Shepherdstown PO, 1 July 1840

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Shepherdstown PO, 1 July 1840

Date Published: July 9, 1840 Post Office: Shepherdstown Newspaper: Virginia Free Press Repository: Chronicling America Indexed Names: 76
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Indexed Names

Names Listed in This Notice

Names are shown as printed in the newspaper. Spelling variations, initials, titles, abbreviations, and newspaper errors are common.

B

  • Mr. Barnett Barnett
  • Henry Barnhart Barnhart, Henry
  • James Becks Becks, James
  • John N Birnside Birnside, John N
  • Elizabeth Blackford Blackford, Elizabeth
  • Mrs Henry Blackford Blackford, Henry
  • John Boroff Boroff, John
  • Jacob Boyer Boyer, Jacob
  • M J Brown Brown, M J

C

  • Eve Cast Cast, Eve
  • Samuel Catro Catro, Samuel
  • James Cissle Cissle, James

D

  • Charles Dickson Dickson, Charles
  • John Doling Doling, John

E

  • David Ewen Ewen, David

F

  • Netelia V Fisher Fisher, Netelia V
  • Michael Fouke Fouke, Michael
  • William Freeze Freeze, William
  • Thomas M Friddle Friddle, Thomas M

G

  • Mary R Glenn Glenn, Mary R

H

  • Aquila Haines Haines, Aquila
  • James Harding Harding, James
  • Thomas L Harlin Harlin, Thomas L
  • David Hawn Hawn, David
  • George Hawn Hawn, George
  • Margaret E Hess Hess, Margaret E
  • James Hite Hite, James
  • Thomas Hite Hite, Thomas
  • John Hoffman Hoffman, John
  • Joseph Hoffman Hoffman, Joseph
  • Mrs Mary Hoffman Hoffman, Mary
  • John H Hour Hour, John H
  • Joseph Van Houten Houten, Joseph Van
  • Elizabeth Hunter Hunter, Elizabeth
  • Mr. Mary Hunter Hunter, Mary

K

  • John Klenzents Klenzents, John

L

  • Margaret Lafferty Lafferty, Margaret
  • Conrad Licklider Licklider, Conrad
  • Henry Little Little, Henry
  • Joseph Little Little, Joseph
  • Mary Ann Lowman Lowman, Mary Ann
  • Benjamin Lucas Lucas, Benjamin

M

  • William McMurran McMurran, William
  • Abram R McQuilkin McQuilkin, Abram R
  • Charles Miller Miller, Charles
  • Mary E Miller Miller, Mary E
  • Susan Miller Miller, Susan
  • Henrietta Mitchel Mitchel, Henrietta
  • Samuel Mitchell Mitchell, Samuel
  • Robert Moore Moore, Robert
  • Samuel Moore Moore, Samuel

N

  • George Needy Needy, George
  • Margaret Newman Newman, Margaret
  • Drueilla A Nicely Nicely, Drueilla A

R

  • Uriah Raiston Raiston, Uriah
  • William Rightstine Rightstine, William
  • James Rize Rize, James
  • Sarah Ruckle Ruckle, Sarah
  • H Russell Russell, H

S

  • John Sappington Sappington, John
  • John Shell Shell, John
  • Montgomery Slemons Slemons, Montgomery
  • John Smith Smith, John
  • Theobold Snider Snider, Theobold
  • Eliza Staley Staley, Eliza
  • Samuel Strider Strider, Samuel

T

  • Frederick Toffhoge Toffhoge, Frederick
  • Ehud Turner Turner, Ehud

U

  • William Unseld Unseld, William

V

  • Jacob Varner Varner, Jacob
  • Catharine Vinsonheller Vinsonheller, Catharine
  • Garret Voorheese Voorheese, Garret

W

  • Fanny Washington Washington, Fanny
  • John David Weaver Weaver, John David
  • William White White, William
  • Henry Wolf Wolf, Henry

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