Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

March 12, 1934

12 Mar 1934

Former Ball Player Dies After Crash (Brophy)

Former Ball Player Dies After Car CrashMARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 12. — Seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night, Joe Brophy, of this city, former Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore League ball player, died in […]

January 2, 1934

2 Jan 1934

Will: John M. Moore

#1. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN M. MOORE, DECEASED. I, John M. Moore, of Jefferson County, West Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, and realizing the uncertanties of life, do make, publish, and […]

January 1, 1934

1 Jan 1934

Molers Crossroads History

Delving into old records of early land grants, you will find that tracts of land were taken up in this section along the Potomac River just as early as those nearer the tiny village of Mecklenburg […]

November 14, 1933

14 Nov 1933

Death Certificate: John McClellan Moore

Place of Death County Jefferson District 1921 Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name John McCellan Moore Residence Bakerton W.Va Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Male Color or Race White Single, Married […] Married […]

September 19, 1933

19 Sep 1933

Carl Moler; 18 underweight hogs stuck at Baltimore.

UNDERSIZE PIGS COST OWNER FOR FATTENING Winchester, Va., Sept. 18 – These little pigs went to market, but they might as well have stayed home. Carl Moler, Bakerton farmer, wanted to do his part in the […]

September 14, 1933

14 Sep 1933

Magnesia Plant in Operation

Operations have been started at the new magnesia plant at Bakerton. The plant has just been completed by the Washington Building Lime Company.

September 14, 1933

14 Sep 1933

Death Notice: George S. Homer

George S. Homer, for many years a resident of Bakerton, died Monday after a long illness from paralysis. He was 75 years of age. A daughter, Miss Margaret Houser and four sons, George, Richard, Ernest and […]

September 6, 1933

6 Sep 1933

Obituary: George Samuel Houser

George Samuel Houser died at his home in Bakerton, West Virginia, following a long illness, aged 75 years. He was born and reared in Washington County, Md., the son of Samuel and Mary Bennett Houser, the […]

September 6, 1933

6 Sep 1933

Obit: George Samuel Houser

August 2, 1933

2 Aug 1933

Countian Is Fatally Hurt, Bakerton

COUNTIAN IS FATALLY HURT.Theodore P. Griffin, 28, Killed IN Blast At Lime Plant. Theodore P. Griffin, 28, of Samples Manor, was instantly killed and Daniel Myers and William Johnson, both of Dargan, and Charles Farley of […]

August 2, 1933

2 Aug 1933

One Killed in Explosion Caused By Static Charge

CHARLES TOWN, Aug. 2 (AP).– A dynamite explosion, which witnesses said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in the quarries of the Washington Building Lime company at Bakerton. […]

August 2, 1933

2 Aug 1933

Three Injured, One Killed By Premature Explosion

A dynamite explosion, which it is said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in a quarry at Bakerton, W. Va., Monday. The dead man is Thomas P. Griffith, […]

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Industrial Laborers

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Philip Coons Accounts

Accounts & Bonds Due To Prominent Harpers Ferry Merchant Philip Coons, Nov. 1855.

Irish-born Residents (1850)

A Listing of All Irish-born Residents of Jefferson County, Virginia in the year 1850.

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Former Ball Player Dies After Crash (Brophy)

Will: John M. Moore

Molers Crossroads History

Death Certificate: John McClellan Moore

Carl Moler; 18 underweight hogs stuck at Baltimore.

Magnesia Plant in Operation

Death Notice: George S. Homer

Obituary: George Samuel Houser

Obit: George Samuel Houser

Countian Is Fatally Hurt, Bakerton

One Killed in Explosion Caused By Static Charge

Three Injured, One Killed By Premature Explosion

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