All for 40 shillings and a gallon of whiskey

The bridge over the Muddy Creek on the Shallow Ford Road is finished, and William Gentry has been paid 20 pounds for his work.

"The neighbors had given us reason to hope that they would build a part of the bridge from

the farther side of the creek to firm land, but they now refuse to do this, so the committee of brethren ... have arranged with him (Gentry) to finish the work for 40 shillings and a gallon of whiskey." November 30, 1772