waywarden

Noun

 * 1)  Someone elected to take care of highways in a parish.
 * 2) * 1737, J. H. Easterby (editor), Journal of the Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina Nov. 10, 1736-June 7, 1739, entry dated 5 March, 1737, The Colonial Records of South Carolina, Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1951, p. 288,
 * in each District one of the Commissioners or two, or two Way Wardens to be elected once a Year under Direction of said Commissioners be directed to assess each House keeper in said District for one Negro according to the Number they have in their Houses which may be either Male or Female, Boys or Girls above nine Years of Age once in three Months or as often as any Inhabitant shall make legal and regular Complaint that the streets are broken down
 * in each District one of the Commissioners or two, or two Way Wardens to be elected once a Year under Direction of said Commissioners be directed to assess each House keeper in said District for one Negro according to the Number they have in their Houses which may be either Male or Female, Boys or Girls above nine Years of Age once in three Months or as often as any Inhabitant shall make legal and regular Complaint that the streets are broken down