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The Virginia General Assembly passed an act which incorporated the Cheat River Tollbridge Company to construct a toll bridge across the Cheat River where it crossed the Brandonville, Kingwood, and Evansville Road. Subscription books were opened under the direction of the following commissioners: in Brandonville, Preston County, under Harrison Hagans, James Hetherington, and Asahel C. Leach; and in Kingwood, Preston County, under Israel Baldwin, Thomas Brown, Elisha M. Hagans, John P. Burns, and Gustavus Cresap. |
