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...his community well. He attended the Presbyterian services in the White or Union Church in Middleway, serving as an elde1 .. from 1882 till his death in 1920 and conducting a Sabbath School for some twenty years. For more than thirty years he kept a record of all births, marriages...
...il 19, 1932. March 12, 1763 -Lodowick Fry -442 acres. Near Mid dleway. From a history of Middleway by Robert L. Bates. May 26, 1763 -George Houte -254 acres. Near Reedson. See Deed Book 2, page 469, Charles Town. May 17, 1766 Ralph Wormeley -160 acres. On the Shenandoah. From de...
...Smith Fry, wife of John Fry, who was the son of Lodowick Fry, a pioneer land owner in the Middleway region. John and Phebe Fry built a log barn and a five-room, two-story, log house, and, though the latter was near a fine spring, they dug a well. Both the house and well are in us...
...MS Tudor Hall (1773) The Tudor Hall homestead lies to the sou th of the road leading from Middleway to Charles Town and to the east of Turkey Spring. It has been owned and occupied by the Grantham family since September 1773, when John Smith (1710-1798) and Mary, his wife, convey...
...is time Thomas Watson acquired rather large land holdings to the south and to the west of Middleway and nearly surrounding the town, but for the purpose of this account only the records of four purchases between 1803 and 1825 have been examined. While Thomas Watson, as his childr...
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...Bates) The farm owned by Robert W. McCormick, on the south side of highway midway between Middleway and Summit Point, is known as the Fairview Farm. It is contiguous to the Bear Garden tract. Both of these prop erties were formerly in possession of Mr. McCorrnick's fore bears. A...
...a1,ose as the1 .. e was already a Smithfield on the James Rivel'. To avoid this confusion Middleway was the name given to this town in Jeffe1·son County when he Fede1·a1 Government resolved to establish a
.... S. Post Office Department records). His business activities centered around his home in Middleway, reputed to have , been the Nelson R. Roberts home of a more recent date. He acquired land f1--om Moses Smith (D. B. 4, p. 557) Benjamin Bell in 1809 (D. B. 5, p. 172), George Fry ...
...n is here given. -H. L. A. Grt1ber Farni ( 1807) This fa1~m two-and-a-half miles south of Middleway along the road to Summit Point has never been given a special name for the sake of glamour. It has been simply the Gruber farm for the past 150 years. Recorded in the Jeff e1--son ...
...the house on the eastern boundary and took up residence with his bride, Ella Jennings, of Middleway. After two years they moved to Charles Town, where they spent the remainder of their lives. One of their daugh ters, Virginia, married L. P. Hickman, of Lovettsville, Va., and the...
...els-Hart < 1755, 1735) .................................... Vol. XXIII, p. 30 Fairview at Middleway (1810) .......................... Vol. XXII, p. 33 Fairvie,v at Rippon (1850> ................................ Vol. XXII, p. 38 Fruitland (1853) ......................................
...aged 41 yrs., 11 mos., 13 days. Bell Graveyard (Near the barn on the Keen farm, along the Middleway -Summit Point ro ad.) Bell, Joseph, Jr. d. Apr. 22, 1843, aged 71 yrs., 9 mos., 20 days. Fry, George Lewis, son of David and Rebecca Fry. d. Jan. 14, 1837, aged 1 yr., 3 mos.
... 1 yr., 5 days. Engle, William. b. Sept. 18, 1799. d. Apr. 29, 1879. English Graveyard at Middleway Chambulin, Jemima Jane. d. Aug. 1, 1844, aged 16 yrs., 8 mos., 21 days. Wife of John Chambulin and daugh ter of J. and P. Grantham.
...her 62nd year. Ho111er Burying Ground (On the Site's farm, along the road from Leetown to Middleway.) Homer, Eva S., wife of Jacob Homer. b. July 16, 1794, d. Feb. 2, 1873. Homer, Jacob. d. Jan. 18, 1836, in the 49th year of his age. The Hurst Graveyards (Near Johnsontown, along ...
..." Pa. and se tled on a t1--act of seventy acres he had pu1"cl1a d nea1.. Sn1ithfield (now Middleway) in J ff rson Coun . All went well fol" four years. Some in1 in 17 4 a st1--ange1", finding no room in Smith's av 1"11 app a1--ed late in the evening at Livingston's l1on1 a11d ask...
...rearn, and at the close of the service, by insistent urging, prevailed upon hirn to go to Middleway. The priest sprinkled the house with holy water, but the rnanifesta tions were only slightly n1odified. A few days later Father Cahill said mass for the repose of the soul of the ...
... 1923. A tno1 .. e xt nded account of Wizard Clip may be found i11 h a-volume Histo1~y of Middleway by Colonel Robert . Bates. • • • l1ap I on Pri t' Field
...Glenn con tinued his interest in Inilitary affairs. Colonel Robert L. Bates, a native of Middleway, made rather complete re search on the Virginia Militia while he was a professor at Virginia Military Institute. He found that Jam.es Glenn was co:rnrnissioned Captain, Rifle Comp...
... of the South in War Tim . 01·rnan Reinington Co., Baltimore. 1920 Ba Rober L. History of Middleway, two volumes. 1958. B 1'1· Fan1il Genealogy. 1887. Bu hong illard K. A Histo1"y of Jefferson County. Jef f 1, on Publishing Company, Charles Town. 1941. Bu I 1· llie Lane. A D1·ea...
48 The Magazine of the Shirley-Granthani Graveyard (On the Amon Granthalll farm near Middleway.) Barnes, Alcinda M. Cochran, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Barnes. b. Jan. 25, 1835. d. in Montgolllery, Ala., Feb. 23, 1857. Barnes, Charles. b. in Frederick Co., Va., Mar. 3, 180...
50 The Magazine of the Watson Graveyard (At Middleway near the run.) McClure, John. d. June 28, 1851, aged 82 years. Nicely, Clara E., daughter of Henry & Mary M. Nicely. d. Aug. 24, 1880, aged 1 month, 20 days. Nicely, John Thomas, son of Henry S. & Mary M. Nicely. b. Dec. 5, 18...
... Daniels-Hart (1730) ...................................... Vol. XXIII, p. 30 Fairview at Middleway (1810) .................. Vol. XXII, p. 33 Fairview at Rippon (1850) ........................ Vol. XXII, p. 38 Fruitland (1853) .............................................. Vol. ...
.............................. Vol. V, Memorial Plaques in Shepherdstown ........ Vol. XXVI, Middleway Blues . . .. . . ... ..... .... .. . . . .. . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . .. ... . . Vol. III, Militia, 55th Va. Regiment . ...... .. . ......... ..... ... . Vol. XIII, . Vol. X...
...n County, and just who are the fortunate individuals that own them. The 1852 and 1883 and Middleway maps may be seen in the Jeffer son County Court House in Charles Town in the Office of the County Clerk, Miss Emily Stanley. They have been placed in handsome wooden fran1es and p...
...and l1ad a son, Geor·ge Hite Jennings Beckwith, 110 n1a1 .. 1·i d Annie Lloyd Scollay, of Middleway. Tl1e G 01 .. g Hite J. Beckwiths had a daughter, Sally acli on eckwi h \ 1ho ma1·1 .. ied T. Ga1 .. nett Baylor a 1· l i of th Ba lOl'S of WoodbUl'"Y-" Miss Anne Lloyd B 101 1 of ...
...ber of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1836. Later mention suggests that he lived near Middleway. 63 John Peyton Brown, a brother of Robt. T. Brown, married Margaret Fulton. His son, William Brown, ran a once familiar drug store, ''Brown and Hooff. '' 64 Robert T. Brown was th...
...efferson County Historical Society married T. Gamet Baylor. The handsome Beckwith home in Middleway was sold and removed elsewhere. 77 Charles Lowndes Scollay (1823-1857) became a physician and died unmarried. 78 Eleanor Scollay (1829-1855) married Samuel J. C. Moore. The Rev. Sc...
...948 ed.) 92 he 1852 Brown map shows a farm owned by John W. Stew art on the Opequon near Middleway. 93 r. tone probably was the proprietor of Stones Tavern, m ntioncd later. 9 • 1 hi alton ameron probably should have been recorded a 'illiam ameron a brother of Samuel. 95 orge he...
...erson County Historical Society REFERENCES USED Bates, Robert L. The Story of Smithfield (Middleway), Jeffer son County, West Virginia, 1665-1958. Published privately 1958. Brown, S. Howell. Map of Jefferson County, Virginia, From Actual Survey With the Farm Boundaries, 1852. Bu...
...ndsville, b ar hi name. 133. Melinda Howell. Her gravestone in the Episcopal hurchyard in Middleway indicates that she died unmarried. Album of Historic Homes XIV Cassi I is Ju t outh of the city limit of Charles Town, to the left of R ut 40 lie the farm and mansion known for mor...
...is grand son, William H. Wilson. The Magazine of the William L. Wilson's birthplace near Middleway as it appears today. William Lyne Wilson
48 The Magazine of the History of Middleway by Robert Bates. George Washington's Lost Plantation by Charlotte Judd Fairbairn. Rock Hall by Charlotte Judd Fairbairn. Mag. Jeff. Co. Hist. Soc., XXIII, 1957. Maps of Jefferson County by Howell Brown.
...other noteworthy tutor was Benjamin Wilson, who taught several small private schools near Middleway before the Civil War. His son, the Honorable William L. Wilson, maintained his home in Charles Town, even when in President Cleveland's Cabinet. At a much later date, in 1892 and 1...
...s L.B. Davenport. Jame Boyden' diary (Vol. XXXII, 1966) gives a most amusing account of a Middleway private school in 1837-8. Although teaching Dr. collay children and living there, he had a few other pupils, the chool being located several blocks away. Attendance was irregular, ...
...addressed the group. Another jousting tournament was held near a one room school close to Middleway about the same time. Seats were removed and a big dance held inside the school after the jousts. East of Halltown, just to the south of Route 340, is the Thomas Hinkle l1ouse. It i...
...d Bill appointed an Historic Landmarks Commission of five members-one from each district. Middleway Harpers Ferry Sl1 pherdstown Kabletown Cl1arles Town Imogene Riely Archie W. Franzen • John B. Schley John A. Washington Emily A.M. Stanley This Commission deals only with places o...
.... Ninety years later, on Thursday, 16 May 1844, the Masons of Triluminar Lodge No. 117 of Middleway resolved to celebrate the installation of the first Lodge west of the Blue Ridge, and accordingly sent out invitations to members of the fraternity in Jefferson, Berkeley and Clark...
...Jacob Hite, Campbell, whose home was east of a ford in the Opequon about three miles from Middleway, seems to have been the member of the vestry who lived closest to the small settlement at Pack Horse Ford, incorporated in 1762 as Mecklenburg. It is logical, therefore, that he sh...
...arance of the former home of Andrew Campbell, located on Route 1/8 thre mile southwest of Middleway. The earlie t portion, built of log is ituated immediately to the right of the hvo-toried portion.
...n January, 1744, Campbell had been granted a license to keep an ordinary in his home near Middleway. Further, in 1743, when the county was organized, both Andrew Campbell and Thomas Swearingen, Sr., were listed as ''old justices of the peace," proving that both had been justices ...
...the Society's Library and Archives .......... 68 Tombstone Inscriptions X-Union Cemetery, Middleway .. 69 ''No man is fit to be entrusted with the control of the present who is ignorant of the past, and no people who are indifferent to their past need hope to make their future gr...
...e Press Charle Town, W. Va. ov. 16 1865 35 .... The following named soldier are buried in Middleway, Jefferson County Virginia: White Church Grave Yard Lewi Lewi Jr. 2nd. Va. Infantry Walter Lewi G. W. Lewi 12th Va. Cavalry Killed 2nd. Battle Manassas Killed Brandy Station Ma oni...
...th. Va. Cavalry Killed July 16th., 1863 Capt. A. L. Halsey, Co. C, 21st. Va. Cavalry Near Middleway E. B. M., Co. B, 28th. North Carolina From The Martinsburg Gazette Woodbury For Sale Being about to remove to the University, I offer my residence, called WOODBURY, with 370 acres ...
..., 1853-20 yrs. 9 mo. 18 da. Tombstone Inscriptions in the Episcopal and Masonic Cemetery, Middleway, will appear in a later volume of this Magazine.
....... 26 M( ethodist) E(piscopal) Church ............... 20 Middlewa y ................. 9 Middleway, Charlestown, & Harpers Ferry Turnpike .......... 9-20-19 Miles . . .................... 5 Mill: see Cement Mill see Grist Mill see Saw Mill Mill, Herr's ................ 22 Hopewe...
......... 26 (Lemon) ............... l (Lucas) ............... 17 (Manning) ............ 15 (Middleway) ............ 9 (Moler) ............... 18 (Moore) .............. 16 (Myers) ............... 13 (Opie) ................ 14 (Osbourn) .............. 6 (Ott) ................. 12 (Re...
Magazine of the ___ e. erson 1 istorica ___ aunty ociety Middleway Issue Volume XLVI December 1980 •
...ield had become a center of commerce between several other towns the po t office a named 'Middleway.' David Fry wa appointed postmaster. he location of the office i not tated but it is presumed that he had it in hi home at the inter ection of Charle & Queen Streets since later po...
...nt of the Virginia Militia was established at Smithfield c. 1795. It later was called the Middleway Blues. It was absorbed into the regular Army of the Confederacy and did not fight as a unit. From the Civil War through the 1880's times were hard and
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