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Good choice! Bedford is a fairly new county, established only about ten years ago in 1754. The land is good for farming. Even with your meager savings, you can afford to buy 150 acres—a solid homestead plantation.

Now how will you travel there?

On foot	On foot with ox cart
On horseback	By horse-drawn carriage

Image credit: Virginia County Map, Atlas of County Boundry Changes in Virginia, 1634-1895, Iberian Publishing.