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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

Albert T. Moler has sold twelve acres from his farm at Bakerton to the Washington Building Lime Company on private…

Moler Sells 12 Acres to Washington Building Lime

1915
28th District, Jefferson County, Virginia as enumerated by L. L. Miller House Number: 660 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace James Flanagan…

1850 Census: James Flanagan Household

1850
Train Kills Two Men Pushing Truck on RailSpecial to The Washington Post. Martinsburg, W. Va., Sept. 28.– Samuel Potts, 57,…

Potts & Sutherland Dead on Railroad

1927
Patrick Walsh & John Walsh, Wm. Flanagan

List of Letters Remaining

1833
Mr. Charles B. Moler has been sinking a number of shafts in his field near the Virginia Ore Bank for…

Moler searching for Ore.

1890
Miss Catharine Higgins, daughter of Patrick Higgins, of Sandy Hook, Md., and James Martin, of Wheeling, were married Wednesday afternoon…

Higgins & Martin Wedding

1902
LIME.The subscriber has for sale 2,000 bushels of superior LIME at his kilns near Reynolds’ “Little Mill,” which he will…

Wm. Flanagan Lime For Sale

1840
Mary C. Licklider & husband. To: DEED OF B. & S. John G. Flanagan THIS DEED made this 16th day…

Deed: Licklider to Flanagan

1896
Mr. S. O. Knott, who is now in business in Bakerton, was a caller at the Register office a few…

S.O. Knott Runs Store From Flanagan Building

1914
Our Iron Ores.Under the caption of “West Virginia Iron,” the Wheeling Intelligencer says:In the eastern part of the State the…

Our Iron Ores.

1891
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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
Michael Welsh 1846–1922
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
Patrick Walsh 1820–?
Charles William Flanagan 1877–1939
George Walter Caton, Sr. 1826–1898
Mary Ellen Flanagan 1851–1899
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915

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

Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised…

botelersmill

Boteler’s Mill: Labor & Cement in 19th-Century Jefferson County

In 1827, the steady rush of the Potomac River gave life to Boteler’s Mill. This thriving cement works helped build the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and anchored industry along the…

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