Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

July 3, 1885

3 Jul 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

2 Jul 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 […]

January 13, 1885

13 Jan 1885

County Court Delinquent Tax List, 1883

News. County Court Delinquent Tax List 1883 Jacob Ash, Jacob Arter, J. W. Andrews, Roy Allison, Alfred W. Adams, Dennis Buzzard, Den’s Blackburn, Warren Burton, William H. Butcher, Jacob Brown, William Bilson, Jno. William Henry Brooke, Edw’d […]

November 9, 1884

9 Nov 1884

Birth Certificate: Bertha May Moore

Register of Births Within the District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, In The County of Jefferson in the Year Ending December 31, 1889 County Where Born Jefferson City Where Born Bakerton Full Name Of Child Bertha […]

August 29, 1884

29 Aug 1884

Blown Up (At Flanagans)

A very serious accident occurred at Flanagan’s limestone quarry, below Shepherdstown, on Thursday morning of last week. Messrs. John J. Flanagan and Albert Grim were in a blacksmith shop completing a piece of work. There was […]

August 4, 1884

4 Aug 1884

Birth: Geo. W. Caton

Lines Numbered 22 Date of Birth Aug. 4 [1884] Name of Child Caton, Geo W. Color White Sex Male Born Alive Place of Birth Sheptown Father’s Name in full John W. Caton Father’s Occupation Farmer Father’s […]

March 25, 1884

25 Mar 1884

Died: William Freeze

March 8th, 1884, at the residence of Mr. George Caton, near Shepherdstown, Mr. WILLIAM FREEZE, aged 71 years old.

March 18, 1884

18 Mar 1884

Birth Certificate (Delayed): Raleigh Moler Caton

Full Name at Birth Raleigh Moler Caton Date of Birth March 18, 1884 Color or Race White Sex Male Birthplace Moler’s X Roads Jefferson W.Vir. Father (Full Name) John William Caton Birthplace West Virginia Mother (Full […]

January 12, 1884

12 Jan 1884

Jefferson County Clerk, Deeds Admitted

State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson,Clerk’s Office of the County Court. The following is a list of deeds admitted to record in said office during two weeks ending January 5, 1884: Teste, T. A. Moore, Clerk […]

December 15, 1883

15 Dec 1883

Thieves in Harpers Ferry, Bakerton.

Letter from Harper’s Ferry. Messrs. Editors.– A short time ago some thief or thieves invaded the hennery of poor Billy Anderson, and abstracted therefrom eight valuable chickens of fancy blood. They came a few nights since […]

July 28, 1883

28 Jul 1883

Small, Esq. Questions Title of Ore Bank

ALBERT SMALL,Attorney and Counsellor at Law.Hagerstown, Md., July 28th, 1883. The Hon. The Secry of the Treasury:Sir:Just at the close of the Rebellion, while a student here my predecessor found among his father’s “papers” a bundle […]

July 21, 1883

21 Jul 1883

A Severe Storm, 1883

One of the most severe storms that has visited this locality for some years occurred last Friday afternoon. There was an unusually heavy rainfall in town, accompanied by a very violent shower of hail. We ourselves […]

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