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Tombstone Inscriptions of Jefferson County, WV
A singular source of the tombstones throughout the county
$20
The Washington Homes of Jefferson County WV
Did you know Washington traveled through Jefferson County and built homes for many of his family members here? This guidebook takes a look through each one
$10
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.
$15
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.
$15
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.
$15
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.
$15
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.
$15
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.
$15
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
$15
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
$15
The Civil War years in Jefferson County
Local historian and legend Doug Perks' very own book of his historical research of the Civil War throughout Jefferson County
$25
Magazine Volume XLVII. December 1981
Major James Walton Thomson+A Factual Account of the Wedding at Harewood of James and Dolley Madison+Pottery in the 1800s. The Weis Pottery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia+The Jefferson County Landmarks Commission +Historic Shepherdstown Commission+Restoration Project+Pride in Action+Report on the Miss Louise C. Briscoe Bequest+Summer Picnic [The Hill]Comprehensive Listing of County Tombstones Inscriptions+Book Notes
$15
Military Operations in Jefferson County, WV
Jefferson County's unique location was the focal point of numerous Civil War battles and skirmishes. This book provides a background of what took place year by year
$15