Sketch book of Lynchburg, VaIts people and its trade .. . ptness, For the past 70 years this business has been conducted at thesame stand. A. H. BURROUGHS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, TH7N7wrLLIAMS, Lynchburg, Va. SAMUEL G. ^VINGFIELD,Attorney at Law, 1011 Main Street, - - - - Lynchburg, Va. ITS PEOPLE AND ITS TRADE. 91 Second Extension,—On the 9th of February, 1813, tlie Legisla-ture added to the corporate limits that lot of ground conveyed byJohn Lynch, Sr., to the Corporation of the Town of Lynchburg fora public square, and on which said Corporation hath erected a CourtHouse and Jail. Fifth Extension.
Sketch book of Lynchburg, VaIts people and its trade .. . ptness, For the past 70 years this business has been conducted at thesame stand. A. H. BURROUGHS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, TH7N7wrLLIAMS, Lynchburg, Va. SAMUEL G. ^VINGFIELD,Attorney at Law, 1011 Main Street, - - - - Lynchburg, Va. ITS PEOPLE AND ITS TRADE. 91 Second Extension,—On the 9th of February, 1813, tlie Legisla-ture added to the corporate limits that lot of ground conveyed byJohn Lynch, Sr., to the Corporation of the Town of Lynchburg fora public square, and on which said Corporation hath erected a CourtHouse and Jail. Fifth Extension.—On the 30th of January, 1826, the Legislaturefurther extended the limits so as to include the land lying in the fol-lowing boundaries, to wit: Beginiiins: at the east line at the junction of Fifth Street (now Clay) and SixthAlley (now Twelfth Street) ; thence along the branch of the soutli margin of theriver to the horse-foixl ; thence along the banks of the river to Blackwater Creek, aiulalong the creek to the limits of the said town on the RESIDENCE OP MRS. S. B. McCORKLE.(corner of main and pine streets.) This Act required that the Hustings Court should appoint threeCommissioners, whose duty it should be to lay off the added territoryinto convenient lots, streets and alleys, and to make a correct planof the same for recordation. This was done by Thomas Dillard, Murrell and Ralph Smith, Jr., and their report and plan were dulyrecorded on the 5th of June, 1827. This is the first extension thelimits of which reached the river, and even then the river front wasnarrow, extending only from the mouth of Blackwater, at the toll-bridge, to the mouth of the Horse-ford at Hurts Mill. * * * * * ;i; % <<. ?Seventh Extension.—This was the last and most the 9th day of December, 1870, the Legislature declared that theboundaries of the City of Lynchburg should be extended and defined 92 SKETCH BOOK OF LYNCHBURG, VA. ; Virginian Job Printing House CD
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