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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

The works of the Washington Building Lime Company, at Bakerton, Jefferson county, W. Va., were totally destroyed by fire last…

Washington Building Lime, totally destroyed by fire.

1891
HEALTH OF HARPER’S FERRY.– The following note, from a correspondent at Harper’s Ferry, gives the latest intelligence of the health…

Health of Harpers Ferry

1850
Mrs. Bettie Moler Mrs. Bettie Moler, widow of Adam B. Moler, died Tuesday night at her home near Bakerton, after…

Bettie Moler, Obit

1919
Mr. Clinton Harwood fell from a building he was erecting for Mr. Jesse Cook, near Bakerton, and sustained painful injuries.…

Harwood, Painful Injuries from Fall.

1898
Joseph E. Thropp, owner of the Virginia ore bank, along the Potomac river east of town, bought two parcels of…

Ore Bank & Iron Works, Thropp

1909
Stole A Countryman’s Hat. “While I do not know about his identity,” said a man who had noticed the supposed…

Dorsey Foultz; Supposed Murder

1899
James Flanigan was killed near Shepherdstown, Va., last week, by a man named Boyer.

James Flanagan; Killed

1856
Robert Duke didn’t know what to call the contraption in which he drives daily from Bakerton to Shepherdstown, and neither…

State Road Commission Determines Licensure for “Drivable Contraption”

1939
Marriage Licenses[…] Preston Millard, 45, of Bakerton, W. Va., and Hilda R. Moler, 28, of Charles Town, W. Va. The…

Marriage: Millard and Moler

1920
John Savan a native of Ireland, appeared in the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the County of…

Naturalization: John Savan

1844
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Subjects most frequently associated with this place in surviving records.

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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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Common Surnames

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
George Walter Caton, Sr. 1826–1898
Oscar Strother Flanagan 1892–1973
Annie Gertrude Ingram 1869–1945
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941
Charles William Flanagan 1877–1939
John Doody 1810–1881
Mary E. Welsh 1870–1871
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858

Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised…

A Timeline of Harpers Ferry

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A Light Still Burning: The Bakerton Store

With roots in both the working class and the family that employed them, Martin Welsh built a legacy of his own in Bakerton. More than a century later, his store…

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