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... by the Berk-Mar Garden Club. 5. SCOLLAY HALL Location: Comer of Queen and Grace Streets, Middleway. Scollay Hall is located on the main street in the Middleway Historic • District, which contains over forty 18th and early 19th century tructures as well as four early cemeteries. ...
...nce by way of Summit Point. At the same time Early planned to proceed from Bunker Hill to Middleway and then towards Charles Town. Anderson found his advance delayed by Brigadier General Wesley Merritt's cavalry at Berryville and Brigadier General J. H. Wilson's at Summit Point. ...
.34 Magazine of the ---·------------------.-------THE MIDDLEWAY B.LUES (From an uniptiibl~s'hed Hisrtory :(){f Smitl1field· ·prepared by C6lonel ROibert L. Bates, Ph. D., 1Professor of Philos·ophy and l?syciholog,y, Virgin!ia Militaxy Institute, ·Lexington.) Duri11g· the ''thirti...
...1806. m. 1757, Catherine Elizabeth Ma dern. Presumably buried in Union Church graveyard, Middleway. Boltz, John Michael, Sr. b. 1759. d. 1834. m. 1786, Eve Zombro (in marked grave in Union Church graveyard, Middleway). Pvt. in Capt. Holderbaum's Co., 1781. Buried in unmarked gra...
...he Union Arniy, Cyclopedia of Battles (p. 597), describes the engagement as the Battle of Middleway. It might well be known as the Battle of Cameron Depot, a place on the Valley Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, some three miles to the east of Middleway. At Welch's Sprin...
Magazine of the The community of Middleway gave her young men to the Confederacy .. A number were killed in action. Many more were wounded. No attempt was m~de, in compiling the list, to ascertain the commands ·to which they be longed .. The old 55th Regiment, in which the peopl...
... same family to the sixth and seventh generation. There are two such in our neighborhood (Middleway) if you are interested in investi gating their sto1·y." Knowing something of the Michigan Historical Commission's project of marking ''Centennial Farms," farms held in the same na...
...2 acres lies in the southwest quad1--ant formed by the intersection of the Shepherdstown Middleway Pike and the road from Charles Town to In wood. It may be better identified as lying between that intersection and Priests Field, which Adam Livingston deeded in 1802 to three tru...
...i\ 1ate tutor ir1 tl1e Wj]liam Baylor family. Later he taught several ub ripti n chool at Middleway. During summers he did surveying, ~ r1d tl1e }1arlt; Tow11-Middleway road, in its present bounds was contrti ted on l1i urve . fter becoming established in the Middleway 11 igl1b r...
...is growing law practice. M iddleway and Leetown In tl1e 1830 when James Boyden taught ir1 Middleway Henry St. George Tucker l1ad a small private law school in Wincl1ester, Virg111ia. Later l1e became dean of the law cl1ool at tl1e University of Virgi11ia -from 1 841 to I 45. Ther...
14 The Magazine of the Middleway Symposium The 1979 November meeting was held in the White Church in Middleway. These presentations were made by members of families native to this community. Story of Early Smithfield by W.O. Macoughtry The town of Smithfield later named Middleway...
...y Historic Landmarks Commission Because this issue of the Society's magazine focuses upon Middleway (Smithfield), it is important for the citizens of that community to realize the distinctiveness of their village. As the material reveals, this town has a rich history and retains ...
..., a Farmers Market, and an open house at the Entler Museum and DAR/UDC Genealogy Library. Middleway Day, an annual event, was held on October 13th in Middleway. The day featured tours of the Middleway Historic District in a horse-drawn wagon, given by Peter Fricke and Grant Prill...
...other fragment, another branch of the Washington family that was in this region. Out near Middleway on a fa1·1n are the graves of two Washington women who came from Spy Hill, King George County, and descended from cousins of George Washington. There was a man here in Charles Town...
...g. Detachments were coming in f ram other poi11 ts. The day following the arrival of the {Middleway Blues was given over to ·patriotic ceremonies. Orators de~1icted the ca reer of the great soldier and states.man-for l ... afayette was sec ond to no one but Washington. The)' em...
... General •Pickett's Division and· Gene.rail Armistead's Brigade. James Macoughtry Born at Middleway 1808, died 1841, son of Dr. James Macoughtry and ·brother of Dr. William 0. Macoughtry, both prominent men of Mid dlew,ay. Studied first in a Philadelphia Academy of Arlt, and f1r...
...es Town. At this time seven districts are shown in the County. Also in 1883, the ''Map of Middleway, Incorporated in 1831," made by Mr. Brown was published. It shows the streets and lot nu:mbers, names of property owners, the churches, school, the mill, the cerneteri-es and other...
...the Congress. 107 The 1852 Brown map shows Fry ownership of a number of properties around Middleway. 108 Mr. Fulton. 109 Thomas Blackburn Washington ( 1812-1854) son of the builder of Claymont, inherited the estate in 1851. In 18 3 8 he evidently lived on a section of Claymont ad...
...n Burell. 141 John Redmond married Dr. M. P. Nelson's sister Maria in 1823. They lived in Middleway and had no children. 142 Bates' History of Smithfield states that Henry Gilbert moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia and acquired property near the Opequon Creek. (Vol. II, p. 193)....
...ey and John Riley. (Berkeley Co. Deed Book III page I) ccording to Robert Bate History of Middleway Jacob Fry acquired land next to Benjamin Fry near Middleway in 1757. From Martin burg deed book we learn that Jacob Fry in 1785 leased 291 acre in the Back Creek area of Berkeley C...
...President, Miss Susan Gregg Gibson, Charles Town Recording Secretary, Mrs. L.F. Grantham, Middleway Corresponding Secretary, Miss Ella May Turner, Shepherdstown Board of Directors: Miss Letitia Cary Ambler, Charles Town; Walter E. Dittmyer, Harpers Ferry; Marshall McDonald, Charl...
...ried on the detailed work in 1973. Certain parts of the County, notably Shepherdstown and Middleway Districts, were completed. Of great importance was the passage by the West Virginia Legislature of Senate Bill 421 on April 10, 1973, introduced by Senators William Oates of Hampsh...
... The Priest Field Pastoral Center and Summer Picnic The Prie t Field Pa toral Center near Middleway was completed in 197 and thi is now one off our "Pa toral Center for Prayer and tudyn of the Catholic Dioce e of Wheeling-Charleston We t Virginia. It i a hort distance we t of Mid...
...bruary 21, 1802, 34 acres of land was deeded to the Catholic Church by Adam Livingston of Middleway and part of this land became a Catholic cemetery in the early 1880's. Miss A.L. Marshall, pastoral assistant at the Center, has written a 48 page historical account titled, ''Adam ...
........................... 4 Dr. Stealey New President ................................. 12 Middleway Symposium Story of Early Smithfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Churches of Smithfield .............................. 17 Turkey Spring, L...
...was stationed where the turnpike enters the town. On leaving Charlestown I passed out the Middleway or Smithfield road and the Inf. picket was on this road, a short distance beyond the junction of the Middleway or Smithfield road, and the Summit Point road. This is all my knowled...
...at the same time telegraphed to Captain P.M. Hollis, commander of the military company at Middleway, this county: State of West Virginia, Adjutant General's Office Charlestown, Jan 23, 1892 Special Orders, No. 11 To Captain P.M. Hollis, Commanding Company ''F'', Second Regiment W...
...y to link Shepherd's Mills on the Potomac with Winchester via Jacob Hite's and Smithfield/Middleway. On April 14, 17 44, Richard Morgan among others petitioned for a new road to be cleared from Thomas Shepherd's Mill to John Littler's ''new design'' -a new tavern across the Opequ...
...h Hunsicker: (1800?-l 8?): born at the family plantation ''Prospect Hall'' in Smithfield (Middleway), Jefferson County, he was a silversmith and watchmaker who worked from a room adjoining the Entler Hotel (1832-1836). When he lost the 175-acre family farm in Middleway, he moved ...
...ing of the 18 th [August, 1864] the corps moved to Welch's Spring, on the Charlestown and Middleway Pike, about two miles from Charlestown, arriving there at 6 p.m. It then went into camp, the First Division on the right of the pike, the Second on the left, and the Third in reser...
...udy: Aldridge's Berryvi I le Cameron's Depot Cameron's Station Charlestown Flowing Spring Middleway Packett's Smithfield Summit Point Welch's Spring Welch's Spring, Flowing Spring, and Cameron's Station are all synonymous with or in close proximity to Cameron's Depot. Smithfield ...
...1 789 . . . . . . . . . . 28 Braddock's March Through Jefferson County . . . . . . 29 The Middleway Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Uniform of the Potomac Rifle Co.mpany . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Letter by Major Henry Bedinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
...pose of makin,g pilgrim,a·ge to the W.ashington Cave, as shown in the ,follo'wing minutes:Middleway, Jefferson Co., Virga., Triluminar Lodge 11 7, May 14th A. L. 5 8~4-1844. Master M. Lodge called from Ia'bor to refresh- ment to as s mlble in Charles To\vn on Thursday morning ne...
...H. Cam·pbell, J. D. p. t., John Fearis, Tyler and 1 o other brethren of Triluminar Lodge, Middleway; 11 fro·m G. Waspington Lo·dge, Be·rryville; 19 from Equality Lodg·e, Martins!burg·; 16 fro·m Mt Ne'b-0 L·od·ge, Shepherdstown; 3 .-from Front Royal Lodge, Front R•oyal; _13 from L...
...o refr,eshmen·t (·at le·ast the Bret·hren of Tritu.minar Lodge) to meet at their H.all in Middleway, on Saturday evening the 18,th i"nst., which was accordin·gly so d·one and M. M. Lodge closed in due fo111n. JOHN P. SMITH LEWIS FRY, W. M. Sec.y. p. t. Pro Tem!p•or-e We, the unde...
... oil la:m1ps was inaugurated. Wildey Lodge o. 2 7 at Charles T'o·wn and amaritan o. 29 at Middleway were also given charters on DecemJber 5, 1 ~65. Charles Town's o ld Vir,gini!a num1Jer was eleve n. amaritan Lodge at Midd1eway was first char,tered y Virginia Octa er 14, 1846. Th...
...pate in the exerci ses co mme~m o n1 ti v e of I __ a fa ye tte. Capt. n1ith m,1rched the Middleway Blues afoot to Shep h rd town . In real i t y it w as a ?" a 1 a o·c ca s i o 11, l ho u (~ h o st ens i bly one of mourning. C1pt. mith h~d some per sonal 111is cr i vi n ,~· s ...
...-At Shepherdstown. The Washingtons in Jefferson Co11n ty, by Millard Bushong. Ma.y 21-At Middleway. The Stor}' of Smithfield, by Robert L. Bates. November 10--At Charles Town. Early Grange Activities in Jefferson County, by J. Burns Huyett; Farm Women's Clubs in Jefferson, by Mr...
...Smitl1field, Jefferson Co. Feb. 2, 1847, aged 93 yrs., 6 ,mo . Burled in Un on Cemetery a Middleway.
...i·t.o, oil on oanvM, 24'' by 29'', paJnted in 1845, now hang ing in the Evans H01.1Se in Middleway, of HOWELL EVANS-and of~ wife, MARGAIRET EVAN'S, owned by Sally Evans (Mrs. o. Avert,o .Mi·ller, of MM,tJnsburg.
...f GEORGE H 1UMPH1RJIF,S, fir.st of Jeffer son, then of Berkeley County. Meta B. Shirley, Middleway Portrait, oil on ca.nva.s, of MARY GRANTHAM and RU"VH SHIR LEY. The owner is a g1·a11ddaughter of Mary Grantham Shirley and James Shil·ley of ''S'hirleyn." Philip Pendleton S•tept...
... lle ma 11ifice11t estate lies ,adjacent to Charles To\vn, st \ 1ir inia, ,on the road to Middleway. The original house \'a of ,,:eall1 rboar and there were three rooms, a very i hall an • a storeroom do\vnstairs and the same number of roon1 a ove. 11 had big fire places and the ...
...re made. These latter did not exist long, for in the e1rly eighteen-th·irties the pike to Middleway was built, cutting throu:gh the grounds, thus causing the gardens to be across the public road from the house. It was Elizabeth Bedinger Davenport who named the estate ''Alton 1 1'...
...btless to that place of worship that Ming·hini brought AdaJm Liv~ngston from his ghost at Middleway to meet the ''man of his dream,'' and there Livingston recognized Father Dennis Cahill, of Fred erick, Maryland, as the man who had saved him from harm in his vision. The earliest...
34 Magazine of the Mr. Grantha!m \Vas active in the \vo1·k o·f the Episcopal Churcll in Middleway, and also served on the Standing Committee of the Diocese of West Virginia until his death on April 22, 1923. Mr. I. N. Bonh·am has the dis.tinction of serving the long est of any o...
... he da of ski1"mi hing that preceded the battle. Mills had been burned in the vicinity of Middleway, and p1·i ate dwellings in the town, in like manner had been dest10 ed in hese four years of warfare. Farm lands and farm bui di11g had become dilapidated. The country had / a1·ed ...
... S. A.) retired. General Lucas was born at Kearneys ville, and General Willis grew up at Middleway. The present Rose Hill house has ten rooms, a wing on the north having been added in 1949 when Bishop and Mrs. Strider modernized the house. They have made it their honie since 195...
...eystone (1786) .......................................................... 31 Fair View at Middleway (1810) .............................. 33 Straithmoor ( 1827) . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 35 Traveller's Rest (1...
...quon near the Virginia border. It is a half mile off the old Back Road from Smithfield or Middleway to Brucetown, Virginia. Prospect Hall stands on a knoll, though nestled in a cove, with the Opequon creek running through the west side of the farm. It faces the east, with the Blu...
...s a faithful and energetic A. F. & A. M. instrumetal in secu1·ing the Masonic Cemetery in Middleway; son Henry a tailor died at sea on his way to Wolfersheim, Germany; son Daniel died in Brazil where he had gone to seek unusual types of wood for furniture making; and son icholas ...
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