ROLLING ROAD
Title
ROLLING ROAD
Date
From Colonial Era to Before the Civil War
Description
Description: Enslaved workers would move large hogsheads (barrels) of tobacco from plantations to a wharf or a warehouse. Harnessed oxen/ horses would pull the hogsheads or enslaved workers would roll the hogsheads down rugged roads that had once been Native American paths. The tobacco would be shipped to English markets.
Date From Colonial Era to Before the Civil War
Location Ravensworth Rolling Road started at Braddock Road and ended at Pohick Creek.
Notes: There were several Rolling Roads in Fairfax County that ended at the Occoquan Creek, Pohick Creek, or the Potomac River.
Source: A History of Roads in Fairfax County, Virginia 1608- 1840 by Heather K. Crowl
See illustration at Hogshead Containing Tobacco On A Rolling Road" From David W. Eaton,
Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Dietz Press, Richmond, 1942, page3. Milaminvirginia.com/links/glossary/hogshead.html.
Date From Colonial Era to Before the Civil War
Location Ravensworth Rolling Road started at Braddock Road and ended at Pohick Creek.
Notes: There were several Rolling Roads in Fairfax County that ended at the Occoquan Creek, Pohick Creek, or the Potomac River.
Source: A History of Roads in Fairfax County, Virginia 1608- 1840 by Heather K. Crowl
See illustration at Hogshead Containing Tobacco On A Rolling Road" From David W. Eaton,
Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Dietz Press, Richmond, 1942, page3. Milaminvirginia.com/links/glossary/hogshead.html.
Type
Transport
Coverage
Location Ravensworth Rolling Road started at Braddock Road and ended at Pohick Creek.
District: Braddock
District: Braddock
Collection
Citation
“ROLLING ROAD,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed October 24, 2026, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/60.