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Bakerton • 1025 Bardane • 2 Bolivar • 120 Charles Town • 187 Duffields • 34 Engle • 56 Halltown • 39 Harpers Ferry • 517 Kabletown • 3 Kearneysville • 24 Leetown • 11 Mannings • 1 Middleway • 12 Millville • 26 Molers Cross Roads • 104 Ranson • 5 Rippon • 3 Shannondale • 4 Shenandoah Junction • 44 Shepherdstown • 348 Summit Point • 5 Uvilla • 36
EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Jefferson County

1951 records 1789–1977

Morgan’s Grove Premiums. […] LADIES’ DEPARTMENT […] Billmyer’s special premium, Miss Martha Flanagan; bread. Chocolate cake, Miss Annie Flanagan 1st,…

1891 Morgans Grove Fair Premiums

1891
Mrs. Flanagan, wife of Mr. John J. Flanagan, died at her home near Moler’s Cross Roads on Wednesday.

Tamson Flanagan, died at home.

1892
A VISIT TO BAKERTON. Editor Register: Mr. I. H. Baker,  the enterprising superintendent Baker, of the Washington Building Lime Co.’s…

A Visit to Bakerton [Lime Co.]

1891
Electrocuted At Plant.Hagerstown, Aug. 5. — Elmer Giffin, 27, of Samples Manor, Md., was electrocuted today when a switch at…

Giffin, Electrocuted At Bakerton Plant

1932
Patrick Kelly Plaintiffagainstthe Smithfield, Charles Town and Harpers ferry Turnpike company Defendants This day came the plaintiff by his attorney,…

Kelly agst. Smithfield, Charles Town and Harpers Ferry Turnpike Co.

1835
List of the Taxable Land in Jefferson County for the Year 1875. Name of Owner Flanagan, Jas. heirs Residence Bolivar…

Land Book, 1875 – James Flanagan, heirs

1875
The completion of the new telephone line from Moler’s Cross Roads to Bakerton for the Jefferson County Telephone Company gives…

Telephone from Molers to Bakerton

1909
Killed On Railroad Track. Special to The Washington Post. Charleston, W. Va., June 6.— Walter W. Rouzee, an employee in…

Rouzee, killed by train.

1903
Miss Catharine Higgins, daughter of Patrick Higgins, of Sandy Hook, Md., and James Martin, of Wheeling, were married Wednesday afternoon…

Higgins & Martin Wedding

1902
Since our last paper, two deaths have occurred from Cholera— one in town, and the other in the vicinity. As…

Cholera in Halltown

1832
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Obituaries & Deaths 355 Industry 255 Real Estate 163 Naturalization 146 Limestone Quarries 146 Visitations 136 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 133 Accidents 133 Crime & Murders 95 Railroad 84
PEOPLE

Families in Jefferson County

People and surnames most strongly associated with Jefferson County.

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Flanagan 468 Welsh 296 Moler 246 Caton 107 Moore 87 Knott 77 Walsh 66 Houser 65 Daniels 60 Engle 58 Hopper 51 Johnson 50 Kidwiler 45 Carter 41 Link 41
James Alvey Flanagan 1883–1971
William Flanagan 1786–1855
Mary Ellen Flanagan 1851–1899
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
John Doody 1810–1881
Essie Tamson Manuel 1894–1959
Burny Reynolds Flanagan 1888–1889
Walter Jerome Flanagan 1880–1954

A Short History of The U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry

Life Between The Blasts: The Village of Bakerton

Life in Bakerton was lived between the thunder of quarry blasts and the spirit of…

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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 is considered a Roman Catholic parish, the church historically took on an overwhelmingly Irish congregation,…

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