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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

VIOLENT RAIN STORM– DAMAGE TO THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.– An express was received in this city last evening from…

Severe Damage to the B&O, Winchester RR

1843
We were glad to have a call last Friday from our friend Mr. John Welsh, of Bakerton.

John Welsh; Visits Register Office

1904
GREAT FRESHET IN THE POTOMAC.– The rains of last week melting the masses of snow on the Alleghany Mountains caused…

Freshet in the Potomac

1843
On Monday evening, aged about 30, Mr. John Garry, a native of Ireland, but for some months a resident of…

Death Notice: John Garry

1824
D. Raleigh Houser, who for a number of years has been the efficient superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company’s…

Houser’s Health Declines; Flanagan Transferred

1919
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.– Mr. James Cromwell, of Kentucky, when on his way homeward, stepped from the cars at Harper’s Ferry, on…

Cromwell, Killed At Harpers Ferry

1842
The Washington Building Lime Company are busily engaged in rebuilding their works, recently destroyed by fire, and will be ready…

Washington Building Lime Rebuilding

1891
BIG HOGS AT BOLIVAR. — One of our patrons and old friends at Bolivar, (we will not mention his name…

Big Hogs at Bolivar

1881
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.– The Spirit of Jefferson states that Mr. John P. Kennedy, a citizen of Harper’s Ferry, took his life…

Suicide of John Kennedy

1848
FRESHET. — Rain commenced falling on Monday and continued with slight intermission up to Wednesday noon, causing the Potomac to…

Flooding on Canal & B&O

1860
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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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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
James Walsh 1827–1871
John Griggs Flanagan 1886–?
John Doody 1810–1881
James Alvey Flanagan 1883–1971
Oscar Strother Flanagan 1892–1973
Mary Ellen Flanagan 1851–1899
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Catherine Irene Eichelberger 1874–1947

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

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

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…

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The Road From York to Harpers Ferry

The Flanagan clan was not known to have ever settled in Harpers Ferry. Instead, they traveled further and settled for a short period in present day Bardane. Later, they moved…

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