LOCATION

Jefferson County

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Places within Jefferson County

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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 M. E. Sunday school picnic will be held at the river, near Mr. “Pet” Moler’s farm, on Saturday, August…

More Bakerton Visitiations; etc.

1922
Loughlan Sloan, a native of Ireland, this day applied to the Court to be admitted a citizen of the United…

Naturalization: Loughlan Sloan

1844
St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Harpers Ferry, has a new pipe organ, and a handsome new entrance is bein erected to…

St Peters; New Organ & Cemetery Entrance

1907
Messrs. Charles E. Trail and Charles B. Moler are preparing to open an ore bank on property they have leased…

Trail/Moler Ore Bank

1897
There was a riot among the laborers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal a short time since. They assembled together…

Riot Among Irish Laborers

1838

Patrick Mackin, 12th VA Cavalry Service Record

1863

Washington Building Lime Co. Trademark Registration

1898
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CHARLES WILLIAM FLANAGAN, DECEASED I, Charles William Flanagan, of Washington, D. C., desiring to make…

Will: Charles William Flanagan

1955
Circuit Court Starts in Jefferson County[…]William R. Hoak, for a breaking and entering theft of items valued at $992.80 from…

Theft from Skeeter Welsh

1964
Sextons &c., PlaintiffagainstGrace &c., DefendantsIn Chancery On again to be heard this 1st day of June 1st 1855; upon the…

Court Order: Sale of Property at Boerley’s Risk

1855
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PATTERNS

Common Topics in Jefferson County

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
John Doody 1810–1881
Mary Ellen Flanagan 1851–1899
Burny Reynolds Flanagan 1888–1889
Patrick Henry Welsh 1863–1931
Honora Walsh 1790–1860
John Griggs Flanagan 1886–?
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Michael Welsh 1846–1922

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

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

A Light Still Burning: The Bakerton Store

With roots in both the working class and the family that employed them, Martin Welsh…

Harpers ferry air photo nps

A Timeline of Harpers Ferry

Population Data
Jefferson County
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