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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 Secreatary of State has granted a charter to the Washington Building Lime Company, of Moler’s P. O., Jefferson county.…

Washington Building Lime Company Chartered

1889
List of the Taxable Land in Jefferson County for the Year 1875. Name of Owner Caton, Geo. W. Residence Shepherd…

Land Book, 1875 – George W. Caton

1875
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Flanagan, of Bakerton, made a pleasant call at the Register office last Saturday.

Flanagan’s Call Register Office

1909
Mr. Rank Garry, who works at the Bakerton lime quarries, had his foot painfully mashed and a bone broken in…

Rank Garry, Lime Employee on Crutches

1898
THE DEVILISH DEED OF A COLORED GIRL.— About three years ago Mr. Jesse A. Engle, the teacher of the public…

Servant Burns Engle Home

1895
The first labor trouble in three years in this county came Thursday of last week, when the entire quarry force…

Labor Strike at Engle/Bakerton Work Slows.

1919
Deed Book 36. Page 61. Report of Commission appointed to divide Wm Flanagans land. In the County Court Dec. Term…

Division of Flanagan Lands

1857
List of Jurymen. The following persons have been drawn as petit jurymen for the February term of the Jefferson Circuit…

February Term of Court Jurymen

1912
For first-class photographs, postals, pingpongs and tintypes, call to see Boyd F. Oden at Bakerton, September 18th to 25th. Gallery…

Flanagan hosts Gallery

1908
A congenial fishing party has been encamped on the knoll overlooking the Potomac river on the farm of Adam B.…

Fishing Party Near Bakerton; Camp Walla Walla

1909
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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
Patrick Walsh 1820–?
Michael Welsh 1846–1922
Burny Reynolds Flanagan 1888–1889
Martin Dineen Welsh 1892–1964
John Doody 1810–1881
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Honora Walsh 1790–1860
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915

Becoming Bakerton: The First Settlers

Long before the village bore its familiar name, Bakerton’s rolling country and riverbanks were a…

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

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

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