Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

March 27, 1891

27 Mar 1891

They Want the Railroad.

The REGISTER’S article last week on the proposed railroad through Jefferson and Berkeley counties, from North Mountain, say, to Harper’s Ferry, has caused a great deal of comment, and the one expression from the people along […]

March 27, 1891

27 Mar 1891

Columbia Guano & Phosphate Company Charter

The Secretary of State has issued a charter to the Columbia Guano and Phosphate Company. The office will be kept at Harper’s Ferry. Capital stock $5,000 with the privilege of increasing to $200,000. The incorporators are […]

March 21, 1891

21 Mar 1891

Bakerton: Ore Bank Strike

BAKERTON NEWS.—BAKERTON, W. VA.,March 21, 1891. DEAR EDITOR– We again ask admission into your columns, but as this a dull season of the year we cannot give you much news of interest to your readers. Yet […]

March 20, 1891

20 Mar 1891

B&O Projected Route

[…] By the projected route through Jefferson and Berkeley counties referred to (the original B. & O. survey), the road would not only touch Shepherdstown, where it would be given a hearty welcome, as was given […]

March 13, 1891

13 Mar 1891

Charles Hawk, hurt at pulp mill.

Charles Hawk, a boy about 12 years old, got caught in the machinery at the Shenandoah pulp mill at Harper’s Ferry last week and was pretty badly hurt.

March 10, 1891

10 Mar 1891

Quiet & Serene from Bakerton

Bakerton, W. VA.,March 10th, 1891, DEAR EDITOR– While all is quiet and serene at this place, yet there is one topic daily discussed with interest, viz: the C. & O. Canal. As many of our citizen […]

March 10, 1891

10 Mar 1891

John Howard Searching For Owner of Pocket Bible

Capt. John Howard, mineralogist for the Charlestown M., M. & I. Co., and who during the late war was an officer in the 7th Md. Regiment, U. S. army, has shown us a pocket bible which […]

February 20, 1891

20 Feb 1891

Communicated from Bakerton

Bakerton, W. Va.February 16, 1891. EDITOR REGISTER– As we have not been represented in your columns for some time, we beg that you favor us this week if space will permit. While all is quiet here, […]

February 20, 1891

20 Feb 1891

Unknown disease in Halltown

Mr. George W. Clipp, living near Halltown, has recently lost nine sheep by some unknown disease, and Mr. Vol Hill, of the same neighborhood, lost two horses by the epizootic.

February 1, 1891

1 Feb 1891

Birth: Chas. B. Caton

Lines Numbered 6 Date of Birth Feb. 1st [1891] *date insterted by authority of S. T. Knott, M.D. (affidavit filed 5/1/42) Name of Child Caton, Chas B Color White Sex Male Born Alive Place of Birth […]

January 13, 1891

13 Jan 1891

Moler/Keller dispose of interest in ore land.

A correspondent of the Harper’s Ferry Sentinel says that Messrs. Moler and Keller have disposed of one-half interest in their ore land situated near the Virginia Ore Bank, this county, to the Sparrows Point Steel Co., […]

January 9, 1891

9 Jan 1891

Martha Flanagan treats with cake

The Register force was very greatly indebted to Miss Martha Flanagan during the Holidays for a box of the most elegant cake we have ever eaten. There were seven or eight different kinds — all good.

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