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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

Miss Mary Huggins, of Harper’s Ferry, Miss Gussie McCorkmick, of Brunswick, Md., and Miss Mamie Kaldenback, of Washington, D. C.,…

Huggins, McCormick, Kaldenback visit Walsh’s.

1898
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
William Martin, an employee at the pulp mill west of Harper’s Ferry was struck and killed last Monday night by…

William Martin, former Ore Bank Employee, Death Notice.

1910
Paralysis Fatal to West VirginianSpecial to The Washington Post Harpers Ferry W. Va. Nov. 4 — Robert M. Duke died…

Died: Robert Duke, paralysis.

1911
ELEVEN BLASTS AROUND HIM.Quarry Foreman Feels As Though Barrage Had Hit Him. Winchester, Va., Nov. 25.– Howard Hetzel, a foreman…

Hetzel Injured by Premature Blast

1917
DENNIS M. DANIELS.[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] FREDERICK, MD., Dec. 28. — Mr. Dennis M. Daniels, who recently moved…

Obituary: Dennis M. Daniels

1903
The new Southern Methodist church at Bakerton will be dedicated the fourth Sunday in this month.– Arrangements are being made…

New Church at Bakerton to be Dedicated

1895
Licenses To Marry J. William Flannagan and Charlotte K. House, both of Bakerton, W. Va. Guy Surratt, of Waynesboro, and…

Flanagan & House, Marriage Liscense Awarded

1931
General Rust has been appointed Superintendent of the U. S. Armory at Harper’s Ferry, vice Mr. Dunn, deceased.

General Rust appointed; Armory

1830
Dist. No.  1921 Serial No. 27 Place of Death County Jefferson  Magisterial District Harpers Ferry City or Town Harpers Ferry…

Death Certificate: Eugene Bready

1943
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Common Topics in Jefferson County

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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
John Doody 1810–1881
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
James Smith Flanagan 1847–1916
Mary Catherine Welsh 1850–1940
William Franklin Welsh 1874–1953
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Annie Gertrude Welsh 1840–1922
James Flanagan 1809–1856

Boteler’s Mill: Labor & Cement in 19th-Century Jefferson County

In 1827, the steady rush of the Potomac River gave life to Boteler’s Mill. This…

The Welsh & Flanagan Families on The C&O Canal

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