Evidence

September 28, 1932

Will: Roy Martin Welsh

#32. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND CODICIL THERETO ATTACHED, OF R.M. WELSH, DECEASED. I, R. M. Welsh, of Bakerton, in Jefferson County, West Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare […]
March 28, 1918

16 Men Ready for Emergency Entrainment

Notes of Our Soldiers. Captain H. C. Getzendanner, chairman of the county exemption board, is in receipt of a notice from the War Department to have the fourteen men in emergency call Number 73 ready or […]
October 16, 1909

Bolivar Teacher Fires Four Shots at Intruder

GIRL PUTS NEGRO TO FLIGHTBolivar Teacher Fires Four Shots At Night Intruder[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Oct. 15.– Miss Jesse Cockrell, a teacher in the Bolivar School, near Harpers Ferry, pluckily […]
October 16, 1895

Fenton Cockrell, Escaped Injury

Mr. Fenton Cockerel, of the vicinity of Bolivar, by some means had his clothing caught in the machinery of his brother’s mill at Halltown, and would have been seriously injured if Mr. Johnson had not extracted […]
March 10, 1891

Quiet & Serene from Bakerton

Bakerton, W. VA.,March 10th, 1891, DEAR EDITOR– While all is quiet and serene at this place, yet there is one topic daily discussed with interest, viz: the C. & O. Canal. As many of our citizen […]
July 3, 1885

Oak Grove School Commencement Celebration

COMMUNICATED. DEAR REGISTER.– The large and flourishing school so ably taught by that popular teacher Mr. Jesse A. Engle, gave their friends a rare and intellectual and literary treat at the close of their school. This […]
July 2, 1885

Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House

Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House, Near Harper’s Ferry.The recent closing exercises of the Oak Grove public school, so efficiently and satisfactorily taught by Mr. Jesse A. Engle the past three years, were of an […]
June 30, 1883

Oak Grove School Entertainment

School Entertainment. — A correspondent sends us the following item: Oak Grove School, conducted by Mr. Jesse A. Engle, near Zion Church, gave an entertainment at its close last Saturday a week. Speeches were made by […]
November 15, 1880

Will: Charles F. Flanagan

I, Charles F. Flanagan, of the County of Jefferson, State of West Virginia, do make this my last-Will. First: I direct that all my just debts be paid. Second: I give, devise and bequeath to my […]
June 16, 1880

1880 Census: Adam C. Moler Household

Bolivar District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by William B. Chambers House Number: 229   Name Sex Age Relationship Martial Status Profession Birthplace Father’s Place of Birth Mother’s Place of Birth Adam C. Moler M 37 […]
August 16, 1873

Tournament at Halltown

Tournament at Halltown. — On Saturday, the 9th, a Tournament came off at Halltown. The following is a list of knights entered: T.G. Ott, Knight of Shenandoah; John Beck, Knight of Lone Star; John Flanagan, Knight […]
December 19, 1855

Estate Account: William Flanagan

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