Crozet, Claudius, 1790-1864
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An act of the General Assembly passed February 6, 1826, revived and amended "an act incorporating a company for the purpose of improving the navigation of the North Anna River." These field notes are a result of the action.
The Board of Public Works directed Claudius Crozet to survey a canal route between the Roanoke River and the James River. His report concludes that the general assumption of an easy connection cannot be supported.
The Board of Public Works initiated a survey from Harrisonburg to Beverly as a preliminary study to determine the best route. Because the course of the road crosses a number of mountains and ridges plus branches of the Potomac River, there are considerable obstacles.
The Board of Public Works requested a survey of the route between Luray and Staunton to determine the need for an improved road. Crozet concluded the need was justified, with an estimated cost of $500 per mile or $830,500 for the 61 miles.
Prepatory surveys and examinations were made in 1823. Acts of the General Assembly were passed Marched 5, 1824 (appropriating funds) and February 13, 1826, directing a road to be laid out from Staunton to the Mouth of Riffle's Run in Randolph County.
The Board of Public Works directed Claudius Crozet to survey the route from Lynchburg to Lexington as a preliminary study for construction of a turnpike, in which he examines the alternative routes through the Blue Ridge, by Robertson's Gap, or the James River Canal.
An act of the General Assembly passed February 2, 1824, directed a survey be made to determine the route for a road from Staunton, by way of Warm Springs, to the State Turnpike road at Callaghan's, and any other route that might be preferable.
Harrison's Bar, opposite Harrison's Point at Berkeley, on the James River, formed the only obstruction to navigation for merchant ships up to Warwick. The survey was undertaken to determine a method of procuring safe navigation for large vessels.
The Board of Public Works directed Claudius Crozet to survey the Mattaponi River to determine the need for any improvements to navigation on this very winding river.
An act of the General Assembly passed March 29, 1837, directed that a survey be made of the route from Warrenton to New Market, for the purpose of determining the best route for a turpike road.
The Board of Public Works initiated a survey of the Little Kanawha River to determine the need for improvements.
Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C. and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M. Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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