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.... Tow11~ We t Virginia 25414 OFFICERS P1·e.\·ic/e11t-Mr. Willia1n M. Drennen, Jr. hepherd town \lic•<:,-P,·e.\icll'J7t-Dr. Jame .. Gregg Gib on, Harper Ferry T1·ec1/;111·e1· Mr. Geo rge Mar hall, hepherd town !111e,·i,11 Mc1f?c1zi11e Eclito,· Dr. Marie T !er-McGraw. 3 Di,. e c· t...
... annah Buckles, henandoah Junction Barbara Gib on, Harpers Ferry Donna orthou e, Shepherd town Jame L Glymph, Avon Bend Betsy Well , Charles Town Donald E. Watt , Charle Town P. Dougla Perk , hepherd town John D. Glymph, Avon Bend Donna orthou e, hepherd town Jame L Glymph, Avon ...
...r his death. Another item of the ,vi11 reads ''I give for repairing the stone church near Charles Town also the church in Winchester and the chapels in S·bep herdsto\'n and that called Morgan. each forty dollars together \Vith fifty dollars to be applied towards building a new c...
...ty Historical Society 7 This old residence is located at 210 West Liberty Street, ha1·l s Town West Vi1 .. ginia. It was built by Dr. Edward Tiffin and his father. They einigrated to America in 1784 f1--om Carlisle- England. They built the front part of the house of logs, later i...
... in the s a Bu1·ton Hillea1·y Museum on South George Street at Hu11 1· Avenue in Cha1'les Town and are not loanable. R sea1 .. che1"s and othe1 .. readers may gain access to the Lib1·a1 b appointment with Mrs. Robert T. Browse, u1·ato1" 6'19 S. Samuel St1 .. eet Charles Town, Tel...
... was born January 14, 1831, the son of Jarnes M. Brown and Sarah Howell Brown of Cha1~1es Town. The father was Surveyor for Jefferson County, Virginia, from 1832 to 1852. The young man worked with his father and we presume that he thus acquired his training as a surveyor and cart...
...d the evening of October 5th, followed by a welcome at McMurran Hall and a ''Taste of the Town'' at the Entler Hotel. The next day, after a River to the Ridge Race and pancake breakfast, canoe jousting and other events took place on the river, highlighted by a demonstration of th...
.... European travel in the region was not constrained by any language in the treaty. 1725 - Charles Mounts Anderson, early explorer and operator of an Indian trading post on the Monocacy River near present-day Frederick, Maryland, wa asked by the Maryland Assembly to provide a meet...
...a local person. In this issue, we have a interesting piece on the religious beginnings in Charles Town written by a lady who is no longer with us. This is the 200th anniversary of the Zion Episcopal Church and we have a poem to celebrate that milestone. Many Washington family hom...
... on the Isbell place on the Berryville Road." The women made just one exception to the no town cemetery rule. Because both were members of the Charles Town Presbyterian Church, the sisters faithfully recorded the names of fifty-seven standing tombstones in the ''Old Presbyterian ...
14 Magazine of the WALNUT GROVE Walnut Grove, lying off the old Shephe1"dstown Cha1'les Town Road, with entrance froin that road and the Warm Spring Road, is a portion of a tract of 2017 acres which had been granted to ''Thonias Rutherford in his lifetime, by deed from the Right...
96 The Magazine of the from Charles Washington on 09 June 1787 for £10. 47 The lot is located on the northeast corner of South Charles and Avis Streets. Avis Street at that time was labeled ' Town Alley." Mr. Duke's place of business and residence no longer exist. Lot number 28 T...
...ve try (for instance: the Shepherds, the Morgans the Pendleton ) lived clo er to Shepherd town or to Martinsburg and their loyaltie may have been to the local chapels. And other forces were at work to pull attention from Norborne Church: The controversial deci ion to make Bee ton...
...nah Buckle , henandoah Junction Barbara Gib on, Harpers Ferry Benjamin Bankhurst, hepherdstown Jame L Glymph, Avon Bend Bet y Well , Charles Town Donald E. Watts, Charles Town P. Dougla Perks, hepherd town John D. Glymph, Avon Bend Donna orthou e, ummit Point Jame L Glymph, Avon ...
...rmal'' church to be established was of the Methodist-Episcopal denomination, in 1825. The town was politically controlled by a few families that owned the majority of properties, yet the local inhabitants regularly vocalized, often vituperously, their opinions. The nearest settle...
...er: Guardiarz Editor: M.agazin Editor: OFFICERS Jaine G. Gib on, Harper Ferry Dan Rowzie, Charles Town Barbara Gibson, Harper Ferry Donna orthouse, hepherdstown Jame L Glymph, Avon Bend Bet y Well , Charles Town P. Dougla Perk , hepherd town John D. Glymph) Avon Bend Donna orthou...
...esiding in Harpers. Ferry, among 1,551 Whites. Harpers Ferry edged out the county seat of Charles Town as the mo t populated town in Jefferson County but it ratio of enslaved people was a minimal 6% compared to Charles Town's 26% (28% in the county as a whole). Everything changed...
...d around the house and s· pring·. Sin•ce the road lea ding· direc 1tly from Winchester to Charles 'f own throug·h Summit Point was a .main highway to the tide v,,a ter count1·y, we find there another tavern also, ''The Sig·n of the Shift.'' Again we see tl1e Eng·lish influen·ce ...
...t Hugh Phelps, Department of Justice, Washington, D .. C.; Lily Singleton Thomas Osbourn, Charles Town, W. Va.· James Jones Sin glet an, Cleveland, Ohio. SMITH, AUGUS'l'INE CHARJ1ES, Major in 35th infantry, March 3. 1813; Lieutenant Colonel 12th Infantary, September 21, 1814. Bo...
70 The Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society 37Charles Edward Cunningham (1823-1895), son of Capt. James Cunningham (1789-1835) and Catherine Campbell, was one of the County's forty-niners. He settled in Little Rock, Ark., operating a lumber and furniture business. ...
• 52 The Magazine of the Lot 19 (Manning) (See also Lot 18, 28, 29) CHARLES JAMES / MANNING/ son of/ Capt. T. J. Manning, U. S. N. / & Frances R. Jack. / June 21, 1842, / Feb. 14, 1903. (Footstone:) C. J. M. ASLEEP IN JESUS/ MINNIE E. COWAN/ WIFE OF/ CHAS. J. MANNING/ Died/ March...
... on this plot, only for such time as it shall be used as such." In District 3 in Shepherdstown-''between Princess and New Street, being 2/3 of lot 20 between Baker, White, Taylor-owners of part of lot 120 for $100." For ¼ acre in Bolivar, District 21, school commissioners paid E....
...that location, would remove any doubt that these are in fact the graves of the founder of Charles Town, Charles Washington, and his wife. In addition, two other early maps of Charles Town have been located which place Charles Washington's grave at this location. These maps were m...
...George, and Mildred's Father, my Uncle Mason, were taught as youngsters when Grandt'ather Charles Jackson Bowers lived at Magwillie. Charles Jackson was a stocky, sandy-haired, aggressive blacksmith and he died at that place which is located at Brown's Crossroads. He is buried at...
24 The Magazine of the afterwards went to town again where I saw Father just returning from Baltimore and learned from him that he had purchased a barouche for me. 16 Wed. Brother John called and 2aid us a visit, took dinner. Mr. Miller called. The boys and I were f1Xing our thin...
54 The Magazine of the Schedule 1-Free inhabitants in Shepherdstown in the County of Jefferson State of Virginia enumerated by me on the 18th day of July 1850. James J. Miller, Ass't. Marshal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 I Williams, Sarah 31 F Va. 2 Williams, Claggett 11 M Va. I ...
...· I·es11ectfi1ll.\.' u,·ges rec1de1·s to .\·1,1/J111;1 CJ11t1·i/Jutio11.r:; to T1·i,,ic1. CHARLES TOWN IS ONE OF THE THRIVING LITTLE CITIES OF WEST VIRGINIA The city of Charle Town, W. Va.~ hold a number of claim upon one' intere t. It h,l peculiar charm . It doe a large busine w...
... • I Cl)' JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Organi1ed a 21, 1927 Po Office Bo 4 5 harle Town e. t irginia 25414 OFFICER I ,. _,,icl 111-1r . l101na . G. o le. Charle. Town \ 1ice-[)1·e.\,icle11r-Judge Da id H. ander.. ummit Point 1 .. 1·ec1:;11,·e1·-r. . org 1ar~hall, hepherd t...
...confir1r1s the statement in regard to her going to Harrisburg. The Excitement in Shepherdstown 24 On Monday whilst our Military were absent at Harper's Ferry, the greatest excitement prevailed. From every lip could be constantly heard, ''what's the news from Harper's Ferry?'' Fly...
...me. 26 Another bone of contention between Hale and Laidley was whether Romney or Shepherdstown could lay claim to the title of ''oldest town in West Virginia.'' The inquiry centered on whether either town already had inhabitants when chartered by the Virginia Assembly in 1762. Ha...
... annah Buckle , henandoah Junction Barbara Gib on, Harpers Ferry Donna Northou e, hepherd town Jame L Glymph, Avon Bend B t y Well , Charles Town P. Dougla Perk , hepherd town John D. Glymph, Avon Bend Donna orthou e, hepherdstown Jame L Glymph, Avon Bend Dire tor : B nJamin Bank...
32 Mag .. azine of the H1allto· wn and Charles Town-Kalbletown pikes were built in the 70's. None of these roads ~1aid very well. The county court had a representa·tive on the board of directors and re·ports were made to it ea,ch year. I noticed in 1896 the re 1ports of the vario...
...was a trustee for Winchester in 175 8 and four years later overseer of the streets of the town. When Bath, or Berkeley Springs, was esta 1b4ished in 1776, he anQ • Thomas Ruthetford were ;among ihe trustees ·who laid out the 50 acres of land into streets and lots to encourage bui...
, 38 Magazine of t•he Anna Riddle, Charles Town Port1·ait, oil on canv•as, of HORACE RIDDLE, painted 3Jbout 1835. Mrs. Andrew K. Selden, C:hJarles Town PortI·ait in oil on oanvas of GEORGE H 1UMPH1RJIF,S, fir.st of Jeffer son, then of Berkeley County. Meta B. Shirley, Middleway ...
...thor of ''Mother India.'' In later years the noted novelist, Frank B. Stockton, c1111e to Charles Town and bought ''Claymont, '' ·former ho-me of Bushrod Washington. The books written here were ''Tl1e Ca!1~ t~in 's Tollgate'' and ''Kate Bonnet.'' Miss Lucy Berytley, for merly of...
...esqui-centennial anniversary called for a celebra tion, and under the instigation of the Charles Town Ranson Chamber of Commerce a county-wide organization was fornied, with Joseph J. Thompson as general chair n1an, to carry through to a successful consummation. Ac cordingly, ...
...e mail. Two carriers are all we have now and the mail has increased treniendously and the town is larger too. The local post office in 1952 employs seventeen men. Author's Note: Any person knowing of a picture of Miss Maggie W. Johnson or anything pertaining to John Reed and Alon...
...Governor of Ohio 1803-1807 Born in Carlisle, England, in 1766. Came with his par ents to Charles Town in 1784. After graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, practiced n1edicine in Charles Town from 1789 to 1796. Married Mary Worthington, daughter of Colonel Robert Worthi...
...d n101--e than fifty-three years and they were the parents of two children who grew up in Charles Town and afte1,. colleg·e training elsewhere followed the profes sion of teaching as their parents had-Georg·e H. Denny, Jr., to become Principal of the schools of Westfield, New Je...
...te Willis were married, was the birthplace of her father and the f arnily homestead, near Charles Town. Jane C. Washington and Nathaniel Hite Willis spent their honeymoon at the Millville Willis home. Later in the year they moved to Rock Hall. With funds possessed by his wife Nat...
...t; this helped to pay for the tutor. One of these tutors who adds much to our history was Charles W. Andrews of Vermont. He came to this section in 1827 when a college student. Later he married Miss Page of Annfield. He was ordained in 1832, and in 1842 became rector of Trintity ...
...en for their familiarity with the byroads. Street by street inspections have been made in Charles Town and Shepherdstown. This activity resulted from recommendations made by Mr .. Wright in a three day preliminary survey of the County in April, and enthusiastically endorsed by a ...
...ny. Miss Adams is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Adams of Hazelfield and Georgetown. When Jefferson County was formed in 1801 from land that had previously been in Berkeley County, Charles Town, Virginia became the county seat following the wishes and generosity of Cha...
...e the area as ''Virginia Irredenta." The Virginia humorist George W. Bagby, upon visiting Charles Town in 18 1, best expressed the contemporary alienation: ''Hang me!, if I say West Virginia. o, I will not call it West Virginia. Bad enough for the Old tate to be torn apart, but t...
... ount Hi tori cal Society 49 Others who received letters of invitation were the Mayors of Charles Town Bolivar, Harpers Ferry, Ranson and Shepherdstown; repre sentatives of the ational Trust for Historic Preservation and Russell Wright who prepared the architectural-historic inv...
Jeffer on ounty Hi torical ociety Richard Edmondston Venning, M.D. and Charles Town's First Hospital 47 Richard Edmond ton Venning wa born in Charle ton South Carolina on May 17 1868. After attending for a time the Charleston Medical College he tran ferred to the University of Pe...
...he lide pre entation which had been developed to illustrate the content of the book about Charles Town. This pre entation i being u ed for ,,ariou program in and around Charles Town the first being to the Jeffer on Garden Club in eptember. Pride In ction i continuing it cooperati...
...ine of the Comprehensive Listing of County Tombstone Inscriptions The Bee Line Chapter of Charles Town, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has just completed the compilation of all tombstone inscriptions in Jefferson County, West Virginia. These inscriptions ha...
...eston Chew who had a distinguished Confederate military career and who became a prominent Charles Town civic and business leader. She died on July I 1927, and was buried at Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town. 4 The initial letter to Miss Washington was the first of many in which...
...nthony, who caused tears to flow while he hanged his client; and when I told the folks in Charlestown that he was a member of Congress from Indiana as eloquent and wrong as ever they assumed a business countenance, and said they had forgotten both how to be grateful and to hate. ...
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