LOCATION

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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

BIG BRIDGE SHIPPED AWAY.Huge Structure Will Be Used By Baltimore and Ohio at Bakerton. Superintendent Z. T. Brantner, of the…

New Railroad Bridge Shipped to Bakerton

1910
Bakerton, Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Harry S. [Kimes, Koonce] House Number: 65   Name Relationship…

1910 Census: Walter J. Flanagan

1910
Dist. No.  190 Serial No. 29 Place of Death County Jefferson Magisterial District Harpers Ferry City or Town Halltown Length…

Death Certificate: Raleigh N. Moore

1947
Mr. Geo. W. Smith, an aged man from Bolivar, who was taken to the Insane Asylum at Weston less than…

Geo. W. Smith, dead at Weston

1889
MARRIED. At the Carter House in Charlestown, December 27th, 1881, by Rev. A. C. Hopkins, Mr. J. B. WAITTINGTON to…

Marriages in The Shepherdstown Register 10 Jan 1882

1882
Martin Brodrick, an alien, who has lately arrived in the United States and is desirous of being naturalized a citizen…

Naturalization Intent: Martin Brodrick

1844
Five new drifts 500 feet deep have been driven in the West Virginia iron-ore bank at Harper’s Ferry, now owned…

Five New Drifts (Ore Bank)

1899
D. Raleigh Houser, who for a number of years has been the efficient superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company’s…

Houser’s Health Declines; Flanagan Transferred

1919
Just before we go to press we learn of the death of Mrs. Alice Hopper, a lifelong resident of the…

Obituary: Alice Flanagan Hopper

1919
List of Jurymen. The following is a list of petit jurors drawn to appear February 9, second day of the…

Feb. 1898 List of Jurymen

1898
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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
Honora Walsh 1790–1860
Oscar Strother Flanagan 1892–1973
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Thomas Buchanon Walsh, Sr. 1834–1875
John Griggs Flanagan 1886–?
John Martin Welsh 1859–1928
Michael Welsh 1846–1922

Laura’s Recipes

Laura Ellen Lewis was born September 1, 1897 in Dargan, Washington County, Maryland. In 1915,…

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

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

1840 census e1530232819471

A Discussion of the Welsh’s in the 1840 Census

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