September 1785
Thomas Butler Petitions to Operate a Ferry Across the Cheat River
Thomas Butler petitioned to operate a ferry where a major road crossed his lands on both sides of the Cheat River. His petition said that he had already provided the necessary boats and advertised his intention, documenting an early transportation crossing in the future Preston County during its Monongalia County period.
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Oren F. Morton, A History of Preston County, West Virginia, vol. I (1914), p. 77
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