Bakerton - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1024 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

July 3, 1885

3 Jul 1885

Oak Grove School Commencement Celebration

COMMUNICATED. DEAR REGISTER.– The large and flourishing school so ably taught by that popular teacher Mr. Jesse A. Engle, gave their friends a rare and intellectual and literary treat at the close of their school. This […]

July 2, 1885

2 Jul 1885

Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House

Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House, Near Harper’s Ferry.The recent closing exercises of the Oak Grove public school, so efficiently and satisfactorily taught by Mr. Jesse A. Engle the past three years, were of an […]

November 9, 1884

9 Nov 1884

Birth Certificate: Bertha May Moore

Register of Births Within the District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, In The County of Jefferson in the Year Ending December 31, 1889 County Where Born Jefferson City Where Born Bakerton Full Name Of Child Bertha […]

August 29, 1884

29 Aug 1884

Blown Up (At Flanagans)

A very serious accident occurred at Flanagan’s limestone quarry, below Shepherdstown, on Thursday morning of last week. Messrs. John J. Flanagan and Albert Grim were in a blacksmith shop completing a piece of work. There was […]

January 12, 1884

12 Jan 1884

Jefferson County Clerk, Deeds Admitted

State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson,Clerk’s Office of the County Court. The following is a list of deeds admitted to record in said office during two weeks ending January 5, 1884: Teste, T. A. Moore, Clerk […]

December 15, 1883

15 Dec 1883

Thieves in Harpers Ferry, Bakerton.

Letter from Harper’s Ferry. Messrs. Editors.– A short time ago some thief or thieves invaded the hennery of poor Billy Anderson, and abstracted therefrom eight valuable chickens of fancy blood. They came a few nights since […]

July 28, 1883

28 Jul 1883

Small, Esq. Questions Title of Ore Bank

ALBERT SMALL,Attorney and Counsellor at Law.Hagerstown, Md., July 28th, 1883. The Hon. The Secry of the Treasury:Sir:Just at the close of the Rebellion, while a student here my predecessor found among his father’s “papers” a bundle […]

June 30, 1883

30 Jun 1883

Oak Grove School Entertainment

School Entertainment. — A correspondent sends us the following item: Oak Grove School, conducted by Mr. Jesse A. Engle, near Zion Church, gave an entertainment at its close last Saturday a week. Speeches were made by […]

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 […]

January 10, 1882

10 Jan 1882

John Flanagan purchases farm

Mr. John G. Flanagan has purchased the farm of the estate of his brother, Charles Flanagan, containing 33 acres, well improved and a new brick dwelling, east of Moler’s X Roads, for the sum of $2,600.

May 29, 1880

29 May 1880

Charles Flanagan, well after illness.

We were glad to see our young friend Mr. Charles Flanagan in town again, last week, after having recovered from a long and serious attack of illness.

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, […]

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