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Title
Three Chopt Road
Subject
Three Chopt Road
Roads
Description
Three Chopt Road (Three Notched Road)
This picture shows a tree with three notches etched in the bark, along Three Chopt Road also known as Three Notched Road. It was an early road built upon an old Native American trail. The road runs through from Richmond, VA, through Louisa and Fluvanna counties, through Charlottesville, and heads into the Blue Ridge Mountains. Route 250 runs roughly the same route as Three Chopt Road, and driving along it, you may notice several roads springing off of it called Three Chopt, which seem to criss-cross Rt. 250 every few miles.
It is believed that the notches represented the three Roman numerals of George III. An early record mentioning Three Notched, or Chopt, Road can be seen in a patent to a Daniel Harris for land on Three Chopt Road in Louisa County in 1756. Accommodations, such as taverns and inns, sprang up along Three Chopt Road, such as Groom’s Tavern (also known as Mocassin Gap Tavern), Parrish’s Tavern, Hackney’s Tavern (later called Hall’s Tavern), Lindsay’s Tavern, and Allegre’s Tavern. Allegre’s Tavern was very well-known and hosted the Marquis de Lafayette in his visit in 1791. It was renamed Lafayette Hill Tavern in his honor.
This picture shows a tree with three notches etched in the bark, along Three Chopt Road also known as Three Notched Road. It was an early road built upon an old Native American trail. The road runs through from Richmond, VA, through Louisa and Fluvanna counties, through Charlottesville, and heads into the Blue Ridge Mountains. Route 250 runs roughly the same route as Three Chopt Road, and driving along it, you may notice several roads springing off of it called Three Chopt, which seem to criss-cross Rt. 250 every few miles.
It is believed that the notches represented the three Roman numerals of George III. An early record mentioning Three Notched, or Chopt, Road can be seen in a patent to a Daniel Harris for land on Three Chopt Road in Louisa County in 1756. Accommodations, such as taverns and inns, sprang up along Three Chopt Road, such as Groom’s Tavern (also known as Mocassin Gap Tavern), Parrish’s Tavern, Hackney’s Tavern (later called Hall’s Tavern), Lindsay’s Tavern, and Allegre’s Tavern. Allegre’s Tavern was very well-known and hosted the Marquis de Lafayette in his visit in 1791. It was renamed Lafayette Hill Tavern in his honor.
Creator
Fluvanna County Historical Society
Source
Fluvanna Bulletin #12 (1971) by the Fluvanna County Historical Society: “Highways and By-ways of Fluvanna County†and Fluvanna County Historical Society Archives
Publisher
Fluvanna County Historical Society
Date
1750-1850s
Contributor
Fluvanna County Historical Society
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