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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

Thomas Mulligan, an alien, who arrived in the United States in the month of August 1828 and is desirous of…

Naturalization Intent: Thomas Mulligan

1840
LIME-BURNING CASE. THE JUDGE DECIDES AGAINST ELDRED COMPANY. Important Step Toward Throwing Open to the Kilns the Most Practical and…

Judge sides with Bakerton in Lime-Burning Case

1905
Christopher Slavan, a native of Ireland, this day applied to the Court to be admitted a citizen of the United…

Naturalization: Christopher Slavan

1848
DIED. At the residence of her half-brother, Mr. John H. Allstadt, in this county, on Wednesday, July 15th, 1885, Miss…

Spirit of Jefferson Deaths, July 1885

1885
Mr. Sullivan Mars, of Harpers-Ferry, was drowned in the Shenandoah, on Sunday 27th ult.

Mars; drowned in Shenadoah

1831
The family of our friend John M. Welch, of Bakerton, this county, must have pretty good consciences, for they are…

Mantel Burns at John M. Welsh Household

1903
One of the most severe storms that has visited this locality for some years occurred last Friday afternoon. There was…

A Severe Storm, 1883

1883
Shepherd College Professor Dies.Special to The Washington Post. Walter M. Duke, of the Shepherd College faculty, Shepherdstown, died today, after…

Duke, College Professor Dies

1919
William A. Stephenson, a native of Ireland, personally appeared in Court and declared on oath that it is his bona…

Naturalization: William A. Stephenson

1837
Bakerton, Jefferson county, is enjoying a boom. Recently expenditures in improvements amounting to $3,000 have been made.

$3,000 spent for Bakerton improvements.

1900
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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
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
Oscar Strother Flanagan 1892–1973
Honora Walsh 1790–1860
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941
John Martin Welsh 1859–1928
John Doody 1810–1881
Catherine Irene Eichelberger 1874–1947

Laura’s Recipes

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

A Light Still Burning: The Bakerton Store

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

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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