JCHS Magazines
Magazine Volume XC. December 2024
Daniel Bedinger: The Norfolk Years by M. S.Doug Bedinger+The Pension Papers of George William Tacey by Carol A. Decker+United States Colored Troops from Jefferson County by Bob O’Connor+The Summer Picnic—August 7, 2024, held at McMurran Farm the home Joy and Eric Lewis.
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Magazine Volume LXXXIX. December 2023
Sheridan versus Early August 21, 1864, by John Bagladi+“…but the work was done too late.”: A Tribute to Local Historians Mary Taylor Wilson Miller and Carrie Beall Wilson, by P. Douglas Perks+Boyd Stutler’s article, “Judge Richard Parker,”Revisited Seventy Years Later, by Trish Ridgeway+The Summer Picnic – August 9, 2023, held at Rosemont House home of Carol and Marty Kable+Volume LXXXIX is the first edition for Magazine+Editor Deborah K. Piscitelli.
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Magazine Volume LXXXVIII. December 2022
Brothers of the Revolution, by M. S. Doug Bedinger+The Pioneer Thomas Hart at the First Crossroads in what is now West Virginia, by Stephen Stec+The Summer Picnic - September 14, 2022, held at Harewood home of Samuel Walter Washington+James L Glymph, Editor of The Magazine since 2007, announced his retirement.
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Magazine Volume LXXXVII. December 2021
Washingtons Leave Cedar Lawn, The End of an Era, by M. S. Doug Bedinger+Silversmiths of Jefferson and Berkeley Counties+Preserving the History of the Eastern Panhandle One Spoon at a Time, by Eric S. Hendricks Jenkins+The Summer Picnic, scheduled to be held at Happy Retreat, was once again cancelled by the pandemic.
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Magazine Volume LXXXVI. December 2020
Trauma and Truth-Telling: Jefferson County in the 1918 Pandemic by Catherine Magi+The Washingtons of Cedar Lawn by M. S.Doug Bedinger+The First Highway in West Virginia by Stephen StecIn Mr. Jefferson’s County, It is All About the Rivers byP. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic – For the first time since 1974 when the Picnic was held at Belvedere, the Summer Picnic was cancelled due to the pandemic.
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Magazine Volume LXXXV. December 2019
Early Newspapering in Jefferson County: John S. Gallaher +The Ladies’ Garland, by Dianne Roman+ For The Cause: Jefferson County and West Virginia’s Ratification of the 19th Amendment,by Jeral A. Milton+“Picnics, Meetings, and a Magazine” Ninety plus yearsof the Jefferson County Historical Society, by P. Douglas PerksSummer Picnic – August 7, 2019, at Happy Retreat, home of Charles Washington.
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Magazine Volume LXXXIV. December 2018
They Helped to Win the Great War, Jefferson County Women and World War I, by Jeral Milton+A Forty Year Bond: William Darke and George Washington in Politics, Business and War, by Gabriel Neville+“Two Hundred Fifty Acres of First Quality JeffersonLand:” +“…public ferries…will be of great service to travellers and others” Crossing the Potomac at Princess Street, Shepherdstown, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic - August 1, 2018, at Fruit Hill, home of Archibald and Connie Hoxton
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Magazine Volume LXXXIII. December 2017
Redemption of a Race, Reverend Nathan Brackett and the Founding of Storer College, by John C. Newcomer+Stuart Edmonds and the Colonial Revival, by Lauren Kelly+The Untold Story of Two Union Loyalists of the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1861, by James Beckman+“We are already beginning to find the need of aNormal School…” The 3 Rs Replace Rifles atHarper’s Ferry, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic - August 2, 2017, home of Shepherd University President
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Magazine Volume LXXXII, December 2016
Catarina Beierlin’s Gravestone Revisited, by Steven Stec+John A. Washington III’s Mountain Memorial, by Maria McKelvey+John H. Hill’s Story: A Former Slave’s Letter Revealsa Unique Story of Survival, by Sarah Washington+Jim Milton and the Great War, by Jeral Milton+“After a suspension of more than four years…”The news in Charlestown after The War, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic – August 2, 2016, at SmithfieldFarm, Home of Ruth Prichard
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Magazine Volume LXXXI. December 2015
The Tale of a Portrait, by Stephen Stec+Religious Beginnings, by Urath C. Gibson Zion Episcopal Church: A Celebration, 1815-2015+A poem by Sonja James+Belleview - A Lost Washington Family Home, by Walter Washington, John C. Allen Jr. and Samuel and Sharon Hansard“I have never voluntarily borne arms against theUnited States.” Jefferson County, 1865, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic – August 4, 2015, at Clay Hill, home ofWilliam Strider and family
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Magazine Volume LXXX. December 2014
A Very Bad Night in the Billiard Room Louis Philippe,the Future French King, Visits Charlestown in April 1797, by Walter Washington+TOO MANY COOKES: A Recipe for Sorting the Giles Cookes of Old Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, by Stephen Stec+History of the Craft Clock of R.D. Shepherd, by Curt Mason+“... send us peace and stop this awful war ... “ 1864 in Jefferson County, by P. Douglas Perks +Summer Picnic -August 6, 2014, at Gap View Farm, home of Susannah Buckles
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Magazine Volume LXXIX. December 2013
"I Went To See Mr. Lincoln…” The Story of Louisa Clemson Washington’s Visit to the White House to seek her Grandson’s release from the Old Capitol Prison, by Walter Washington+Who Lived in the Matthew Frame “Community?”+Constructing a Census for a Jefferson County, Virginia Community, by Donald E. Watts+John Brown, A poem by Sonja James+1863 in Mr. Jefferson’s County, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic – August 7, 2013, at Locust Grove, home of John and Carmen Creamer
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Magazine Volume LXXVIII. December 2012
Willie Locke’s Death, His Sword, and its Return, by Jane Rissler+Fourth Census of the United States of America, 1820+Jefferson County, Virginia, by Donald E. Watts +Magadieu Was Here! by Jim Glymph“…very little Union feeling was shown by the people ofCharlestown” 1862 in Mr. Jefferson’s County, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic August 1, 2012, at The Hill, home of Roger and Wanda Perry
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Magazine Volume LXXVII. December 2011
A Quest to Locate the Early Elk Branch Presbyterian Church, by John L. Cowan+The Old Opera House, by Jeral Milton+Jefferson County to Liberia: Emigrants, Emancipators,and Facilitators, by Jane Ailes and Marie Tyler-McGraw+“…all was quiet there then.” The Strategic Importanceof Jefferson County, Virginia, by P. Douglas Perks+Summer Picnic – August 3, 2012, at Boidestone’s Place, home of John C Allen, Jr.
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Magazine Volume LXXVI. December 2010
Washington’s Last War. Harpers Ferry’s First, by Gene Wilkins+Ward Hill Lamon, by Bob O’Connor+Battaile Muse: George Washington’s Shenandoah Valley Land Agent, by Jane Rissler+James Rumsey: Steamboat Inventor or Pioneer inSteam Navigation? by David Allen+Summer Picnic [Beallair]
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Magazine Volume LXXV. December 2009
John Brown Raid Issue, 1859-2009John Brown’s Raid – The Breaking Story: As reported from Harper’s Ferry. Compiled by Walter Washington+The Trial of John Brown (by Bushrod C. Washington,dated 1899). Preface by Gerald Lee Ward+John Brown Trial of 1859 and the Virginia Insanity Defense Laws Explored, by James Beckman+The Capture, Trial and Execution of John Anthony Copeland, Jr. and Shields Green, by Linda Murr and James TaylorCary Breckinridge Letter+Summer Picnic [Allstadt House and Ordinary]
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Magazine Volume LXXIV. December 2008
Happy Retreat 1945 to 1954, by Tom Fairbairn+“The Officers In General are exceedingly (sic)discontent…”, by P. Douglas Perks+Rebel in Iowa, by Randy Koch+The Conservation of the Chew Flag, 2005, by Susan M. Collins+Finding History: Brown-Shugart House, by Charity Beth Long+John F. Kennedy’s Speech at the Charles Town Race Track, by Walter Washington
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Magazine Volume LXXIII. December 2007
Ho, for California! The Charlestown Virginia Mining Company, by P. Douglas Perks+John Augustine Washington, III et al,by John A. Washington with photographs from Walter Washington+George Washington’s Lost Plantation, by Charlotte Fairbairn Crouch+James B. Washington: An Often-Forgotten One-Time Resident and Descendant of the George Washington Family in Jefferson County, by James A. BeckmanThe Portrait of Charles Washington, by John A. Washington+Summer Picnic [Happy Retreat]
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Magazine Volume LXXII. December 2006
A History of the National Conservation Training Center Property and Surrounding Area, Part Three: The Nineteenth Century, by Dan Everson+The Chapline Family Burial Ground, by Johanna Armstrong+Cornerstone of the Modern Civil Rights Era: The 1906+Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry, by P. Douglas Perks+The Search for the “Old Negroe Burying Ground,” by Carmen Creamer+Notes and Sources: Manumission Papers, contributed by Carmen Creamer+Summer Picnic [Millbrook]
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Magazine Volume LXXI. December 2005
A History of the National Conservation Training Center Property and Surrounding Area, Part Two: The Federal Period, by Dan Everson+The Correspondence of Bettie Brittian Koonce,September 1862, contributed by William L. Brockner+Thomas J. Clark and James A. Clark, CSA by Janice Cox Brown+Notes and Sources Section:The Shepherds Town Academy, contributed by Earl Jackson White House Farm by Carmen Creamer
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Magazine Volume LXX. December 2004
A History of the National Conservation Training Center Property and Surrounding Area, Part One: The Colonial Era, by Dan Everson+Storer College and its Role in Assisting African Americans in Securing Homes in Jefferson County, by James A. Beckman+Page-Jackson High School by James Taylor+Jefferson County Ironworks by David G. Allen+Extracting iron in Jefferson County by Stanley Dickinson
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Magazine Volume LXIX. December 2003
Historical and Archaeological Investigations of the Flowing Springs Mill, by William D. Updike+The Washington’s of Jefferson County, Interview of John A. Washington by James T. Surkamp+The Railroad at Potomac Cliffs, Shepherdstown, compiled by John E. Stealey II+Tudor Hall, by Mrs. John Philip Creamer III
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Magazine Volume LXVIII. December 2002
The Freedmen’s Bureau in West Virginia, by Stealey, John E. III+“Charles Town’s Initiative” The Building of Old Charles Town Library and Civic Center, 1965, by Susan M. Collins+Picnic: Aspen Pool Farm, by Wendy Kedzierski
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Magazine Volume LXVII. December 2001
Jefferson County Post Offices, by Wilford Burke+John H. Fox: A Remarkable Man, by Elsie Hamstead+History of the Blessing Property, by James Taylor+Jefferson County Historic Road Markers, compiled by Carmen W. Creamer+The Jefferson County Bicentennial Celebration, by Carmen W. Creamer+Picnic [Belle Vue]
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Magazine Volume LXVI. December 2000
Growing Up In Charles Town: History and Memory, by Saul Viener+Charles Town Resident Nathaniel Willis Washington,by Gerald Lee Ward+David Keplinger of Shepherdstown and His Descendants, by Joyce Ann McKee Jackson+Minutes of the First Meeting of the Jefferson County Historical Society, compiled by Carmen Creamer+Trivia—Imboden’s Dash Into Charlestown,October 1863+Summer Picnic [Morgan’s Grove Park]+AnnouncementBoard Resolution
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Magazine Volume LXV. December 1999
Woodlawn: Davenport to Wiltshire. Jeremy Lazelle+George Schoppert of Harper’s Ferry: Assassin orPatriot? October 18, 1859+History of Bellevue. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann (Bessie) Lemen+Criswell‘To Be More Than Equal’: Martin Delany, 1812-1884.By James Surkamp+Twenty, First Cousins in the Civil War. VivianPark SnyderTrivia [(1) Letter – Edwin E. Cooke to D.C. Wirt, 14+October 1865+Reception Picnic – by John E. Stealey, III [Springdale]
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Magazine Volume LXIV. December 1998
The Rion Hall of My Youth, by Frederica Holmes Trapnell+Escape from Harpers Ferry: The Personal Narrative of Owen Brown (by Ralph Keeler), introduction and notes, by Cecil D. Eby+Annual Picnic held at Leeland
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Magazine Volume LXIII. December 1997
Jefferson County Admiral - Julian Lane Latimer, by Cecil D. Eby+Roy Hooe - Charles Town’s Pioneer Aviator, by Cecil D. Eby+Shepherdstown Sixty or Seventy Years Ago: Boyhood and Other Reminiscences, by D.C. Gallaher+Bibliographical Reference ― Reverend Mr.James Lemen, 1760-1823+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Elmwood]+Book Note
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Magazine Volume LXII. December 1996
The Story of the Jefferson County Courthouse, by Judge David Hartley Sanders+Hite v. Fairfax and the Case of Terrapin Neck, by Elizabeth H. Hyman+Fragments of a Diary of Shepherdstown - Events During the War 1861-5+Trivia [Charles Town Is One of the Thriving Little Cities of West Virginia]+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Altona]
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Magazine Volume LXI. December 1995
A Shepherdstown Tragedy, compiled by Elizabeth Snyder Lowe+The Gibson House, Shepherdstown, contributed by Audrey EgleSlave Census of 1850, Jefferson County, (West)Virginia, compiled by Hugh E. Voress and Robert E. Allen+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Hazelfield]
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Magazine Volume LX. December 1994
Some Lucases of Jefferson County, by Frederica Holmes Trapnell+House and Garden Tours, 1968-1994, by MaryAnnWhite Morgan+Trivia - A Friend in Need+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore [Beallair]
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Magazine Volume LIX. December 1993
Recollections of Richard D. Rutherford, edited by Cecil D. Eby+A Woman’s Recollections of Antietam, by Mary Bedinger Mitchell (Mary Blunt), edited by James T. Surkamp+Trivia – Charles Broadway Rouss Memorial Hall+Independent Fire Company+Summer Picnic, by Florence H. Moore[Claymont Court]
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Magazine Volume LVIII. December 1992
Shepherdstown and The Morgan-Stephenson Companies, 1775-1988, by Joseph Whitehorne+Rion Hall and Daniel Bedinger Lucas, by Virginia Lucas,1871-1929+Grubb-Conway House, Circa 1762, by Mrs. Thomas C.G. Coyle and Patricia PerezAn English Reporter in the Valley, 1865, edited by CecilD. Eby+Charles Town Celebrates Its First Two Hundred Years,by Hugh E. Voress+Summer Picnic [Ripon Lodge]
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Magazine Volume LVII. December 1991
Rezin Davis Shepherd, III (R.D. MacLean): He Loved Shakespeare as His Life, by Jack Peyrouse+The Jones Family – Stonemasons of Shepherdstown, by Elizabeth Snyder Lowe and Marianne Johnson+Provenance of the Twenty-Five Confederate Battle-Markers, by John E. Stealey, III
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Magazine Volume LVI. December 1990
Summer Picnic [Walnut Hill]+1850 Census of Jefferson County, Virginia
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Magazine Volume LV. December 1989
Summer Picnic [The Hill]+Powder, Lead, and Cold Steel: Campaigning in the Lower Shenandoah Valley with the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry – The Civil War Letters ofJohn H. Black, edited by David J. Coles and Stephen D. Engle
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Magazine Volume LIV. December 1988
They Are Coming!”: Testimony at the Court of Inquiryon Imboden’s Capture of Charles Town, edited byPaul E. Barr, Jr., and Michael P. Musick+Making It on Seventy-Five Acres (Part Two): Letters by Mrs. John M. Daniel from 1892 to 1900, edited by Richard Micou+The Civil War Recollections of Cleon Moore, edited byLouis Santucci+Eye-Witness Account of the Hanging of John Brown, edited by Eleanor Lee Templeman+Summer Picnic
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Magazine Volume LIII. December 1987
Charles Aglionby of Mount Pleasant and the Years 1861 to 1865, by Francis Aglion+Daniel EImwood-on-the Opequon, Leetown: A Memoir, by George H. Bowers+The Conklyn Brothers and their Furniture by Nancy C. Coyle+Summer Picnic [Rion Hall]
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Magazine Volume LII. December 1986
A Reconstruction Philippic: George Alfred Townsend’s Visit to Jefferson County, 1869, edited byCecil D. Eby+The Weis Pottery and the Genealogy of the Potters,by Clyde D. Morton+The Potts-Hobart Correspondence: The Local IronIndustry in the 1790’s, by William D. Theriault+The Halltown Chapel, by Betty Davis+The Historic Shepherdstown Commission,by Ben MillerTrivia [The Wonders of Charles Town]Summer Picnic [Richwood Hall]
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Magazine Volume LI. December 1985
The Execution of Ebenezer Cox, by Cecil D. Eby+Narrative of a John Brown Pilgrim, by Cecil D. Eby+Fragrance of Violets, by Claire Schley Goulding+History of Bakerton, by William D. Theriault+Shepherdstown Graded School, by John E. Stealey, Ill+September 6 Celebration+Summer Picnic [Beallair]+Rumsey Bicentennial
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Magazine Volume L. December 1984
History of Friend’s Orebank and Keeptryst Furnace, by William D. Theriault+Abraham Davenport, Sr. (1714-1789), by Kevan Davenport+White Plumes and Cornstalks: Jefferson County’s Pre-War Militia (1858-1861), by Dennis E. Frye+Jefferson County’s Two Lost Municipal Corporations,by John Stroud Kusner+Summer Picnic [Fruit Hill]Historic Shepherdstown Commission, by Ben MillerSociety Speakers at Spring and Fall Meetings
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Magazine Volume XLIX. December 1983
The Town Clock: The Origins of Shepherd College, by Don C. Wood+Colonel Lawson Botts, C. S. A., by Frederica H. Trapnell+Evidence of the Jefferson County Hendricks Family in Early American Records, by Marilyn Stoll Coalla+The Miner’s Treason Trial: A Photograph of Note, by Mrs. B. Frank Humston and Mrs. C. William Moore+Summer Picnic [Arcadia]+Historic Shepherdstown Commission,by Mr. Ben Miller+Thornton T. Perry, II, Room, Old Charles TownLibrary, Inc.
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Magazine Volume XLVIII. December 1982
The Valley Chess Club, by John A.Washington, M.D.+Fredericka White’s Testament of Faith, edited by Frederica H. Trapnell+Simple Inscriptions and Sentiment Tell the Impressive Tale: Letters of General Robert E. Lee to Miss Louisa Fontaine Washington, edited by John E. Stealey, III,Ph.D.+Summer Picnic [Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.Blackwell Davis]
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Magazine Volume XLVI. December 1980
Middleway Issue+Dr. Stealey New President Middleway Symposium+Story of Early Smithfield+The Churches of Smithfield+Turkey Spring, Lake Louisa or Big Spring+Mollie Pultz, Confederate SpyJefferson County Landmarks Commission [Middleway]Album of Historic Homes XVIII – Beverley+The Norborne Church’s South Door+Charles Town Landmarks Commission+Shepherdstown Landmarks Commission+Summer Picnic [Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.Blackwell Davis]New Publications INSERT: Bird’s Eye View of Middleway
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DOUBLE ISSUE! Volume XLV. December 1979
Dr. William J. Barnhart+Richard Edmonston Venning, M.D. and Charles Town’s First Hospital+Shepherdstown Is Active in Preservation+Charles Town Historic Landmarks Commission+Pride in Action+Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission+The Priest Field Pastoral Center and the Summer Picnic+Book Notes+Additions to the Society’s Library and Archives+Index to Map of Jefferson County, Virginia, by S.Howell Brown
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Magazine Volume XLIV. December 1978
The 1870 Flood+A Look Back at Claymont Court+Album of Historic Homes XVII – Southwood Spring+Charles Town Historic Landmarks Commission
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Magazine Volume XLIII. December 1977
The Stages of Development of West Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley Counties:A Preliminary Sketch+The Wilson House in Charles Town+The Building of The New County Jail In 1872-73+The Graves of Charles and Mildred Washington+Test Excavation of the Charles and Mildred+Washington Grave Site+Editor’s Comment+The First Fifty Years of the Jefferson County Historical Society 1927-1977+Remarks of Henry W. Morrow on The Occasionof The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Jefferson County Society May 21, 1977
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Magazine Volume XLII. December 1976
Pre-Revolutionary Structures and Sites inJefferson County+Locust Ridge-Stone Haven+Aspen Pool+Fairfax Grant Farm+George Washington Masonic Cave+Alexandria and Warm Spring Road+Old Norborne Parish (Part I)+Bicentennial Events in Jefferson County+Charles Town+Harpers Ferry+Bolivar+Shepherdstown+Recent Additions to the Society’s Archives+New Books
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Magazine Volume XLI. December 1975
Pre-Revolutionary Structures and Sites In Jefferson County+Ruins of the English Church(St. George’s Chapel)+Harewood Manor House Outbuildings+Stone Kitchen at Happy Retreat+Stone Buildings at Beverly+Shepherdstown Area+Bellevue+Stone House at Fruit Hill+Springwood+Stone House at Morgan’s Spring+Springdale+General Darke Site+Peter Burr House+Kearneysville-Leetown Area+Traveler’s Rest+Prato Rio+Summit Point Area+Head Spring
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Magazine Volume XL. December 1974
Famous Confederate Flag+Chew’s Flying Battery+Damage to the Court House and Jail during the Civil War+Tall Clocks Made by Jacob Craft+HazelfieldTombstone Inscriptions IX+Historic Preservation+Summer Meetings+The Magazine in 1975
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Magazine Volume XXXIX. December 1973
My Ride to the Barbecue+Historic Preservation ― A Progress Report+Architectural-Historic Survey+West Virginia Senate Bill No. 421+County Listings on the National Register for Historic Preservation
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Magazine Volume XXXVIII. December 1972
Historic Preservation ― A Progress Report+Jefferson County’s Forty-Niners+Diary of Susan Wood Keyes+From the Account Book of Mathew Frame+Harewood Residents since Samuel Washington+Notes on Richard B. Washington and the Last Yearsat Blakeley and ClaymontDr. Howard B. Allen+Books and Book Reviews
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Magazine Volume XXXVII. December 1971
D. KenamondTraveller’s Rest+Diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler+John Yates and Jefferson’s Many Schools+Background of Beall-Air+The Curtilege of Rion Hall+Of Interest to Members+Historic Preservation+Index to Tombstone Inscriptions,Zion Episcopal Churchyard
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Magazine Volume XXXVI. December 1970
Album of Historic Homes XVI - Richwood Hall+Samuel Washington+A Petition for the Formation of Jefferson County+Specifications for Planting Orchards in Early Leases+George Washington’s Lease to Jacob Fry+Dry Wall Stone Fences ― The Fence at Altona+Of Interest to Members+Book Review ― On This Rock
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Magazine Volume XXXV. December 1969
William L. Wilson, Patriot,Politician and College President+Mr. Jex Presents Painting to the Society+Northern Virginia Agriculture in 1791+Tombstone Inscriptions VI (Part 2) -Zion Church Yard
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Magazine Volume XXXIV. December 1968
Album of Historic Homes XV - Belvedere+THE ANNUAL SPRING MEETING+Diary of Thomas Keyes Humphreys 1811 - 1851+Memoirs of Jennie Love Forrest Richardson
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Magazine Volume XXXIII. December 1967
The Fortieth Anniversary+Additional Notes on the Diary of James Woodberry Boyden+Album of Historic Homes XIV Cassilis+House and Garden Tours+Jefferson County Personal Property Tax+List of 1800+Publications of Regional Interest+Dunaway General Store at Strawberry Banke
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Magazine Volume XXXII. December 1966
Diary of James Woodberry Boyden,August 1837-July 1838+Notes for the Diary
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Magazine Volume XXXI. December 1965
S. Howell Brown, The Man and His Maps+Charlestown, Charles Town or Charleston+The Founding of St. Peter’s Church, Shepherdstown+The Hite Families in Jefferson County+Jacob Hite and Immediate Family+John Hite, Oldest Son of Jacob+Thomas Hite, Second Son of Jacob+James Hite, 1776-1855+George Hite, Youngest Son of Jacob+Hite-Willis Descendants+Thomas Hite Willis, 1800-1884+Nathaniel Hite Willis, 1842-1914+The Kenamonds of Shepherdstown+Rare Books Recently Acquired by the Society
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Magazine Volume XXX. December 1964
The County’s Shakespearean Actor+Iron Industry in Jefferson County+Old Schools of Harpers Ferry and Bolivar+Turner School+Gunstock Fence, Sheetz Place+General Horatio Gates+General Horatio Gates’s Traveler’s Rest+General Charles Lee+General Charles Lee’s Prato Rio+New Roadside Markers+Items from Farmer’s Repository, 1812+Daily Intelligencer, Washington, 1823+Farmer’s Repository, 1825+Virginia Free Press, 1838+Virginia Free Press, 1842+Virginia Free Press, 1843
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Magazine Volume XXIX. December 1963
Album of Historic Homes XIII+Glenburnie or Glenn Burnie+The Chapline-Shenton House+Esta Burton Hilleary Museum+Historical Society’s Library+Recent Books of County Interest
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Magazine Volume XXVIII. December 1962
Album of Historic Homes XII+The Robert Harper House+The Franks’ “Baker House”+Woman’s Suffrage Hinge of Fate+Wizard Clip and Priest’s Field+Charlotte of Mecklenburg+Shepherdstown Bicentennial+A Tale from Terrapin Neck+An Ample Receipt+Government Tablets near Pack Horse Ford+Corn Exchange Regiment Pen Sketches+Tombstone Inscriptions III
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Magazine Volume XXVII. December 1961
Lockwood House+Death of Col. John A. Washington at Elkwater+An Unusual Deed Book Record+Colonel Jacinth Laval+An Early Post-War Picture+Tobacco Warehouse at Shepherdstown+John Yates Letters+County Bookshelf+Special 1961 Historical Events+Tombstone Inscriptions II
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Magazine Volume XXVI. December 1960
Jefferson County Oxonians+The Rhodes Scholars+The Sparrow Fellows+Moses Hoge+Benjamin Allen+More about Robarder’s Mill+The Hammond Antique Quilt+A Civil War Episode+Memorial Plaques in Shepherdstown+Charlestown and Shepherdstown by Bagby+Traveling on the Railroad in 1840+Tombstone Inscriptions I
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Magazine Volume XXV. December 1959
Shepherdstown Manse and John Kearsley+Hite V Fairfax Suit+Hawthorne at Harpers Ferry+President Tyler at Carter House+Alexander R. Boteler Sketches John Brown+Poyson Fields+Centennial at Harpers Ferry+County Bookshelf
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Magazine Volume XXIV. December 1958
Album of Historic Homes IX+The Bower+The Rectory and John Baker+The Sheetz Gunsmiths+Sara Nourse and James Nourse+Diary of Mrs. James Nourse+A List of Potomac Crossings+Potomac Crossings (the story)+Cornerstone Contrast
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Magazine Volume XXIII. December 1957
Rock Hall+More Land Grants+Regal Grants+Fairfax Grants+Century Farms II+Harewood (1751)+Hart- Daniels Farm (1755)+Locust Hill (1771)+Robert W. McCormick’s Fairview (1790)+Wood End (1804)+Mountain View (1805)+Gruber Farm (1807)+Willow Grove (1819)+Cherry Lake (1820)+Vinson (1826)+Rippon Home (1842)+Belmont (1856)+More About the Tates+The Catarina Beierlin Tombstone+Ripon or Rippon+The Rumsey Anniversary at Shepherdstown+Ella May Turner (1876-1957)
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Magazine Volume XXII. December 1956
Album of Historic Homes VIII+Head Spring+Prospect Hall+Charles Town Horse Racing in Early Days+1850 Census of Jefferson Count
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Magazine Volume XXI. December 1955
The James Rumsey Memorial in London+Album of Historic Homes VII+Retirement+Rose Hill Farm+Belmont+Old MillsThe Rocks’ Mill+Muse Mill+McPherson’s Mill+Gaunt’s Mill+Turner’s Mill+Feagans’ Mill+Robarder’s Mill+Rutherford Mill+The Horse Jockey+Washington to Swearingen Letter+Wright Denny+County Book Shelf
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Magazine Volume XX. December 1954
Media+Shannon Hill+Alexander Robinson Boteler+Shepherdstown U. S. Postal Service+The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad+State GovernorsCounty Book Shelf
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Magazine Volume XIX. December 1953
Piedmont, a Manor House of Jefferson County+1850 STATISTICS ON JEFFERSON COUNTY+Virginia or West Virginia+Rezin Davis Shepherd, Public Benefactor andCountry Squire+Judge Richard Parker-He Tried John Brown+HEAVY LOAD AT SHEPHERDSTOWN WHARF+John Yates Beall, His Thrilling Career for the South
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Magazine Volume XVIII. December 1952
The Battle of Smithfield+Rose Brake or Poplar GroveThe Reverend Abner C. Hopkins, D. D+Postmasters and Post Offices in Charles Town+Shepherd-Pinckney Exchange of Letters+President Cleveland at William L. Wilson’s Funeral in Charles Town
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Magazine Volume XVII. December 1951
Jefferson County Sesqui-Centennial+Millbrook, Oldest House in Mill Colony+Billmyer’s Mill and the Billmyer Family+Morgan’s Grove Fair+Jefferson County, Cradle of West Virginia Literature+Behind the Scenes of the Colonial Wars
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Magazine Volume XVI. December 1950
The Early Van Swearingens+The C. & O. Canal+The Black Rose of Shepherdstown+From Old Harpers Ferry Newspapers+Martin R. Delaney
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Magazine Volume XV. December 1949
Elmwood and Cold Spring+Rion Hall+Claymont - Slave History +General Pinckney at Shepherdstown+Forty-Niners of Jefferson County
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Magazine Volume XIV. December 1948
Shepherdstown a Century Ago and+Some of its Master Builders+An Early Camp Meeting in Jefferson County+Thomas Worthington+55th Regiment of Virginia Militia, Part II
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Magazine Volume XIII. December 1947
Album of Historic Homes IV+Happy Retreat+Walnut Grove+BlakeleyFruit Hill+The Panhandles of West Virginia+55th Regiment of Virginia Militia
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Magazine Volume XII. December 1946
Album of Historic Homes Ill+Beall Air+Cedar Lawn+Boyhood Home of Governor E. Willis Wilson+Hawthorn+Westwood+School Superintendents of Jefferson County+Our Link Ancestry in America+Elk Branch Church and Academy+Diary Tells of “Hessians” Here in 1782
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Magazine Volume XI. December 1945
Album of Historic Homes+Locust Hill+Shenstone+Rockland and James Verdier+Wheatlands+Battaile Muse+The Union School+Licenses for Marriages+Early Shepherdstown and Its Churches
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Magazine Volume X. December 1944
Album of Historic Homes+Peter Burr and His House+Richard Stephenson House+Dry Bridge Farm+Bedford+Fountain Rock+The Rocks+Wingerd Cottage+Lower Farm Shepherd Grade+Swearingen to Shepherd Letter+Old Landmark Changes Hands+Glebe Deed St. George’s Chapel+More Bibles and Family Records+Conrad Schindler Bible+Jacob Kraft Marburg+Strider Bible+Samuel Strider Bible+Raleigh Moler Bible+William J. Moler Bible+Items from 1824 Harper’s Ferry Free Press
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Magazine Volume IX. December 1943
Falling Spring+John Brown’s Provisional Constitution+More Old Bibles+Indian Sport+The Bedinger Family+County Bookshelf
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Magazine Volume VIII. December 1942
The Wyncoop, Morgan, Selby, Hamtramck Families+More About the Keyes of Keyes’ Ferry+Charles Town and Its Notables+Traders Settle at Harpers Ferry in 1707+Jeannette Aglionby, Life Member 1927-1933+Cressinger Pottery+Some Old Bibles+Teachers Wanted in 1853
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Magazine Volume VII. December 1941
Old Houses of the Leetown Neighborhood Shannondale+Early Architecture in Western Virginia+The Robert Lemen Family+War of 1812 Soldiers and Ancestors of Members of the James Gibson Chapter, Daughters of 1812+Captain Jacob Reinhart’s Shepherdstown Cavalry+County Book Shelf
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Magazine Volume VI. December 1940
Jefferson County in the War of 1812+Muster Roll of George W. Humphrey's CompanyMuster Roll of Capt. Joseph Grantham's Company+Class Roll of Capt. James Conn's Company+Class Roll of Capt. Presley Marmaduke's Company+Other Notes on Jefferson County in War of 1812+Weis Pottery[Jefferson County Portraits and Portrait Painters]+A Partial List of Artists Who Worked in Jefferson County or Painted Jefferson Countians or Whose Paintings Are Owned in the County
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Magazine Volume V. December 1939
Early Grange Activities+The Ring Tournament of 1853+Robert Rutherford+Joseph McMurran of Shepherd College+Quaker Element in Jefferson County+Shepherdstown Schools, 1762-1872E. Hutchinson Miller, the Artist
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Magazine Volume IV. December 1938
Rutherford Rangers+Early Libraries in Jefferson County+Pioneer Preachers in Jefferson County+Revolutionary Soldiers of Jefferson County
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Magazine Volume III. December 1937
James Rumsey and His Steamboat+Certificate by Horatio Gates+Fraternal Organizations in Jefferson County+Letters to Cadet Thos. B. Washington+Jefferson County Voters, January 1789+Braddock's March Through Jefferson County+The Middleway Blues+Uniform of the Potomac Rifle Company+Letter by Major Henry Bedinger+The Virginia & Maryland Bridge CompanyFrom the Potomac Guardian, January 9, 1799
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Magazine: Volume II. December 1936
The Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry+The Bullskin Run+The Roads of Jefferson County+Early Taverns of Jefferson County+List of Books Relating to Jefferson County
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Magazine: Volume I. December 1935
+Early Settlers in Jefferson County+Letter to Major Henry Bedinger, Merchant+Discharge of Wm. & Geo. Tabb+Swearingen's Spring+Irving's Visit to the Valley+Daniel Boone's Marriage to Rebecca BryanKeyes' Ferry
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