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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

Washington Building Lime Co. Trademark Registration

1898
1,700 LABORERS WANTEDAt One Dollar Per Day. The subscribers, contractors on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, want to employ 1,700…

1,700 Laborers Wanted (B&O Advert)

1831
Charlestown, W. Va., Dec. 13.– Mr. Eugene Bready, of Harper’s Ferry, and Miss Nannie Moore, daughter of Mr. John W.…

Bready/Moore Marriage

1909
28th District, Jefferson County, Virginiaas enumerated by J. J. MillerHouse Number: 845 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Barney Ott 54 M…

1850 Census: Barney Ott Household

1850
The Register last week gave a brief account of the drowning of Roy Landis Staley, son of Mr. James P.…

The Sad Drowning of Roy Staley

1915
The dead body of a newborn infant was found last Friday, secreted in a tree on the farm of Mr.…

Newborn found dead.

1888
This good old fashioned winter is still with us. It has stayed with us until most people are quite willing…

This Old-Fashioned Winter.

1893
FIRE AT BAKERTONLime Kilns and Freight Cars Destroyed. The valuable lime kilns of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton,…

Fire at Bakerton: Kilns and Freight Cars Destroyed

1891
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mills and Mrs. G. W. Emmart spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Geary, of Washington,…

Mills, Emmart, and Welsh visit Geary in D.C.

1938
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
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PATTERNS

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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
Catherine Irene Eichelberger 1874–1947
Essie Tamson Manuel 1894–1959
Patrick Henry Welsh 1863–1931
John Doody 1810–1881
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941
Walter Jerome Flanagan 1880–1954
James Alvey Flanagan 1883–1971
James Walsh 1827–1871

Laura’s Recipes

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

The Road From York to Harpers Ferry

The Flanagan clan was not known to have ever settled in Harpers Ferry. Instead, they…

River Boyne. County Louth Ireland LCCN2002717437

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

By the 1860 census, a young Irish girl had taken residence with Thomas and Annie Walsh in Bolivar, [West] Virginia. Who is she and why did she live with Tommy…

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