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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 Bakerton Safety News Sponsored by The Safety Council, Washington Building Lime Company VOLUME II. BAKERTON, W. VA DECEMBER, 1935 No.…

Bakerton Safety News (Vol 2. No. 4)

1935
Mr. John M. Welsh, of Bakerton, this county, sued Mr. Jesse A. Engle, Principle of the Oak Grove School, for…

John Welsh sues Oak Grove Principal

1895
An almost complete home-coming took place on Easter at the home of Mr. J. T. Lewis, Dargan. With the exception…

Samples Manor News

1922
Chas. P. Gouker, Mrs. Frank Cole, Mrs. Hunter Swann and Mrs. Ida L. Moore, all of Washington, spent Monday with…

Bakerton Visitations

1922
Operations have been started at the new magnesia plant at Bakerton. The plant has just been completed by the Washington…

Magnesia Plant in Operation

1933
Hagerstown, Md. June 12.– Miss Iva H. Fisher, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher, of Sharpsburg, and John…

Fisher, Moore Married

1909
James Flanagan, of the Bakerton neighborhood, thinks that he can beat the record for weights of young hogs. A few…

Flanagan challenges weight records of young hogs

1912
Work has already begun upon preparations for the rebuilding of the lime kilns at Bakerton, which were destroyed by fire…

Rebuilding of Lime Kilns Commenced

1891
Number 267 Date of Return Nov. 19, 1888 Name of Child J. A. Caton Sex Male No. of Child of…

Birth: J. A. Caton

1888
CAUTION.All persons are cautioned against tresspassing in future upon my farm, formerly owned by John Brien, dec’d, near Reynold’s Little…

Flanagan – Tresspassing Notice

1840
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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
Martin Dineen Welsh 1892–1964
Patrick Walsh 1820–?
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
Mary Ellen Flanagan 1851–1899
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
James Alvey Flanagan 1883–1971
John Doody 1810–1881
Frances Magdalena Flanagan 1808–1896

St. Peters Cemetery

Laura’s Recipes

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

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St. Peter’s Catholic Church of Harpers Ferry: An Irish Parish on American Soil

Without the Irish, there would be no Catholic congregation in Harpers Ferry. Although St. Peter's is considered a Roman Catholic parish, the church historically took on an overwhelmingly Irish congregation,…

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