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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

WALTER J. FLANAGAN, superintendent of the Standard Lime and Stone Company, has been a factor in the industrial life of…

Walter J. Flanagan – Biography

1924
Mrs. Agnes JamisonMrs. Agnes Savilla Jamison, 75, of Sharpsburg, died Friday afternoon at the Martin Manor Nursing Home where she…

Obituary: Mrs. Agnes Jamison

1968
On Monday morning, October 9th, while Mrs. Dora M. Eaton was preparing breakfast, she was taken suddenly ill and was…

Bakerton News [Personals]

1922
List of the Taxable Land in Jefferson County for the Year 1899. Name of Owner Flanagan, Jno G. & others…

Land Book, 1899 – John G. Flanagan & Others (Quarry)

1899
Marriage Register, Jefferson County, West Virginia No. 129 Time of Marriage 21st November, 1906 Place of Marriage Molers Name of…

Marriage: Charles Flanagan & Florence Knode

1906
GEORGE A. MaGLONE DIES IN NEW YORK.Mr. George A. MaGlone died in New York a few days ago, and his…

Obit: George A. MaGlone

1925
Patrick Sheehan, an alien, who has lately arrived in the United States and is desirous of being naturalized a citizen…

Naturalization Intent: Patrick Sheehan

1843
HORIRBLE MURDER. One of the most inhuman and shocking murders it has ever fallen to our lot to record, occurred…

Mason – Horrible Murder

1860
28th District, Jefferson County, Virginiaas enumerated by J. J. MillerHouse Number: 849 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace John Sullivan 35 M…

1850 Census: John Sullivan Household

1850
NEGROES AS HIGHWAYMENTwo in Jail at Harper’s Ferry are Threatened With Lynching. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]Charlestown, W. Va.,…

Two in Jail at Harper’s Ferry Are Threatened with Lynching.

1904
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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 Walsh 1813–1855
James Walsh 1827–1871
John Doody 1810–1881
Annie Gertrude Welsh 1840–1922
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Mary Ellen Flanagan 1851–1899
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
Oscar Strother Flanagan 1892–1973

A Short History of The U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

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

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Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised among various Irish households in her early years, she finally settled after marrying Thomas Buchanan…

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