Evidence

December 19, 1855

Estate Account: William Flanagan

Please see record image at repository (below).
December 17, 1855

William Flanagan Estate Order

On motion of James Flanagan, who made oath according to Law, with George W. Moler, his security, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars, with a motion according to Law, […]
October 26, 1855

27 Migrate to West

MIGRATING.– A large number of the citizens of Harper’s ferry, Va., left for the West a few evenings ago– among them, Jesse Schofield and family, Adam Young and family, and R. H. Hoffman and family, the […]
October 25, 1855

Death Notice: William Flanagan

At his residence in this county, on the 15th ultimo, Mr. WILLIAM FLANAGIN. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church, for 20 years, and died in the faith and hope of the Gospel.
October 25, 1855

Obit: William Flanagan

At his residence in this county, on the 15th ultimo, Mr. WILLIAM FLANAGIN. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church, for 20 years, and died in the faith and hope of the Gospel.
October 22, 1855

McCabe Killed by Engine

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. — Mr. Francis McCabe, in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was run over and killed by an engine in Martinsburg on Saturday evening last. He was formerly a citizen of […]
September 27, 1855

Harpers-Ferry Armory Suspends Operations

HARPERS-FERRY ARMORY. Some sixty or seventy of the operatives of the U. S. Armory have suspended operations in consequence of awaiting the new model gun, now projecting at the Springfield Armory. How long they will have […]
September 27, 1855

Mass Discharge from Armory

It is stated that 45 workmen have been discharged from the Harper’s Ferry Armory.
September 15, 1855

Register of Deaths: William Flanagan

*Note actual date is not listed. Only September, 1855. Line # 26 Name in Full William Flanagan Color W Sex M Date of Death Sept 1855 Place of Death Jefferson Co. Name of Disease Bilious Dysentery […]
July 20, 1855

Armory Clerk Young Replaced by Duke

REMOVED — The Virginia Free Press states that Mr. Adam Young, who has been one of the acting clerks connected with the Superintendent’s office of the Armory at Harper’s Ferry, for the last two years, has […]
July 14, 1855

The Fourth at Harper’s Ferry

We clip the following paragraphs from the Charlestown “Spirit of Jefferson, of Tuesday last : The Fourth At Harper’s Ferry. — The celebration at Harpers-Ferry was one long to be remembered by the thousands who participated […]
June 20, 1855

Burton Appointment to British Armory

ANOTHER COMPLIMENT TO AMERICAN MECHANICS.– James H. Burton, late master armorer in the National Armory at Harper’s Ferry, Va.; but for some months past a resident of Springfield, Mass., it is said, has received from the […]