December 27, 2025

Quinn, Pleads Not Guilty to Assault, Tresspass

William A Roderick (by his next friend Abraham Roderick), plaintiff against James P. Quinn, defendantIn Tresspass, Assault, and Battery Their attornies and the defendant by his attorney pleaded not guilty and sen. assault, in which pleas […]
September 27, 2025

Wager; Failed Group Speculative Real Estate Purchase, 60 investors.

This Indenture made this 12th day of Feby 1844, between Robert Lucas, George Mauzy & Mary, his wife, & William J. Stephens & Elizabeth, his wife, all of the county of Jefferson in the State of […]
January 12, 2025

Jefferson Co., Most Productive in the Valley of VA

JEFFERSON COUNTYOne Of The Most Productive In The Valley Of Virginia.LIVE TOWNS AND VILLAGESCharlestown, The County Seat– Growth In Population And Manufactures– Railroad Facilities. [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, W. VA., Oct. 8.– Jefferson county […]
December 10, 2023

The Friday Murder Mystery

THE HEARING AT HAGERSTOWN– DETAILS OF THE CRIME, ETC.[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 27, 1877.– James Gardner and J. W. Grove, who are in the county jail at this place on suspicion of […]
July 19, 2018

Obituary: Mrs. Isabell Hoffmaster

Mrs. Isabell Hoffmaster Mrs. Isabell Hoffmaster, 66, of Brunswick, Md. wife of the late Thomas A. Hoffmaster died at the Charles Town Hospital on Saturday. Her late husband was one of the oldest, from point of […]