Pennsylvania - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

109 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

March 18, 1882

18 Mar 1882

Sprow leaves Ore Bank

Mr. Geo. W. Sprow, who has been superintendent at the ore bank, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, for the Messrs. Ahl, of Antietam Iron Works, about 6 miles south-east of this town, for the […]

April 28, 1880

28 Apr 1880

Antietam Iron Works & Ore Banks

The furnace at Antietam, near Sharpsburg, known as the Antietam Iron Works, was put in blast last Thursday, the 19th inst., after standing idle for several years. Superintendent B. K. Goodyear’s daughter, Miss Oro Blanche Goodyear, […]

December 8, 1877

8 Dec 1877

Annals Of The War

General J. D. Imboden, Confederate General, gives a lengthy account of General David Hunter’s incendiarism, while he had command of the Federal troops in this Valley, during the late war; from which we extract the following […]

March 11, 1876

11 Mar 1876

Narrow Escape at Harper’s Ferry

NARROW ESCAPE AT HARPER’S FERRY.– We clip the following interesting article from an exchange paper:— There was to be a military execution away up above the heads of everybody in Harper’s Ferry, on Bolivar heights, and […]

January 25, 1866

25 Jan 1866

Obit: Mary Ann Strider

On the 16th December, 1865, at Harper’s Ferry, at the residence of Mr. Thomas Gallagher, Mrs. MARY ANN STRIDER, widow of John F. Strider, after a short illness of two days, having been stricken with paralysis. […]

April 14, 1860

14 Apr 1860

Death of Mrs. Lucy L. Carter

In Philadelphia, on the 24th ult., in the 75th year of her age, Mrs. Lucy L. Carter, relict of the late B. Moore Carter, of Va., and daughter of the late Major General Henry Lee, of […]

October 29, 1859

29 Oct 1859

Letters found at Brown’s Home.

Further Developments.It is stated that the Hon. Alex R. Boteler, member elect to Congress from this district, has collected from fifty to one hundred letters from citizens in that neighborhood of Brown’s house, wh[?] searched it […]

October 29, 1859

29 Oct 1859

Capt. Cook Arrested

CAPT. COOK ARRESTED.His Commission in the Insurrection Band found on his Person– Three others of the Band among the Mountains– Parties in Search of them. Chambersburg, Pa, Oct. 26.– The notorious Capt. Cook, of the Insurrectionary […]

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 […]

October 29, 1859

29 Oct 1859

Albert Hazlet Arrested

Harrisburg, Oct. 26 — Hazlet was arrested here in the 24th inst. Governor Packer to-day gave orders that Capt. J. E. Cook, now confined in Chambersburg, and Hazlet held in custody at Carlisle Prison, he both […]

October 29, 1859

29 Oct 1859

Colored Volunteer Company Arms Removed

It is stated that the arms recently furnished to a colored volunteer company in Philadelphia, have been taken away by the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, in consequence of the Harper’s Ferry affair.

July 31, 1850

31 Jul 1850

Cholera, Harpers Ferry fatal cases.

Cholera has broken out at Uniontown, Pa. and Harper’s Ferry, Va. Several fatal cases occurred at the latter place yesterday. Cholera prevails in a number of towns along the National road.

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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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Sprow leaves Ore Bank

Antietam Iron Works & Ore Banks

Annals Of The War

Narrow Escape at Harper’s Ferry

Obit: Mary Ann Strider

Death of Mrs. Lucy L. Carter

Letters found at Brown’s Home.

Capt. Cook Arrested

Raid excitement still prevails.

Albert Hazlet Arrested

Colored Volunteer Company Arms Removed

Cholera, Harpers Ferry fatal cases.

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Philip Coons Accounts

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The Welsh of Harpers Ferry