LOCATION

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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

Real Estate Transfers. Martha L. Flanagan and others to Essie K. Bowman, house and lot at Bakerton, consideration not given.

Flanagan Heirs to Bowman

1919
Thomas Kervan a native of Ireland this day applied to the Court to be admitted to become a citizen of…

Naturalization: Thomas Kerwan

1855
Run Down By No. 8 A cooper named Grimm who worked at the lime Kiln’s at Bakerton, was struck and…

Grimm, cooper, killed by B&O

1906
COMMUNICATED.Bakerton, W. Va. February 2, 1892 DEAR EDITOR– As your correspondent, with many others of this community, has been so…

Bakerton, 1892 Report

1892
HARPERS FERRY, (Vir.) July 17.Medical Discovery.– Doctor T. C. Smith, of Dublin, lately obtained 5,800 premium from the English Parliament…

O’Donovan; Chemist

1821
Mr. James Flanagan, of Bakerton, is visiting his son, John G. Flanagan, in Baltimore.

Flanagan visits son in Baltimore

1915
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh of Bakerton, was the scene of a very pretty wedding which took…

Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh Host Daughter’s Wedding

1909
List of the Taxable Land in Jefferson County for the Year 1900. Name of Owner Welsh, Clara C. Residence of…

Land Book, 1900 – Clara Welsh

1900
Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Charles S. Lynch House Number: 341   Name Relationship Sex Age…

1920 Census: Lawrence H. Welsh Household

1920
In the Railroad World. Railroad affairs are thickening up about Shepherdstown. Every option in Jefferson county necessary for the B.…

Damages Paid By Railroad

1903
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PATTERNS

Common Topics in Jefferson County

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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
John Doody 1810–1881
Essie Tamson Manuel 1894–1959
Margaret Ann Caton 1831–1911
Patrick Henry Welsh 1863–1931
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941
Honora Walsh 1790–1860
Burny Reynolds Flanagan 1888–1889
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858

Life Between The Blasts: The Village of Bakerton

Life in Bakerton was lived between the thunder of quarry blasts and the spirit of…

Laura’s Recipes

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

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Becoming Bakerton: The First Settlers

Long before the village bore its familiar name, Bakerton’s rolling country and riverbanks were a landscape of both promise and challenge. Fertile fields, mineral-rich limestone, and the Potomac’s steady flow…

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