Original papers filed in proceedings about 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. Documents include petitions, objections, court orders, commissioners returns, surveys and plats, and damage awards to landowners. Cases are arranged chronologically by ending date. In Talbot County the county court handled petitions for private roads and after 1818 those involving public roads. Under Acts of 1797, Ch. 63, 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 (Acts of 1818, Ch. 89) 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. Most files were recorded in (Road Record) in series C1908 and C1909. The unrecorded papers, about 20% of the folders, will be scanned for the plats project. Two of those files involved applications, appointments, and salaries of ferry keepers, 1857-1858. Access available in electronic form derived from the records themselves. The two series are housed in 60 folders, each containing an average of 20 pages of text and plats.