Jefferson

Colonel Lewis Washington, who lived here, was one of the hostages captured by John Brown in 1859 in his raid on Harpers Ferry.

Home of General Charles Lee, built on land bought in 1774.

Charles Town, WV

Three miles west, on Opequon Creek, lived General Adam Stephen, 1754-1772.

Kearneysville, WV

Home of Gen. Horatio Gates, built on land bought, 1763.

Ranson corporation, WV

On September 20, 1862, following battle of Antietam, a small Union force under Maj. Charles Lovell engaged Confederates under Gen. A. P....

Here, August 21, 1864, General Philip H. Sheridan's Federal forces were defeated by General Jubal A. Early.

1 1/2 mi. S is 1825 home of John T. A. Washington, a great nephew of the 1st president.

Founded in 1786 by Charles Washington, brother of the President.

Grave of Robert Rutherford, member of committee which in 1775 replied to orders of Lord Dunmore for Virginians to join British army or be...

South Charleston, WV

Grave of Robert Rutherford, member of committee which in 1775 replied to orders of Lord Dunmore for Virginians to join British army or be...

Duffield, WV

Within these grounds is the home of General William Darke (1736-1801), who served as officer in American Revolution and in St. Clair's...

Harpers Ferry, WV

Named for Robert Harper, who settled here in 1747 and operated ferry.

Ranson corporation, WV

Thomas Mayberry agreed in 1742 to erect iron furnaces on the property of William Vestal.

Formed in 1801 from Berkeley.

Charles Town, WV

Born in 1835 in Jefferson County, he joined the 2nd VA Infantry and was wounded at Bolivar Heights in October 1861.

Founded by free African Americans, George W. & Betty Johnson, in 1848 on 12 acres, it was the first free black community in the state.

Ranson corporation, WV

Formerly Vestal's Gap.

Free African American, born 1812 in Charles Town.

Early settlers crossed the Potomac here.

Built in 1751 by Peter Burr, cousin of Aaron Burr, on a grant of 480 acres from Lord Fairfax.

Robert Worthington settled here in 1730 and built stone house called "Quarry Bank" after his family home in England.

Harpers Ferry was much sought by North and South, 1861-1865.

Charles Town, WV

The original brick house was built on land owned by Lawrence Augustine Washington, the son of Samuel Washington, George's brother.

This chapel was built by devout people of (then) Frederick Parish, Frederick County, Virginia who joined Col. Robert Worthington in...

Incorporated as Shepherd College, 1871.

Shepherdstown, WV

Established in 1872 as a branch of State normal school system.

Ranson corporation, WV

James Rumsey, inventor of the steamboat, lived here, 1785 to 1788, and in 1787 demonstrated his boat on the Potomac at this point.

Shepherdstown, WV

Oldest town in West Virginia.

Charles Town, WV

Star Lodge No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons was chartered in 1877 by the Maryland Grand Lodge.

Named for Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England.

Ranson corporation, WV

Named in honor of the inventor, James Rumsey, who made successful public demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River here on...

Ranson corporation, WV

Here, on August 15-19, 1906, on the Storer College campus, the Niagara Movement held their first open and public meeting on American soil.

Ranson corporation, WV

Union troops on the crest and slope of Bolivar Heights to the East were attacked by Confederates led by Gen. Jackson from School House...

The "Bullskin" or Rock Hall Tract, the first land owned by George Washington in West Virginia, was surveyed by him, Nov. 24, 1750.

Ranson corporation, WV

"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.

Ranson corporation, WV

Named for Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England.

Charles Town, WV

In 1740, Dr. John McCormick, a Scots (Scotch)-Irish immigrant, bought 395 acres from Jost Hite and established White House Farm.