner Red oak and 350 po. in all on that Course. thence | |
56. | N. 70 W. 40 po to the fork of the road, thc along the right hand fork | |
57. | N 27 W. 13 po. | |
58. | N 10 E 35 po. | |
59. | N 15 W. 20 po. | |
60. | N 7 W. 15 po. | |
61. | N 19 E 22 po. to the western gate, thence | |
62. | N 45 E 1807 po to the house |
John Organ Survr
MS (ViU: TJP, TB [Thurlow-Berkeley] no. 1499); in Organ’s hand, with numbering from 1 to 62 in left margin added by TJ; endorsed by Organ: “Coppy Courses of Roads”; endorsed by TJ: “Majr Organ’s survey of roads from the Campbell C.H. road near Thompson’s to Poplar Forest.”
1. Superfluous caret here added by TJ but editorially omitted.
2. TJ here interlined “(crossing the turnpike at 35. po).”
3. TJ here added “= 516½ po. = 1.6 mi.”
4. Manuscript: “thenc.”
5. Above this word TJ wrote “
459.5 | = | 1.435 |
976 | = | 3.05 |
6. TJ here canceled “thence” and added “at the turnpike.”
7. TJ underscored this amount and beneath it added “1358 po. = 4.24 mi.”
Index Entries
- Callaway, Richard; and survey of Poplar Forest search
- Campbell County, Va.; road to courthouse in search
- Lynchburg, Va.; road to search
- Mitchell, John (Bedford Co. landowner); and survey of Poplar Forest search
- New London, Va.; road from search
- Organ, John; and survey of Poplar Forest search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); roads search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); surveys of search
- roads; at Poplar Forest search
- roads; in Va. search
- Thompson (Thomson), John (Campbell Co. landowner); and survey of Poplar Forest search
- Virginia; roads in search