Note: The following is one of a series of columns looking at the first road systems in Georgia and Bulloch County. According to the "Journals of the Continental Congress" (1904 to 1937), on Sept. 25, 1767, a Congressional Committee met to discuss problems with a petition received from Nathaniel Twinning concerning over compensation he was receiving for his services. Twinning was running numerous stage coach routes, throughout the Virginia routes, especially between the cities of Alexandria and Richmond, Virginia, He was now trying to get more of the southern routes, including the route from Savannah to Augusta.