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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

July 16, 1859

16 Jul 1859

Geo. W. Caton Sale

TRUSTEE’S AND CONSTABLE’S SALE! By Virtue of a Deed of Trust, given by George W. Caton to the undersigned, which Deed is of record in the Clerk’s Office of Jefferson County, to secure certain debts, therein […]

October 16, 1858

16 Oct 1858

“Ould Ireland” Proclaims Hostilities at Dam 4

War! War! War!— “Ould Ireland” proclaiming Hostilities against “Amiriky” at Dam No 4— the “Hamtramck Guards” ordered to battle. On Saturday morning last, the 9th inst., our town was thrown into considerable commotion by the summoning […]

July 4, 1857

4 Jul 1857

Shepherdstown: List of Letters

LIST OF LETTERSRemaining in the post office at Shepherdstown, for the quarter ending July 1, 1857: John Andrews, Wm. Brashears, Rolen Bowers, Valentine Bearmam, Martin Chiller, Edward Connor, Anthony Carnine — 3, Esekeit T. Chambers, George […]

August 23, 1856

23 Aug 1856

County Court; Hearing for Burke (Engle) and Examining Court Waived For Boyer (Flanagan)

COUNTY COURT.– Redman Burke, who stabbed Phillip Engle, of Harper’s Ferry, on the 4th of July last, had a hearing on Monday and Tuesday last, before an Examining Court. He was remanded to jail to undergo […]

August 20, 1856

20 Aug 1856

James Flanagan; Killed

James Flanigan was killed near Shepherdstown, Va., last week, by a man named Boyer.

August 19, 1856

19 Aug 1856

James Flanagan, Murdered.

GEORGETOWN, August 19, 1856.Mr. James Flanagan, a very worthy gentleman, and well known to many persons in the District, was brutally murdered on Thursday last by an individual named Sam Boyers. From all we can gather […]

August 16, 1856

16 Aug 1856

Killed; James Flanagan

Killed. We learn that Mr. JAMES FLANIGAN, of this County, near the Old Furnace, was killed by Boyer, a quarry hand, on Wednesday last. The particulars of the affair, as far as we have heard them, […]

October 26, 1855

26 Oct 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 22, 1855

22 Oct 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

27 Sep 1855

Mass Discharge from Armory

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

July 20, 1855

20 Jul 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 […]

June 20, 1855

20 Jun 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 […]

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