Proceedings in regard to roads, bridges, public landings, and ferries as handled by the circuit court and its predecessor, the county court, and as filed by the levy court. Until the establishment of the levy court in 1795 the justices of the county court functioned as the county government and handled all matters concerning the establishment and maintenance of public roads. The earliest volumes, covering 1701-1787, pertain to this activity and contain an annual descriptive list of roads and the appointment of an overseer for each one. The later records, dating from 1798, concern proceedings of the county court and levy court to open, alter, or close public roads and to lay out private ones. Documents include petitions, objections, court orders, commissioners returns, surveys and plats, and damage awards to landowners. Entries are arranged chronologically by recording date. In Talbot County the county court handled petitions for private roads and after 1818 those involving public roads. Under Ch. 63, Acts of 1797, the Talbot County Levy Court heard petitions to open or alter public roads and after reaching decisions filed the papers with the county court for recording purposes. A statewide law passed in 1819 (Ch. 89, Acts of 1818) moved this function to the county court. Other portions of the road records stemmed from special legislative acts for specific roads or bridges, that directed documents to be filed with the county court. All responsibility for roads was transferred to the county commissioners by Ch. 220, Acts of 1853. Access available in electronic form derived from the records themselves.