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North Carolina - Roads & Highways

Plank Roads in North Carolina

According to the Encyclopedia of North Carolina, as edited by William S. Powell in 2006, Canada experimented in Plank Roads as early as 1836, and "plank road fever" in North Carolina "accounted for 84 chartered roadways, of which some 300 miles were constructed using state and private funds estimated from $300,000 to $800,000."

Plank roads were built of pine and oak sills, six (6) to eight (8) inches thick, placed on a well-drained roadbed, then covered cross-wise with planks typically eight (8) inches wide and three (3) inches thick. The planks were subsequently covered with gravel or sand, which ultimately hardened into a fairly smooth surface. But... maintenance was constant and fairly expensive.

The Fayetteville & Western Plank Road was constructed between 1849 and 1854 from Fayetteville in Cumberland County to Bethania in Forsyth County. When completed, it was more than 129 miles long, which was the longest plank road ever built. It was abandoned during the American Civil War in 1862.

Date Ratified	Short Title of Act	From	To	Initial Stock Authorized	Comments
January 27, 1849	Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Salisbury	$200,000	May increase stock and add branches when deemed appropriate by the Commissioners.
January 29, 1849	Act to Incorporate the Wilmington and Walker's Ferry Plank Road Company	Wilmington	Walker's Ferry	$10,000	Ferry on the Cape Fear River.
January 29, 1849	Act to Incorporate the Wilmington and Masonboro Plank Road Company	Wilmington	Masonboro Sound	$15,000	Eastern terminus at Daniel B. Baker's planation on Masonboro Sound.
December 23, 1850	Act to Incorporate the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road Company	Greenville	Raleigh	$250,000	May increase capital to $300,000 if required.
December 28, 1850	Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Centre	$125,000	Centre in Stanly County. Authorized to extend the road to Concord in Cabarrus County. May increase capital to $300,000 if required.
December 28, 1850	Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Southern Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Lumber Bridge Church	$25,000	Lumber Bridge a town in northern Robeson County.
January 15, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Asheville and Greenville Plank Road Company	Asheville, NC	Greenville, SC	$200,000	Authorized to extend the road to the Tennessee State Line if desired. May increase capital to $300,000 if required.
January 22, 1851	Act to Amend Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Southern Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Lumber Bridge Church	-	Sec. 3 of Act has the word "two," which is incorrect. Should be "ten." This refers to how many days notice to give.
January 27, 1851	Act to Amend Act of 1848-49 to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	-	-	Amendment to register bonds to the State.
January 27, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Raleigh and Summerville Plank Road Company	Raleigh	Summerville	$40,000	Summerville in Cumberland County.
January 27, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Granville Plank Road Company	Oxford	Henderson	$60,000	-
January 27, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Garysburg and Occoneeche Plank Road Company	Garysburg	Occoneeche Neck	$25,000	Garysburg in Northampton County. Occoneeche Neck is in Halifax County, along the Roanoke River. Authorized to extend the road to Jackson, the county seat of Northampton County. May increase capital to $50,000 if required.
January 27, 1851	Act Concerning Plank Roads and Turnpike Roads	-	-	-	Company personnel may not enter homes, yards, gardens. Companies to pay all costs associated with condemned land.
January 28, 1851	Act to Amend Act of 1848-49 to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	-	-	Amendment authorized a road of eight (8) foot width in some areas. May change the terminus at the western end.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Western Plank Road Company	Charlotte	Lincolnton	$200,000	Thence to the town of Newton. May increase capital to $300,000 if required.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Warsaw Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Warsaw	$125,000	Warsaw in Duplin County. Road must pass through Clinton in Sampson County.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Wilmington and Topsail Sound Plank Road Company	Wilmington	Near Holly Shelter Pocosin	$50,000	Eastern terminus to be between Holly Shelter Pocosin and Topsail Sound.
January 28, 1851	Ac to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Northern Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Raleigh	$100,000	May increase capital to $200,000 if required.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Concord and Taylorsville Plank Road Company	Concord	Taylorsville	$100,000	Concord in Cabarrus County. Taylorsville in Alexander County. May increase capital to $200,000 if required.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Anson Plank Road Company	State Line @ Wright's Folly	Point on Rocky River	$75,000	Must go through Wadesboro, the county seat.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Salisbury and Taylorsville Plank Road Company	Salisbury	Taylorsville	$200,000	Must go through Statesville in Iredell County. Authorized to extend the road to Lenoir in Caldwell County, if desired.
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Charlotte and Taylorsville Plank Road Company	Charlotte	Taylorsville	$80,000	-
January 28, 1851	Act to Incorporate the Roanoke and Tar River Plank Road Company	Hamilton	Tarborough	$25,000	Hamilton in Martin County. Tarborough in Edgecombe County.
January 28, 1851	Act Supplemental to the Several Plank Road Charters Passed in 1850-51 Session	-	-	-	All companies must keep bridges in repair.
November 6, 1852	Act to Amend an Act Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1850-1851, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road Company"	Fayetteville	Centre	-	Centre in Stanly County. Authorized to change the terminus from Centre to any other place in Stanly County.
November 20, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Gulf and Graham Plank Road Company	Gulf	Graham	$65,000	Gulf is in Chatham County; Graham is in Alamance County.
November 20, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Haywood and Pittsboro' Plank Road Company	Haywood	Pittsborough	$20,000	Haywood and Pittsborough both in Chatham County. May increase capital stock to $100,000 if necessary.
November 29, 1852	Act to Incorporate Concord and Anson Plank Road Company	Crump's Mill on Rocky River in Stanly County	Anson Plank Road	$80,000	-
December 17, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Chapel Hill and Durhamville Plank Road Company	Chapel Hill	Durhamville	$20,000	-
December 17, 1852	Act to Amend an Act Passed at the Session of the General Assembly of 1850-1851, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Anson Plank Road Company"	State Line @ Wright's Folly	Point on Rocky River	$150,000	May extend road to Salisbury. Increased capital stock from $75K to $150K. Authorized to merge with the Cheraw and Anson Plank Road Company of South Carolina, if desired.
December 17, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Raleigh Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Raleigh	$200,000	-
December 17, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Haywood and Chapel Hill Plank Road Company	Haywood	Chapel Hill	$40,000	Haywood is in Chatham County. May increase capital stock to $100,000 if necessary.
December 18, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Lumberton and Cape Fear Plank Road Company	Lumberton	Cape Fear River in Bladen Co.	$50,000	-
December 20, 1852	Act to Amend an Act Passed in 1850-1851, Chapter 133, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Western Plank Road Company"	Charlotte	Lincolnton	-	As soon as five (5) miles are complete, the owners may begin charging tolls.
December 21, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Spartanburg and Rutherford[ton] Plank Road Company	Rutherfordton, NC	Spartanburg, SC	$100,000	May increase capital stock to $250,000 if necessary. Within three (3) years, may extend the road to Asheville, Marion, or Morganton; or, to other end points as well.
December 22, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Charlotte, North Carolina, and Cheraw, South Carolina Plank Road Company	Charlotte, NC	Cheraw, SC	$150,000	Named the Charlotte and Cheraw Plank Road Company.
December 22, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Salisbury, Mocksville, and Wilkesboro' Plank Road Company	Salisbury	Wilkesborough	$100,000	Eastern terminus to begin at "such point on the Salisbury and Taylorsville Plank Road."
December 23, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Uwharie and Yadkin Plank Road Company	6-8 Miles South of Asheboro'	Salisbury	$80,000	Eastern terminus to begin at the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, about six to eight miles south of Asheboro'.
December 25, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Ashborough and Salisbury Plank Road Company	Ashborough	Salisbury	$60,000	May increase capital to $300,000 if required. This was how Asheboro was spelled at that point in time.
December 25, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Caswell Plank Road Company	Yanceyville	3 End Points	$50,000	Yanceyville to NC/VA State Line in Stokes County - to be named the Yanceyville Plank Road Company; Yanceyville to Mt. Arrarat in Alamance County - to be named the Southside Plank Road Company; Yanceyville to Milton in Caswell County - to be named the Milton Plank Road Company. When each branch is funded, the company to be renamed to Caswell Plank Road Company.
December 25, 1852	Act to Incorporate the North Carolina Steam Carriage and Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Coal Mines on Deep River	$2,500	May increase the capital stock to $200,000 if necessary.
December 25, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Washington and Tarboro' Plank Road Company	Washington	Tarborough	$200,000	May increase the capital stock to $300,000 if necessary.
December 27, 1852	Act to Define the Duties and the Powers of Turnpike and Plank Road Companies	-	-	-	Defined what property shall not be condemned, the maximum size of property condemned, all owners must provide an accurate map of their road.
December 27, 1852	Act to Amend the Charter of the Asheville and Greenville Plank Road Company	Asheville, NC	Greenville, SC	-	Option to use other materials, and to change terminus to Spartanburg, if desired.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Chapel Hill and Raleigh Plank Road Company	Chapel Hill	Raleigh	$40,000	-
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Duplin Plank Road Company	Kenansville	Strickland's Depot	$20,000	-
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Greensboro and Deep River Plank Road Company	Greensboro'	Deep River	$100,000	Terminus to be between Evans' Mills on Deep River and the town of Haywood in Chatham County. May increase capital stock to $150,000 if necessary.
December 27, 1852	Act to Amend an Act Passed at the Session of 1850-1851, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road Company"	Greenville	Raleigh	-	Redefined two Sections of the original Act.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Haywood and Raleigh Plank Road Company	Haywood	Raleigh	$100,000	Haywood in Chatham County.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Jacksonville and Trent River Plank Road Company in the Counties of Onslow and Jones	Jacksonville	Trent River, in Jones County	$50,000	Named the Jacksonville Plank Road Company.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Kingsbury and Locksville Plank Road Company	Kingsbury	A. Jones' Mill, in Chatham Co.	$100,000	Kingsbury is in northern Cumberland County.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Kinston and Snow Hill Plank Road Company	Kinston	Snow Hill	$40,000	May increase capital stock to $60,000 if necessary.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Locksville and Hillsboro' Plank Road Company	Locksville	Hillsboro'	$100,000	Locksville is in Chatham County.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Lumberton and Columbus Plank Road Company	Lumberton	Either Whitesville or Fair Bluff	$60,000	Terminus to be a point on the Wilmington & Manchester Rail Road.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Neuse River and Snow Hill Plank Road Company	Snow Hill	Becton's Old Field on Neuse	$20,000	-
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Pedee Plank Road Company	NC/SC State Line Near Harrington's Mill	Rockingham	$50,000	-
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Robeson and Richmond Plank Road Company	Lumber Bridge	McNair's Store in Richmond Co.	$40,000	Lumber Bridge is a town in northern Robeson County.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Rutherford and Cleveland Plank Road Company	Charlotte	Asheville	$200,000	Road must pass through Rutherfordton and Shelby. Name was The Rutherford and Cleaveland Plank Road Company. May increase capital stock to $300,000 if necessary.
December 27, 1852	Act to Amend an Act Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1850-1851, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Salisbury and Taylorsville Plank Road Company"	Salisbury	Taylorsville	$300,000	Capital stock increased from $200,000 to $300,000. May alter their route in any direction out of Salisbury.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Swift Creek Plank Road Company	Swift Creek Bridge in Craven County	Any Point on the Greenville & Raleigh Plank Road	$50,000	-
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Tarborough and Enfield Plank Road Company	Tarborough	Enfield	$40,000	Tarborough in Edgecombe County. Enfield in Halifax County. May increase capital stock to $60,000 if necessary.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Tarborough and Rocky Mount Plank Road Company	Tarborough	Rocky Mount	$20,000	Rocky Mount in Nash County. May increase capital stock to $35,000 if necessary.
December 27, 1852	Act to Incorporate the Winston and Wilkesboro' Plank Road Company	Winston	Wilkesboro	$75,000	May increase capital stock to $150,000 if necessary.
January 9, 1855	Act to Amend an Act of the Session of 1850 [-51], Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Northern Plank Road Company"	Fayetteville	Raleigh	-	Authorized to sue for tolls of those using their bridge.
January 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the New River and Wilmington and Topsail Sound Plank Road Company	Snead's Ferry, in Onslow County	New Hanover County Line	$100,000	-
January 20, 1855	Act to Amend the Several Acts Chartering the Asheville and Greenville Plank Road Company	Asheville, NC	Greenville, SC	-	The Buncombe Turnpike Road Company is hereby folded into this company.
February 3, 1855	Act to Amend an Act to Define the Duties and Powers of Turnpike and Plank Road Companies	-	-	-	Fourteen (14) sections providing details of what these roads must include.
February 3, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Chapel Hill and Morrisville Plank Road, Tram Road and Turnpike Company	Chapel Hill, in Orange County	Morrisville, in Wake County	$15,000	May be all Plank Road, Tram Road, or Turnpike, or may be some of each in different locations.
February 3, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Fair Bluff and Conwayborough Plank Road Company	Fair Bluff, NC	NC/SC State Line	$50,000	Towards Conwayborough in SC.
February 3, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Iron Hill and Whiteville Plank Road Company	Iron Hill	Whiteville	$50,000	Iron Hill and Whiteville are in Columbus County.
February 5, 1855	Act to Amend an Act Passed in 1850-51, to Incorporate the Western Plank Road Company, and Also to Amend the Amended Act Passed in 1852-53, Entitled "An Act to Amend an Act Passed in 1850-51, to Incorporate Said Western Plank Road Company," and Ratified on the 20th Day of December, 1852	Charlotte	Lincolnton	-	Clarified payment of tolls.
February 10, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Greensborough, Madison and Virginia Plank Road Company	Greensborough	NC/VA State Line	$70,000	Through Madison in Rockingham County to NC/VA State Line.
February 10, 1855	Act to Incorporpate the Hillsboro' and Chapel Hill Plank Road Company	Hillsborough	Chapel Hill	$25,000	-
February 12, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Richlands and New River Plank Road Company	Richlands	Tar Landing	$25,000	Richlands and Tar Landing are both in Onslow County.
February 12, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Waccamaw and Shallotte Plank Road Company	Point on Waccamaw River	Shallotte	$100,000	In Brunswick County.
February 13, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Mocksville and Wilkesborough Plank Road Company	Mocksville	Wilkesborough	$100,000	-
February 13, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Trenton and Hawlsville Plank Road Company	Trenton	Hawlsville	$50,000	Hawlsville not found. There was a town in eastern Duplin County named Hallsville, the most likely terminus.
February 13, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Statesville and Wilkesboro' Plank Road Company	Statesville	Wilkesborough	$100,000	-
February 13, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Alamance and Caswell Plank Road Company	Near Graham	Yanceyville	$60,000	Near Graham, a station on the North Carolina Rail Road.
February 14, 1855	Act Concerning the Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Albmarle	$200,000	Capital stock increased from $125,000 to $200,000. Western terminus extended to Albemarle.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Snow Hill and Atlantic Plank Road Company	Snow Hill	Atlantic Rail Road	$25,000	-
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Jacksonville and Trent River Plank Road Company	Jacksonville	Pollocksville	$50,000	-
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Pasquotank and Perquimans Plank Road and Turnpike Company	Elizabeth City	Parksville	$10,000	-
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Chatham and Randolph Plank Road Company	Near Daniel Hackney's Store in Chatham Co.	Cedar Falls in Randolph Co.	$80,000	Hackney's Store is on the Gulf and Graham Plank Road in Chatham County. Route via Marley's Mills, Foust's Store, Columbia and Franklinsville.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Warrenton Plank Road Company	Warrenton	Warrenton Depot	$20,000	Warrenton Depot was on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad in Warren County.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Rutherford and McDowell Plank Road and Turnpike Company	Rutherfordton	Marion	$5,000	May increase the capital stock to $50,000 if necessary.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Alexandriana Plank Road Company	Near John R. Alexander's	Towards Mocksville	$10,000	Alexander's on the Charlotte and Taylorsville Plank Road in Mecklenburg County. To go via E.R. Harris's then to Ray's Store. Mocksville in Davie County.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Hillsboro' and Milton Plank Road Company	Hillsborough	Milton	$100,000	Milton in Caswell County.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Chapel Hill and Durhamsville Plank Road Company	Chapel Hill	Durhamsville	$20,000	Durhamsville in Orange County at that point in time. Later, renamed as Durham, county seat of Durham County.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Raleigh and Cape Fear Plank Road Company	Raleigh	Cumberland County	$30,000	In Cumberland County, on the Cape Fear River between McNeill's and Purify's Ferry.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Thomasville and Clemmonsville Turnpike or Plank Road Company	Thomasville	Clemmonsville	$25,000	Through Clemmonsville towards the Lime Kilns.
February 14, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Randolph and Thomasville Turnpike or Plank Road Company	Thomasville	Some Point in Randolph County	$25,000	Eastern terminus to connect to either the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road or the Uwharrie Branch Plank Road.
February 15, 1855	Act Relating to the Fayetteville and Warsaw Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Warsaw	-	State to acquire 250 shares of stock in this plank road.
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Salem and Clemmonsville Plank Road Company	Salem	Clemmonsville	$100,000	-
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Greensborough and Martin's Lime Kiln Plank Road Company	Greensborough	NC/VA State Line	$100,000	Via Madison, through Stokes County towards Patrick Court House in Virginia.
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Lockville and Cumberland Plank Road Company	Lockville in Chatham County	17 Miles West of Fayetteville	$50,000	Eastern terminus on the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, 17 miles west of Fayetteville near Gully MacLean's.
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Lenoir and Duplin Plank Road Company	Kinston, in Lenoir County	Sarecta, in Duplin County	$50,000	-
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Rocky Mount and Franklinton Plank Road Company	Rocky Mount	Franklinton	$80,000	Via Nashville and Louisburg.
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Mineral Plank Road Company	Near Asheboro'	NCRR	Not Specified	From the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road near Asheborough in Randolph County to some location on the North Carolina Rail Road near Lexington or south.
February 16, 1855	Act to Amend an Act Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1852-53, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Salisbury, Mocksville and Wilkesboro' Plank Road Company"	Salisbury	Wilkesborough	-	Owners may select any point within the town of Salisbury according to the will of a majority of all stockholders.
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Hamilton and Enfield Plank Road Company	Hamilton	Enfield	$70,000	Hamilton in Martin County. Enfield in Halifax County. To go through Palmyra and Greenwood (?).
February 16, 1855	Act to Incorporate the Salem, Winston and Virginia Turnpike and Plank Road Company	Salem	NC/VA State Line	$50,000	Via Winston, Germantown, Danbury and near Piedmont Springs, then to VA line near Martin & Banner's Store.
January 8, 1857	Act to Amend an Act Passed in the Year 1848-49, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road," and also to Amend the Act Passed in the Year 1850-51, Entitled "An Act to Alter and Amend an Act Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1848-49, Entitled 'An Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Company'"	Fayetteville	Salisbury	-	May use stone or gravel for repairs. May elect their own President. May collect tolls on bridges if they build them.
January 8, 1857	Act to Amend the Charter of the "Western Plank Road Company," Passed at the Session of 1850-51	Charlotte	Lincolnton	-	May use materials other than plank.
January 8, 1857	Act to Authorize the Plank Road and Turnpike Companies to Use Stone and Gravel in the Construction and Repair of their Roads	-	-	-	May use stone or gravel in the construction or repair on the plan of macadamized roads.
February 3, 1857	Act Relating to the Fayetteville and Albemarle Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Albemarle	-	May use materials other than plank. Dates for paying dividends now up to the company.
February 15, 1859	Act to Amend an Act Incorporating the Yanceyville Plank Road Company Passed at the Session of 1852	Yanceyville	3 End Points	-	Stock value reduced from $50/share to $37.50/share.
February 16, 1859	Act to Amend the Charter of the Charlotte and Taylorsville Plank Road Company	Charlotte	Taylorsville	-	May reconstruct or mend the road using stone, gravel, or other material other than plank, except in the town of Charlotte.
February 16, 1859	Act to Amend an Act to Incorporate the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road Company	Fayetteville	Bethania	-	May hire traveling toll collectors to inspect the tickets of any road user to ensure proper tolls are being paid.
February 16, 1859	Act to Authorize the Fayetteville and Albemarle Plank Road Company to Establish a Public Ferry on the Pee Dee, in the Counties of Montgomery and Stanly	Fayetteville	Albemarle	-	May charge a toll for ferry use.
February 23, 1861	Act to Incorporate the Dover and Trenton Turnpike and Plank Road Company.	Savage's Shanty on Atlantic & NC RR	Trenton	$300,000	Stockholders to decide if a toll road or a plank road.
February 25, 1861	Act for the Relief of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road Company, and to Empower the Same to Sell or Transfer its Corporate Property	Greenville	Raleigh	-	May dissolve or sell the company. If dissolved, to collect no more tolls, to pay off all debts, and no longer required to maintain said road.
December 18, 1862	Act to Amend the Charter of the Western Plank Road	Charlotte	Lincolnton	-	No longer required to maintain said road. May abandon part or all of it. Same for all bridges.
February 10, 1863	Act to Extend the Charter of the Pittsboro' and Haywood Plank Road Company	Haywood	Pittsborough	-	Charter extended another 30 years. May use Macadam instead of plank in repairs.
December 12, 1863	Act to Incorporate the Salem and High Point Plank Road Company	High Point	Salem	$20,000	Was part of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, which was authorized to sell assets by Legislative Act of February 16, 1859.
May 28, 1864	Act in Regard to Tolls on the Western Plank Road.	Charlotte	Lincolnton	-	Allowed an increase in tolls.
December 21, 1864	Act to Amend the Charter of the Asheville and Greenville Plank Road Company, Passed in the Year 1861	Asheville, NC	Greenville, SC	-	The Military Officer in command of the western division of North Carolina now has complete control of said road for the duration of the current war. Owner no longer required to maintain said road until after the war ends.
February 7, 1865	Act to Amend the Charter of the Pittsborough and Haywood Plank Road Company	Haywood	Pittsborough	-	Authorized to alter the eastern terminus - to be at either Haywood, Locksville, or Gorgas. Also authorized to switch to a tram or turnpike road if deemed advisable.
March 12, 1866	Act to Amend the Charter of the Asheville and Greenville Plank Road Company	Asheville, NC	Greenville, SC	-	Renamed to the Buncombe Turnpike Company. Tolls may be increased up to 50%.
March 17, 1869	Act to Transfer to the County of Montgomery that Portion of the Fayetteville and Albemarle Plank Road that is Included Within the Limits of Montgomery County	Fayetteville	Albemarle	-	Now to be managed and maintained by Montgomery County commissioners.
April 10, 1869	Act in Relation to a Plank Road	High Point	Salem	-	Each county to appoint commissioners to manage and repair existing plank road.
April 12, 1869	Resolution to Sell the State's Interest in the Fayetteville and Warsaw Plank Road	Fayetteville	Warsaw	-	On such terms as the Board of Education may direct.
April 5, 1871	Act Donating the State's Interest in the Fayetteville and Warsaw Plank Road to the Counties of Sampson and Duplin	Fayetteville	Warsaw	-	To be used as a turnpike road owned by the citizens to operate a "road steamer" thereon between Clinton and Warsaw.
April 5, 1871	Act to Re-Enact an Act in Relation to a Plank Road, Ratified the Tenth Day of April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Nine	High Point	Salem	-	Original county commissioners re-instated.
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