The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

110 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 27, 1758–MARCH 18, 1758Former of no Benefit, but to one or two familleys; Therefore assure yourhonours that the Inhabitants of the Forks of Edistoe are not able to maintainthe Two Causeys and Bridges, there not Exceeding Twenty five men onthe muster Roll, and the Chief of them very Poor; We therefore Pray yourHonours to releive them from this great Streight, by Uniting the Forks ofEdistoe together to Maintain the bridge and Causey at Orangeburgh, andthat the Inhabitants below Orangeburgh on the north side the River, to Keepin Repair, their Road to the fifteen Mile Post on Orangeburgh Broad road,where they can best agree amongst themselves to Lay it out; We further Assureyour Honours, that the Road at Orangeburgh is Sixty or Seventy Milesnearer for the Public, in Carriage to Fort George and Fort Loudoun, in theCherokees, than the old Road by the Congrees, And that it would be properfor the Saludy and Stephens’s Creek People Contiguous, to open the roadDownwards to the Causey at Orangeburgh, it being good Levell Open Woodsfor a Road, And not above three or four & Twenty or thirty feet Causeys tomake from Saludy to Orangeburgh; Your Honnours Condescention will EverCause Your Petitioners to Pray &c.Ordered that the Representation be referred to the Consideration ofa Committee & that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the samewith their Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Lamboll, Mr. Mazyck, Collo. Izard, Mr. Izard& Mr. McQueen.Read also the Petition of the Inhabitants on the South Side of theWateree River & Parts Adjacent Setting forth as Viz.That your Petitioners Labours under many deficultys for want of a RoadTo markett, And your Petitioners being informed that Mr. Thos. Howell hathPetition’d for a Road from Rice Creek to the Path, That Leads from theCongaree to Charles Town; We your Petitioners, humbly prays, That the saidRoad, may be Continued from Rice Creek upwards opposite to the upper partof the Waxcaw Settlement, And our Prayer is, that the Road Petitioned for maybe Annex’d to the Said Thomas Howell’s Petition, & that one Law may pass forthe same, This being only the Lengthning the Said Howells prayer, it being oneRoad, and that the Inhabitants within Eight Miles of the said road may work onthe same, And that Mark Jones, Capt. James Lesley, James Patton Senr., JamesPatton Junr., John Leanard Senr. & Richd. Griffin, be appointed Commissionersof the said Additional road & therefore Praying &c.Order’d that the Petition be Referred to the Consideration of a Committee& that they do Examine the Matter thereof & report the Same withtheir Opinion thereupon to the House.And it is referred to Mr. Mazyck, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wright, Mr. Trapier, Mr.Coachman, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lynch.