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Information, Resources and Data for Northeastern Virginia/West Virginia

Welcome to my corner of the internet. The following pages were created to return what was so freely given to me.

Researching in the Eastern Panhandle - Lower Shenandoah Valley of Va/ WVa.. can be a frustrating experience. Not only did the counties break apart many times but the state of Va. broke apart as well. I have seen the frustration on the genealogy message boards and I know that frustration well from my own personal research endeavors with this area.

This area is steeped in history and to find your ancestral roots here in this region would be an exciting adventure that I wouldn't want you to miss. They were embroiled in the Civil War. This was truly a region of brother against brother. How and where your ancestors lived is the backbone of knowing your people and part of what makes you who you are today.

Hopefully I will be able to bring some clarity to your situation and help you to continue until you discover all that is waiting for you should you find your trail leading this way.

I would like to thank Rhonda Houston for her willingness to assist myself and many others. Further information explaining how Rhonda has been such a good friend and mentor can be found on the following page.

For your convenience we have created an index chart below for easier navigation to your area of interest.

Good luck in your own personal research.

Rebecca Heinz

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Researching Through Web Rings

MacLinks Family Connections has joined a number of Civil War Web Rings. This allows the reader quicker access to a greater number of specific Civil War Sites [ 629 active websites to date ]. In return Rebecca's Eastern Panhandle and Lower Shenandoah Valley of Va/ WVa. Civil War Resource Index is now made available to a larger group of interested readers.

"Jefferson County Rosters For:"
- Revolutionary War 1775,
- War of 1812,
- Mexican War 1846,
- Civil War 1864

 "Tombstone Tales"
Photos & Lists of Confederate & Federal Tombstones For The:
Eastern Panhandle - Lower Shenandoah Valley of Va/ WVa. .		 "Civil War Articles For:"
Eastern Panhandle - Lower Shenandoah Valley of Va/ WVa. .



 "Records"
The Grove Hospital Register of Death Records Dated:
Aug. 3 1863 To Nov. 07 1864








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Rosters for Jefferson County

Revolutionary War 1775, War of 1812, Mexican War 1846, Civil War 1864

Revolutionary War Roster: Shepherdstown
Capt. William Morgan’s Co.-1776		 Revolutionary War Roster:
Captain Abraham Shepherd’s Co. 1776

 Revolutionary War Roster:
Capt. Hugh Stephenson’s Co. 1775-1776

 War of 1812 Roster:
Captain Joseph ’s Co.
55th Regt. Va. Militia - March 31, 1814
War of 1812 Roster:
Capt. James Conn’s Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 55th Regiment, 16th Brigade Va. Militia - April 16, 1814		 War of 1812 Roster:
Capt. Presley Marmaduke’s Infantry, 1st Battalion, 55th Regt. Va. Militia - April 27, 1814
 War of 1812 Roster:
Capt. George W. Humphreys’s Co. - August 26, 1814

 Mexican War Roster:
Co. K, 2nd Battalion, Va. Regt.


Camp, #1661 Charlestown
United Confederate Veterans




 Camp, #1661 Charlestown
Roster #2 of those that had died since the organization of the Camp.


 Memos of Hospital Cases
Examining Board 2nd Corps A. N. Va. Jan. 2nd 1864.



 Va./WVa Civil War Companies & Their Nicknames:
Civil War Companies that were predominantly Jefferson & Berkeley Co.
Photo Collection ~ to Northeastern Pennsylvania and Period Websites from 1861 - 1864. A "must see" site for the Northeastern Pennsylvania researcher. Article:
"The Confederate Dead" A casualty list after the battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg).


 Article: "Kearneysville" Confederate Roster and map of Kearneysville.



49'ers ~ Jefferson Co men and the great California Goldrush of 1849. ~
1861 - 1864 ~ Historical and Data Resources to the First Regiment West Virginia Cavalry Vol. Company "C".

General William Mahone ~ Camp # 1369, Sons of Confederate Veterans Company "D" 12TH Virginia Cavalry. Time Line ~ A Civil War Time Line focusing on the: 12th Virginia Cavalry, Laurel Brigade ~ Army of Northern Virginia.
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*** "Tombstone Tales" ***
*** Photographs and Lists of Confederate and Federal Tombstones ***
Eastern Panhandle - Lower Shenandoah Valley of Va/ WVa.
"Civil War , "Tombstone Tales" Tombstone Photos from Local Confederate and Federal Soldiers Cemetary Sections.


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Alabama's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Arkansa's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Delaware's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"
Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Florida's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"



 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Georgia's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Kentucky's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Louisiana's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"
Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Maryland's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"



 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Mississippi's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * South Carolina's Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"


 Civil War Rosters
* Cross reference * Texas' Regiments to Rebecca's, "Tombstone Tales"



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Eastern Panhandle - Lower Shenandoah Valley of Va/ WVa. .
25 Civil War
1910 Map of Battle Markers in Jefferson Co., WVa.		 Article:
"The Battle at the Cement Mill" - Sept. 20, 1862

 Article:
"The Battle of Falling Waters" - Oct. 12,1861

 Article:
The poem; "The Unseen Battlefield" - September 1st, 1868
Article: ~ "General Jackson" - May 5, 1920.



 Ghost Counties:
Your Guide to America's Dead, Forgotten Counties.


 Land Records & County Maps
North Eastern/West Virginia and southeast counties of Pennsylvania.		 Story:
"Legend of Wizard Clip" By R. Helen Bates

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The Grove Hospital REGISTER OF DEATHS Records For
Aug. 3 1863 To Nov. 07 1864

Table #1

Aug. 3, 1863
To
Sept. 24, 1863

Table #2

Sept. 29, 1863
To
Dec. 14, 1863

Table #3

Dec. 10, 1863
To
Dec. 29, 1863

Table #4

Dec. 19, 1863
To
Jan. 31, 1864

Table #5

Jan. 24, 1864
To
Feb. 22, 1864

Table #6

Feb. 09, 1864
To
Mar. 22, 1864

Table #7

Mar. 06, 1864
To
Apr. 09, 1864

Table #8

Apr. 05, 1864
To
May 08, 1864

Table #9

May 06, 1864
To
June 04, 1864

Table #10

Sept. 20, 1864
To
Nov. 07, 1864

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    Website Resources to: Special Articles and Noted Obituaries

    Noted NE/W. Virginia & NE. Pennsylvania Website Links

  1.    Newhttp://www.countryputers.com/1369/moler.htm
      General William Mahone, Camp # 1369, Sons of Confederate Veterans. This site is dedicated to the memory of; Private Daniel Moler of Company "D" 12TH Virginia Cavalry. You may also visit this site to gather information on Private Moler's comrades in arms.

  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nepaphotos
      The Northeastern Pennsylvania Photo Collection Website. The following is an excerpt from this excellent site; "This is a collection of photos, many of which have been sent to us by our visitors, of the past of Northeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Our goal is to make this the largest collection of photos showing life as it was for our ancestors." A "must see" site for the Northeastern Pennsylvania researcher.

  3. http://users.intrepid.net/~1stwvcav/index.html
      Historical and Data Resources from 1861 - 1864 - First Regiment West Virginia Cavalry Vol. Company "C".

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NORTHEASTERN VIRGINIA/WEST VIRGINIA LAND RECORD INFORMATAION

(Also pertains to the southeast counties of Pennsylvania)

Information for those who's ancestral trail leads into N.E. Va or the Eastern Panhandle (Jefferson, Berkeley & Morgan Co.) of West Virginia. The surveys were very poor and researching land records in this region is difficult.

Many of our ancestors followed the Great Wagon Road that went from Philadelphia through Winchester, Va. and nearly as far south as Augusta, Ga.

http://philnorf.tripod.com/mapofthe.htm Map of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road

This was once one vast territory that spread north & west from the Williamsburg seat of government in Virginia. The area was consequently broken down into the following:

  1. Northumberland County: 1648-1652
  2. Lancaster County: 1652- 1656
  3. Old Rappahannock County: 1656 - 1691
  4. Essex County: 1691- 1720
  5. Spotsylvania County: 1720 -1734

The Virginia county of Spotsylvania broke into pieces starting in 1734. The land records for Spotsylvania Co. prior to 1734 are in the Library of Va.

    Spotsylvania Co. breakdown is as follows:

  1. Orange Co. Va. formed in Jan. 1734
  2. Frederick Co. formed out of Orange Co. in 1738. However records were not kept until 1743.
  3. 'Old' Berkeley Co., Va forms in 1772- records begin.
  • Deeds begin in 1772. Index is handwritten. The following deed books are lost: 14; 22; 28; 37; 42; 56 and half of 59 & 62.
  • Land Grants, bound books, contain the index to Northern Neck Grants for Frederick Co, Va, Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties in Wv beginning in 1772.
  • Surveyor's records- reconstructed plat books beginning 1771, # 7 through # 18, indexed in the front of the book.
  • Land Books from 1782 to 1900 are not accessible to the public.
  • wills and deeds - 4 books
  • Unrecorded deeds - 4 books
  • Complete Record - Books 1 & 2 deal with real estate
  • Settlements.
      Old Berkeley Co., Va split into the following:
    • Jefferson Co., Va. by act of the Gen. Assembly on Jan. 8, 1801. This took effect on Oct. 26, 1801.
    • Jefferson Co., Va. became part of WV on June 20,1863.
    • Morgan Co. was formed from Berkeley and Hampshire Co. in 1820. Land was not free here. Acquiring land came by way of Kings Patents. This breakdown was as follows:
      King of England --> Gov. Gooch of Va. --> Lord Fairfax --> Grantors --> to be sold to settlers.

      SURNAMES of a few of the 1st grantors /settlers in The Eastern Panhandle:

      VAN METRE/METER brothers; HITE; MORGAN (2 family lines unrelated); Alexander ROSS, Samuel TAYLOR, Thomas SHEPHERD, Swearingen., Benjamin BURDEN, Andrew HAMPTON, David GRIFFITH, Lane GARRISON, Gershom KEES/KEYS, Robert BROOKE (surveyor)., to name just a few.

      Many settlers were here as early as the 1730's. The survey for Harpers Ferry dates back to 1748. It was originally called The Hole. Smithfield (Middleway) was marked off on March 25,1734. Also known at one point as Wizard's Clip.

      You can read a story about the       "Legend of WIZARD CLIP"

      By R. HELEN BATES

      (The preceding information was taken from my own personal notes from a class on Old Berkeley Co.)

      RESEARCH TIPS FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WVA. (FORMERLY VA.)

      A FEW VILLAGE / TOWN NAME CHANGES IN BERKELEY & JEFFERSON CO.

        BERKELEY CO:

      1. HAINESVILLE IS NOW HEDGESVILLE ON RT 9. NEARBY ARE FALLING WATERS, MARLOWE & BEDINGTON LOCATED ON RT 11.

      2. MIDDLETOWN IS NOW GARRARDSTOWN LOCATED ON RT 45W.

      3. DARKESVILLE WAS ONCE JAMESTOWN /BUCKLESTOWN /STRINGTOWN ON THE PIKE. IT IS LOCATED ON RT.11 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF INWOOD.

      4. PLACES IN BERKELEY CO. YOU MAY NOT FIND ON A MAP. THESE INCLUDE SCRABBLE WHERE AN IRISH LABOR STRIKE OCCURRED IN 1858. GANOTOWN, JONES SPRING, BACK CREEK, SLEEPY CREEK, RIDGEWAY, TOMAHAWK, UNION CORNER, PROVIDENCE, ARDEN, WINEBRENNERS CROSSING & MILL CREEK.

        JEFFERSON CO:

        Map to Jefferson Co.

      1. MECKLENBURG IS SHEPHERDSTOWN. IT IS THE OLDEST TOWN IN WVA. POSSIBLY SETTLED AS EARLY AS 1727. THE MYSTERIOUS PLACE CALLED `POTOMOKE' IS MENTIONED IN RECORDS OF THE PHILADELPHIA SYNOD OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE RECORDS STATE THAT ON SEPT. 19,1717, RESIDENTS OF `POTOMOKE, IN VA. REQUESTED A MINISTER. POTOMOKE IS THOUGHT TO BE AT OR NEARBY SHEPHERDSTOWN.

      2. HARPERS FERRY WAS ONCE CALLED THE HOLE.

      3. SMITHFIELD IS MIDDLEWAY. ALSO KNOWN AS WIZARDS CLIP.

      4. HITESTOWN IS LEETOWN & PROBABLY NOT ON A MAP.

      5. TRAVELERS REST IS KEARNEYSVILLE ON RT 480. MAY NOT BE ON A MAP.

      6. PLACES THAT MAY NOT APPEAR ON A MAP. THESE INCLUDE MILLVILLE, BAKERTON, RIPPON, SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, BOLIVAR, RANSON, WAMPLERS CROSSROADS, HALLTOWN
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  • Article

    • General Jackson
    Shepherdstown Register Newspaper
    May 5, 1920.

             'Stonewall was Sleepy". Dr. Hunter McGuire who was the surgeon of the "Stonewall Brigade" and the friend as well as the physician of Stonewall Jackson, in the course of some remembrances of that famous commander remarked upon the extraordinary knowledge which he seemed always to possess about the enemies movements.
             Late at night after the last day's fighting at Malvern Hill, Dr. McGuire found General Jackson asleep by the side of a tree, while his faithful servant Jim was making coffee for him when he awoke. Just then several General officers came up.
             They discussed the situation which they thought very serious. Their troops were scattered, they said, and if McClellan made an attack in the morning, they should have no organized force with him to resist him. General Jackson still slept and someone proposed to wake him. That was never an easy matter. Dr. McGuire says that he had seen Jim pull the General's boots off and remove his clothes without waking him. On the present occasion it was about impossible to rouse him. But at last he was raised to a sitting posture and held there, while one of the officers shouted in his ear about the conditions of the army, its inability to resist and attack in the morning and so forth.
             General Jackson's reply was: "Please let me sleep. There will be no enemy there in the morning."
             So the event proved.

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