Jefferson County Historical Society
Wildcards are supported. Try Jeff* for Jefferson or Sm?th for Smith/Smyth.
Showing 301–341 of 341 matching pages
...rtance f Harp r, Ferry and d termined to fortify the town. 2 The end re ult wa that until war, nd in I 65, izable portion of Jeffer on County were either cupi d or r gularl patr lled by the Uni n Army. The impact that the influx f th tl and oldier had on the civilian population i...
...erson County Virginia (now West Virginia) $15 The West Virginia Encyclopedia $45 DVD: The Civil War in Jefferson County $20
...wife Louisa Clemson Washington. The young John Augustine was nearly 14 years old when the Civil War broke out. His uncle and namesake, John Augustine Washington> III, the last family owner of Mount Vernon, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army and serve...
...County, West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $23.00 The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) -$23.00 Guest publications (order same as above): Fourth US Census, 1820: Occupations and Manufactures in Jefferson County, Virginia by Donald E. Watts -$...
...County, West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $23.00 The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $23.00 Guest publications (order same as above): Fourth US Census, 1820: Occupations and Manufactures in Jefferson County, Virginia by Donald E. Watts -...
...ce of the deepest regret that so many of the old family portraits in the South during the Civil War were either mutilated, burned or stolen. This passage demonstrates that Ms Keys was on the lookout for colonial portraits and it would be remarkable therefore if Ms Keys in her res...
...r i11 the day of colonial ettlement of Virginia there were u11derct1rre11t of di ention toward the E tabli hed Church. The Pre b)rt:eria11 , Bapti t , and Methodi t <<were tolerated ... , the teaching of tl1e Ro111ar1 atholic doctrine wa prohibited in the state. A prie twas not e...
...County, West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $23.00 The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $23.00 Guest publications (order same as above): Fourth US Census, 1820: Occupations and Manufactures in Jefferson County, Virginia by Donald E. Watts -...
...untain granite block in remembrance of a Washington who died during the first year of the Civil War in the rugged, remote mountains of Randolph County far away from his birthplace in Jefferson County. Maria McKelvey lives on Valley Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia. She ...
... West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $15 ($20 PPD) The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $20 ($23 PPD) Guest publications (order same as above): Fourth US Census, 1820: Occupations and Manufactures in Jefferson County, Virginia by Donald E. ...
...Rev. Nathan C. Brackett, a graduate of Dartmouth College, who during the last year of the Civil War had been attached to the Christian Mission of Sheridan,s army in Virginia. Fortunately the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau in charge of the educational work among Negroes designate...
...first decades of the t,'\ 1entieth century> having recovered from tl1e de truction of the Civil War and reinvigorated its agricultural economy with apple orchards to replace farmer wheat fields. America's breadbasket moved \Ve t, but Frederick County moved on, as the entire regio...
...t to join the Continental Army in 1775. The grounds are steeped in both Revolutionary and Civil War history. Despite being built at the height of Classical and Greek Revival periods of American architecture, Morgan's house was a simple, vernacular, Federal structure like most of ...
...whicl1 had remained rural (as its industrial center in Harpers Ferr)' did not ur\'Ive the Civil War), provided an attractive l1a\ 1 e11 for people looking for an e cape from hectic, dirty, and cramped city life. Earl}' Jef1er"'on ( ount)' architecture can almost be defined by its...
...n •der. nni,,crsnn' of the l 1 r> ., It is unclear how Building o. 31 was u ed during the Civil War. But just a at Lockwood House, the building uffered either from use or neglect, and in July 1865 the United States anitary Commi ion was using the building and reported that it was...
..., West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 -$15 ($20 PPD) The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $20 ($23 PPD) Guest publications (order same as above): Fourth US Census, 1820: Occupations and Manufactures in Jefferson County, Virginia by Donald E. ...
... with both regiment in and near Jeffer 011 County, Virginia. During the early year of the war, Shaw erved fir t in the econd Ma achu ett regiment and then, econdly, in the eventh Ma achu ett . ha'A 1 a\i\' action at Cedar Mountain in August 1862 a11d Antietam in eptember 1862, am...
... buildi11g narned Wirth Hall (and i part of today) PS)s Mather Training enter). After the Civil War, in 1869, the building was transferred to the newly formed torer College. The building was expanded to include a mid dle ection and left wing and became known a Anthony Memorial H...
... to be or dered away at any moment:' Shaw was referring to the first major battle of the Civil War-First Manassas or First Bull Run, which took place on July 21, 1861, and was approximately ninety miles south of Shaw's position at Harper's Ferry. The battle is clearly being disc...
... West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $15 ($20 PPD) The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $20 ($23 PPD) Guest publications (order same as above): Fourth US Census, 1820: Occupations and Manufactures in Jefferson County, Virginia by Donald E. ...
..., their future would soon to be embroiled in the conflicts of ''Bleeding Kansas'' and the Civil War. George M. Bedinger holds a BA ir1 Geology from University of Colorado and a MA in Internatio11al Affairs from Catholic University of America. He is now retired having erved as an ...
...he Society' new letter <'The Guardian;' an invitation to the ociety' annual picnic, ummer Civil War Institute, and the pring and fall member hip meetings -quite a value for the price! The mo t ignificant con tant in the ociety' hi tory is The Magazine. First i ued in 1935, it ha ...
..., West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 -$15 ($20 PPD) The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $20 ($23 PPD) Guest publications (order same as above): And so I did: stories of Shepherdstown by James C. Price $25 ($30 PPD) GEAR Hats $20.00 ($23.00 ...
...isastrous results:' 60 Remembering One might say without exaggeration that apart from the Civil War and the long saga of enslavement, no chapter of history carved so much enduring trauma into Jefferson County families -slashed so fully across the community's soul -as the influenz...
...for a wagon to pass west of the Blue Ridge. In fact, in 1732 two Iroquois chiefs issued a warning to the Maryland go ernor against any settlement above Antietam Creek, having heard rumors that it was intended there. 5 The Indian ' treaty claim to the Valley still carries the risk...
... the merchants of Alexandria. The final chapt r in the back story of ''John Brown and the Civil War'' took place during Pre ident George Washington' second term. The Continental rm)' relied on <<importer or private manufacturer ,, to deliver guns to '' ariou depot in Ma achu ett ...
... erved, eemingly for hours, that game being played by members of our Charles Town Library Civil War Roundtable, arguing '<What If,, that general had not been killed or ''What If'' that group of soldiers had attacked rath r than retreated or vice versa. But, since I am planning to...
... West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $15 ($20 PPD) The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) - $20 ($23 PPD) Guest publications (order same as above): And So I did: Stories of Shepherdstown by James C. Price $25 ($30 PPD) GEAR Hats $20.00 ($23. 00...
... of verses which he was too diffident to entrust with a publisher. At the outbreak of the war he, like the Washingtons, almost to a man, joined the Confederate army. A few days after he left to enlist under General Price, ''Jayhawkers'' from Kansas swooped down on his farm, destr...
... West Virginia, 1978-97, Supplement to Tombstone Inscriptions to 1980 - $15 ($20 PPD) The Civil War in Jefferson County (DVD) -$20 ($23 PPD) Guest publications (order same as above): And So I did: Stories of Shepherdstown by James C. Price $25 ($30 PPD) GEAR Hats $20.00 ($23.00 P...
... the Quakers and their notion of the ''inner light'' following the turmoil of the English Civil Wars. Witney was the perfect community to become an important center of religious dissent; by the 1670s it was the home of the largest Quaker meeting in the shire. John Hart, Thomas's ...
... States. The file of this case -Miller et al. v Hite-was destroyed in Richmond during the Civil War together with the records of the High Court of Chancery, but relevant documents from the file were copied into the record of the Paul v Hite case having to do with John Miles' port...
...bmi sions overflowed our space (through no effort on my part), so some will be carried forward to our 2024 edition. I think you will find this year's articles interesting to read, as always. Our first article reviews eyewitness reports and studies numerous records in questioning ...
... Result(s): Inconclusive CWSAC Reference#: WV014 Preservation Priority: II.4 (Class D) 16 Civil War Battle Summaries by Campaign: Retrieved February 1, 2017, from https:/ / www. nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm
44 The Magazine of the our front and went toward Summit Point with part of his force from Smithfield. Gordon was put on the right and Wharton on the left pike in the reserve. We skirmished with the enemy during the p.m. and used some artillery. They made some advances, but were r...
... of the there. In fact, since other actions actually took place in Charlestown during the Civil War, it is best to leave the name of Charlestown to those engagements. Of the three remaining names, Berryville and its surrounding area in all accounts was never more than a sidelight...
...prominent in the middle of the action. None of Hotchkiss' nearly 100 maps of all types of Civil War engagements depicts Summit Point. • Local lore and all markers and monuments refer to the events of August 21 as ''Cameron's Depot." All ·markers are at or in the close vicinity of...
... newspaper and a contributing author to the Magazi ne. His most recent publication is The Civil War Years in Jefferson County. 31 West Virginia Vital Records. Death Record Detail for Jefferson County. Certificate of Death for Mary T. Miller. https: //archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va ...
...rents and wives telling them of the death of their son or husband. 35 At the close of the war Governor Francis H. Pierpont 36 chief of the Restored Government of Virginia-called upon him to reorganize the courts and civil government in his circuit. Judge Parker carefully noted in...
...li hed over llvo dozen 11on-fiction and hi to, --ical .fic tio11 book . n10 tlJ about the Civil War. He i kno1vn a one of t/1 I adin az,1tho1--iti in the country on the U11ited State Colored Tl"oop , l1a i11 pz1bli l1ed ov ,,. a dozen ,--e earch booklet containing 1/1 , ,,ice ,.....
68 The Magazine of the History of Caledonia The Wares are only the fifth family to own this historic property. The land itself was an early patent from Lord Fairfax in the early 1700s, but the house itself was started in 1795 as a four-room brick structure which is now the rear w...
These digitized magazines are provided for personal research and educational use. Please credit the Jefferson County Historical Society when using information found in this archive.