Frederick - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

49 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

April 14, 1860

14 Apr 1860

Waters & Timberlake Marriage

MARRIAGES – In Charlestown, on the 3d inst., by Rev. W. B. Dutton, Dr. William Waters, of Frederick city, Md. to Mrs. Mildred C. Timberlake, of this county.

October 29, 1859

29 Oct 1859

Raid excitement still prevails.

The utmost excitement still prevails in this region, caused from a telegraphic dispatch, received from New York, by Mr. Barbour of Harper’s Ferry, stating that a band of armed men will come from that State, to […]

December 4, 1834

4 Dec 1834

First Train to Harpers Ferry

Arrival of Cars at Harpers-Ferry.— Monday last will be remembered by the citizens of Harpers-Ferry, as an important era in its history.– On that day, at half past 2 o’clock, P. M., a locomotive came thundering […]

August 21, 1834

21 Aug 1834

Rail Road Traveling

Rail Road Travelling. — It appears from a paragraph in the Gazette, that the amount received by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company from persons travelling between Baltimore and Frederick during the month of July […]

June 26, 1834

26 Jun 1834

Wars of the Irish – Creed Murdered At Point of Rocks

WARS OF THE IRISH. We are deeply concerned to learn, that three murders, of the most foul and inhuman character, were perpetrated on Friday and Saturday night, on the line of the Canal, near the Point […]

September 12, 1832

12 Sep 1832

Workmen Fleeing Harpers Ferry

CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.MARYLAND.– Baltimore, Sept. 10: The Board of Health report for the 24 hours ending at 10 o’clock, 23 deaths by cholera–eleven white and twelve colored persons: during the week the total number of deaths by […]

September 11, 1832

11 Sep 1832

Cholera in Jefferson County, Va.

Extract of a letter dated Jefferson County, Va. Sept. 1. I am extremely sorry to inform you, that the Cholera has made its appearance in this neighborhood. We had a case on the mountain, between this […]

September 1, 1832

1 Sep 1832

Cholera; Irish Laborers suffering in Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA. In Baltimore the deaths by cholera from the 23d to the 30th ult, inclusive, were 99. The disease does not excite any alarm, and indeed there is no perceptible change in the pursuits of […]

December 22, 1831

22 Dec 1831

Fatal Accident: John Lanaham

Fatal Accident — We learn from the Frederick Examiner, that an accident occurred on the line of the Rail road near the Monococy, on Saturday last, which resulted in the death of the individual who was […]

July 14, 1831

14 Jul 1831

1,700 Laborers Wanted (B&O Advert)

1,700 LABORERS WANTEDAt One Dollar Per Day. The subscribers, contractors on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, want to employ 1,700 LABORERS, To whom One Dollar a day will be punctually paid. This work is in one […]

May 28, 1823

28 May 1823

Obit: Peter Conlan

DIED,On Sunday last, Mr. Peter Conlan, merchant, of this place. Mr. C. was a native of Ireland, but resided in this country for the last four or five years, and had taken the necessary steps to […]

May 6, 1810

6 May 1810

McPherson, Brien: Conveyance of Ore Bank

This Indenture made this sixth day of May 1810 Between Thomas Derne and Ludwell Lee of the County of Loudoun and the State of Virginia of the one part and John McPherson of Frederick County State […]

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