>Could someone on this list tell me about Westham.  It was in Henrico County
>in the 1770's.  Furthur more where is Charles City located?

The first leg of the James River canal went from Richmond to Westham (about
10 miles).

From the Henrico County Parks & Recreation Web Site:

Westham was a small trading town in western Henrico County. In 1752, the
town was laid off into 150 lots with streets. The village of Westham appears
on a map dated 1755. The main road through Westham was Westham Plank Road,
which is now Cary Street Road. There were tobacco warehouses in the village
and there are references to Westham in connection with events during the
Revolutionary War. The land on which Westham was built was originally owned
by the Randolph family. The village must have disappeared around 1800,
because it no longer appears on maps dated after that time. It is logical to
assume that many areas in western Henrico bearing the name Westham derived
it from the 18th Century town.

In his "Notes on the State of Virginia", Thos. Jefferson writes:

From the furnace [in Montgomery County] the lead is transported 130 miles
along a good road, leading through the peaks of Otter to Lynch's ferry, or
Winston's, [Lynchburg] on James river, from whence it is carried by water
about the same distance to Westham.

Charles City County lies between James City County/Williamsburg and Henrico
County/Richmond. It was one of the original shires of the Colony of
Virginia. The Rootsweb page for this county is here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacharle/

Hope this helps,


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