HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62
(By Delegates Proudfoot, Williams, Manuel, Cann, Hutchins,
Anderson, Shelton, Campbell, Laird, Kelley, Houston, Marshall,
Harrison, Manchin, Perdue, Border, Smirl, Hatfield, Ennis,
Pethtel, J. Smith, Armstead, Angotti, Hubbard, Leach, Dalton,
Johnson, Susman, Jenkins, Amores, Ashley, L. White, Yeager,
Capito, Facemyer, Louisos, Willison, Everson, Evans, Stalnaker,
Kominar, McGraw, Stemple, C. White, Willis, Givens, Schadler,
Boggs, Pettit, Fletcher, Miller and Davis)
Requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways to name the
approximately two and one-half mile rock-base road known as
Weaver Road and further identified as Randolph County Route
250 over 9, running from Corridor H in Randolph County to an
intersection with Randolph County Route 16, as the
"Proudfoot-Williams Road."
Whereas, The two and one-half miles of road presently known
as the Weaver Road is frequently mistaken for another area road
known as the "Old" Weaver Road and presently designated the
Weaver Route for the purpose of United States mail delivery; and
Whereas, Most of the road passes through land owned by the
Proudfoot family or Williams family heirs, and all of the
owner-occupied homes on the present Weaver Road are occupied by
members of the Proudfoot family; and
Whereas, Members of the Proudfoot and Williams families were
original settlers in the area; and
Whereas, The Proudfoot Cemetery is located along the road;
and
Whereas, On the present Weaver Road James Williams built a
wood frame home with hand-hewn beams in 1852 using wooden pegs to
fasten the homes's studs and rafters; and
Whereas, The historic home and farm were purchased in 1879 by
William Chester Proudfoot who had earlier established a freight
line carrying freight with wagons pulled by horses and oxen from
a railhead near Grafton in Taylor County to Beverly, then the
county seat of Randolph County, and kept oxen about a mile from
the historic home for the purpose of assisting wagons over Laurel
Mountain on the old Weaver Road; and
Whereas, The home and farm is presently maintained by William
D. Proudfoot, the third great grandson of both the builder and
the 1878 purchaser; and
Whereas, Maintenance of the historic precivil war home by the
Proudfoot family has preserved an important architectural example
of West Virginia's cultural heritage; and
Whereas, Identifying the road as the "Proudfoot-Williams
Road" is an appropriate reminder of the history of the area and
honors the two families most associated with that history;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia
Division of Highways to name the two and one-half mile road
presently known as the Weaver Road and further identified as
Randolph County Route 250 over 9, beginning at Corridor H and
ending at an intersection with Randolph County Route 16, as the
"Proudfoot-Williams Road."