Bolivar - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

120 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

June 28, 1870

28 Jun 1870

1870 Census: Martha Flanagan Household

Bolivar Township, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Warner Schley House Number: 526 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Martha Flanagan* 69 F keeping house Pennsylvania Augusta Fouke 35 F domestic servant West Virginia Robert Nicholson* […]

June 28, 1870

28 Jun 1870

1870 Census: Dennis M. Daniels Household

Bolivar Township, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Warner Schley House Number: 527 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Dennis M. Daniels* 43 M Farmer West Virginia Mary A Daniels 26 F keeping house West Virginia […]

June 28, 1870

28 Jun 1870

1870 Census: William Flanagan Household

Bolivar Township, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Warner Schley House Number: 522 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace William Flanagan* 28 M Farm Laborer West Virginia Kate Flanagan 22 F keeping house West Virginia Lilly […]

June 28, 1870

28 Jun 1870

1870 Census: Frances Flanagan Household

Bolivar Township, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Warner Schley House Number: 520 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Frances Flanagan* 62 F Farming West Virginia John Flanagan* 21 M Farm Laborer West Virginia Alice Flanagan* […]

March 28, 1870

28 Mar 1870

Will: James Conlin

In the Name of God, Amen. — I, James Conlin, of the Town of Bolivar in the County of Jefferson, and State of West Virginia, being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of […]

December 11, 1869

11 Dec 1869

Government Sales, second & third day

The account given in Thursday’s issue of our paper is mainly correct, as to sales of the Public Property at Harpers Ferry, for the first day ; the item for the “right to dig ore on […]

June 9, 1868

9 Jun 1868

The Fair at Harper’s Ferry: Catholic vs. Protestant

MR. EDITOR: As I have promised to drop you an occasional letter, when anything occurs in this vicinity worthy of special notice, to make good my word, I must take up a fair subject. The Fair, […]

January 6, 1866

6 Jan 1866

Deaths in Shepherdstown Register 06 Jan 1866

Died Oct. 17, 1862, near Kerneysville, Turner Ashby, son of James F. and A. M. Randal, aged 8 months, 2 weeks, and 0 days.“I take these little lambs said He, And lay them in my breast–Protection […]

October 29, 1859

29 Oct 1859

Bravery of the Hamtramck Guards

Mr. Zittle– There seems to be considerable talk and gossip through some parts of this community, about the conduct of the Hamtramck Guards, at Harper’s Ferry during the insurrection there. Being an eye-witness to the whole […]

December 31, 1856

31 Dec 1856

Land Book, 1856 – Michael Walsh Heirs

List of the Taxable Town Lots in Jefferson County for the Year 1856. Name of Owner Walsh, Michael, Heirs Residence Jefferson Estate, whether held in fee simple, for life, &c. in fee Number of each lot […]

December 31, 1855

31 Dec 1855

Land Book, 1855 – Michael Walsh Heirs

List of the Taxable Town Lots in Jefferson County for the Year 1855. Name of Owner Walsh, Michael, Heirs Residence Jefferson Estate, whether held in fee simple, for life, &c. Life Number of each lot in […]

October 25, 1855

25 Oct 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.

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Industrial Laborers

Jefferson County Industrial Laborers in the early 20th Century.

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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1870 Census: Martha Flanagan Household

1870 Census: Dennis M. Daniels Household

1870 Census: William Flanagan Household

1870 Census: Frances Flanagan Household

Will: James Conlin

Government Sales, second & third day

The Fair at Harper’s Ferry: Catholic vs. Protestant

Deaths in Shepherdstown Register 06 Jan 1866

Bravery of the Hamtramck Guards

Land Book, 1856 – Michael Walsh Heirs

Land Book, 1855 – Michael Walsh Heirs

Obit: William Flanagan

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