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Berkeley County • 170 Greenbrier County • 1 Hampshire County • 5 Hardy County • 1 Harrison County • 1 Jefferson County • 3085 Kanawha County • 4 Lewis County • 4 Marion County • 1 Mason County • 1 Mineral County • 3 Morgan County • 6 Ohio County • 5 Randolph County • 2 Wood County • 2
EVIDENCE

Historical Records from West Virginia

1982 records 1789–1977

Train Kills Two Men Pushing Truck on RailSpecial to The Washington Post. Martinsburg, W. Va., Sept. 28.– Samuel Potts, 57,…

Potts & Sutherland Dead on Railroad

1927
State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson,Clerk’s Office of the County Court. The following is a list of deeds admitted to…

Jefferson County Clerk, Deeds Admitted

1884
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. — The Charlestown Free Press says that “Mr. Mercer assured the convention that the canal on…

Canal sets completion date to Harpers Ferry

1828
Bakerton, W. VA.,March 10th, 1891, DEAR EDITOR– While all is quiet and serene at this place, yet there is one…

Quiet & Serene from Bakerton

1891
Sudden Deaths. — Last Sunday night Miss Mary Hunter, an aged resident of Shepherdstown, was suddenly taken ill, and before…

Obit, Hunter, Funk

1887
Nat’l B.& L. Assn. of Wash. Co. Md To: Deed of Release Thos. B. Welsh. Releasing Trust recorded in Deed…

Release: Thomas B. Welsh

1901
The Alexandria Gazette mentions that the route of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal has been marked out as far as…

Canal next contracts at Harpers Ferry

1829
County Clerk Johnson has issued marriage licenses to the following couples: Lawrence H. Welsh and Annie M. Kidwiler, both of…

Marriage Licenses Issued

1915
TRUSTEE’S AND CONSTABLE’S SALE! By Virtue of a Deed of Trust, given by George W. Caton to the undersigned, which…

Geo. W. Caton Sale

1859
John Crowley, an alien, made the following report of himself to the Court , “I, John Crowley, make the following…

Naturalization Intent: John Crowley

1842
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Obituaries & Deaths 374 Industry 256 Real Estate 163 Limestone Quarries 147 Naturalization 146 Accidents 136 Visitations 136 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 135 Crime & Murders 96 Railroad 87
PEOPLE

Families in West Virginia

People and surnames most strongly associated with West Virginia.

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Flanagan 469 Welsh 302 Moler 246 Caton 109 Moore 88 Knott 77 Walsh 66 Houser 65 Daniels 60 Engle 58 Hopper 51 Johnson 51 Kidwiler 45 Carter 43 Link 41
James Alvey Flanagan 1883–1971
Martin Walsh 1813–1855
Margaret Ann Caton 1831–1911
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
Martha E. Flanagan 1791–1870
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Annie Gertrude Welsh 1840–1922
Thomas Buchanon Walsh, Sr. 1834–1875

St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Harpers Ferry: An Irish Parish on American Soil

Without the Irish, there would be no Catholic congregation in Harpers Ferry. Although St. Peter's…

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

By the 1860 census, a young Irish girl had taken residence with Thomas and Annie…

Map of Jefferson County WV

Jefferson County Research Guide

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