Valley of the Shadow

Virginia

Pennsylvania

1859

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1867

Jan

  • General Assembly passed a bill saying, no contract between a white & a black, for the labor of service of the latter for more than 2 months, shall be binding on the black unless the contract is written & signed by both parties & a public official.

    Virginia

05 Jan
  • National

    Johnson vetoed the Suffrage in the District of Columbia Bill

07 Jan
  • National

    Representative James Ashley of Ohio charged Johnson with usurpation, corruption & interference in election. The case was referred to the Judiciary Committee.

08 Jan

  • New directors of the 1st National Bank of Greencastle elected.

    Franklin County

  • National

    Overriding Johnson's veto, Congress granted suffrage to African-Americans in Washington, D.C.

09 Jan

  • Legislature rejected the proposed constitutional amendment.

    Virginia

  • Valley Spirit reported that a faith doctor visited Waynesboro.

    Franklin County

13 Jan

  • John Geary inaugurated as governor. Simon Cameron inaugurated as U. S. senator.

    Pennsylvania

16 Jan

  • Valley Spirit reported counterfeits of the Nation Bank's $5 bills surfaced, & that Reverend E. E. Higbee will be the new professor of church history at the Theological Seminary of Mercersburg.

    Franklin County

17 Jan

  • Fire destroyed Jacob Middour's residence.

    Franklin County

19 Jan

  • Young men of the county founded the Philomathesian Society, a debating club.

    Augusta County

22 Jan

  • Staunton Musical Association formed. Counterfeit $5 National notes surfaced.

    Augusta County

  • Spectator reported that the African-American population in VA declined by over 190,000 since 02-01-1860.

    Virginia

25 Jan

  • Reverend S. D. Stuart delivered a lecture at the Staunton Lyceum detailing his trip to England.

    Augusta County

29 Jan

  • Friendship Fire Co. quickly extinguished a fire at John A. Grove's marble works.

    Franklin County

01 Feb

  • A. H. H. Stuart left Staunton for Richmond to settle difficulties between VA & WV.

    Augusta County

02 Feb

  • Billy Wilson, a freedman, charged with burning a barn, claimed another black paid him to do so.

    Augusta County

  • Valley Spirit reported new counterfeits surfaced.

    Franklin County

03 Feb

  • William & Henry Bird, two freedmen, charged with burning a house.

    Augusta County

  • Legislature debated whether or not to allow blacks to ride in public conveyances.

    Pennsylvania

07 Feb

  • The Chambersburg Cornet Band conducted a play with a scene involving a white man dressed as a black woman.

    Franklin County

08 Feb

  • Dr. C. R. Harris delivered a lecture on "Freedom of Thought" at the Staunton Lyceum.

    Augusta County

11 Feb

  • The local Building Association formed.

    Augusta County

12 Feb

  • Martin Snyder arrested for the rape of Mary Elizabeth Eberly, a 10-year-old resident of the local Children's Home.

    Franklin County

  • Legislature ratified the 14th Amendment.

    Pennsylvania

13 Feb

  • Valley Spirit reported a fire broke out in Joseph McKinney's house.

    Franklin County

15 Feb

  • Concert held at the Presbyterian Church.

    Augusta County

20 Feb

  • Valley Spirit reported Pope Wilson & George Book, 2 freedmen, arrested for stealing a coat from White's clothing store.

    Franklin County

21 Feb

  • Concert at the Presbyterian Church repeated.

    Augusta County

25 Feb
  • National

    Congressional resolution provided for a survey for a canal at Darien, Panama.

27 Feb

  • Valley Spirit reported the temperance fair last week raised nearly $2000.

    Franklin County

Mar

  • Episcopal Methodist Church made appointments.

    Augusta County

  • Senate called for a convention under the provisions of the military force bill. House of Delegates passed a bill forbidding the sale or distribution of liquor near voting places.

    Virginia

01 Mar
  • National

    NE admitted as the 37th state.

03 Mar

  • Under 1st Reconstruction Act, VA became part of Military District 1.

    Virginia

  • Thieves broke into Mr. Greathead's store & stole money & merchandise.

    Franklin County

  • National

    1st Reconstruction Act, which denied removal powers of the president, passed. Tenure of Civil Office Bill passed over Johnson's veto. National Bankruptcy Bill passed. Department of Education established. Judiciary Committee concerning impeachment recommended a continuance of investigation.

04 Mar

  • Sherry's Theatrical Troupe performed at Repository Hall.

    Franklin County

05 Mar

  • Voting rights of blacks challenged in Alexandria, when 1000 black votes were rejected.

    Virginia

07 Mar

  • John Randolph, a freedman, imprisoned for stealing shoes from P. B. Hoge's store.

    Augusta County

  • National

    Order of the Knights of St. Crispin established to halt the rise of unemployment in the shoe industry.

11 Mar
  • National

    Johnson began assigning generals to the command of the 5 military districts in the South.

12 Mar

  • Reported that a Radical paper will soon be started in Staunton.

    Augusta County

13 Mar

  • Gen. Schofield arrived in Richmond & replaced Governor Pierpont with Gen. Wells.

    Virginia

  • Valley Spirit reported on the projected railroad from Carlisle to Pine Grove in Franklin County. Fire destroyed a steam sawmill of the Doubling Gap Lumber & Mining Co. & Matthew Elder's barn.

    Franklin County

  • Trustees of the Agricultural College of PA met.

    Pennsylvania

15 Mar

  • Election for borough, township, and election officers held.

    Franklin County

16 Mar

  • Telegraph office opened in Waynesboro at J. F. Kurtz's Drug Store.

    Franklin County

18 Mar

  • George Rock stabbed Jacob Fisher 11 times during a scuffle in Quincy.

    Franklin County

20 Mar

  • North Ward Democrats met at Montgomery House. South Ward Democrats met at William Bender's House. Valley Spirit announced Governor Greary pardoned Mrs. Bernthisel of Greencastle of her adultery conviction.

    Franklin County

23 Mar
  • National

    2nd Reconstruction Act, which provided for registration of all qualified votes, passed over Johnson's veto.

25 Mar

  • Ladies' Memorial Association hosted a fair & dinner to raise money for the soldiers' cemetery.

    Augusta County

30 Mar
  • National

    Secretary of State Seward agreed to pay Russia $7,200,000 for Alaska.

31 Mar

  • A thwarted burglary occurred at George Etter's home.

    Augusta County

Apr

  • Frank Wilson of Staunton elected the "Smallest Man" of the Ugly Club at the University of Virginia. E. L. Houff, a delegate from Augusta to the Loyalist Convention returned home unhappy with the proceedings. William Marshall charged with the rape of Elizabeth White.

    Augusta County

  • Explosion in the coal mines outside Richmond killed about 70 men. Loyalist Convention held in Richmond. Conflicts arose over whether or not African-Americans should be allowed to ride in Richmond streetcars.

    Virginia

01 Apr

  • Col. McClure & his family departed for Montana to inspect gold & silver mines, in which he had a stake.

    Franklin County

02 Apr

  • Jacob Foreman's son drowned while playing in the Conococheague.

    Franklin County

08 Apr

  • Col. Bolivar Christian lectured at the Staunton Lyceum on the character of the people of the Valley of VA.

    Augusta County

09 Apr

  • The home of Samuel Parent burned.

    Augusta County

  • John McCoy of Mifflin Township committed suicide.

    Franklin County

  • National

    Congress ratified the purchase of Alaska.

15 Apr

  • The Freedmen of Staunton held a meeting and produced resolutions.

    Augusta County

17 Apr

  • Valley Spirit reported that an act passed the state legislature incorporating a co. in Chambersburg for the purpose of erecting a Market House & a Public Hall.

    Franklin County

20 Apr

  • The remains of an infant were found buried on a lot near Burke's Foundry.

    Augusta County

  • Schuyler Colfax delivered his lecture, "Across the Continent" in Repository Hall.

    Franklin County

21 Apr

  • Franklin County Bible Society held its anniversary meeting in the German Reformed Church.

    Franklin County

24 Apr

  • Valley Spirit reported Matthew P. Walsh was confirmed as the new Postmaster of Chambersburg.

    Franklin County

29 Apr

  • Lightning struck Jacob Lear's blacksmith shop in Shady Grove.

    Franklin County

30 Apr

  • 4 local teachers announced their intention to open a new institution for young men.

    Augusta County

  • National

    Gen. Hancock and Gen. Custer led an expedition against the Indians in western KS.

02 May

  • Chambersburg Musical Union concert.

    Franklin County

04 May

  • Reverend George D. Chenowith, corresponding secretary of the State Temperance Union, spoke at the Methodist Episcopalian Church.

    Franklin County

06 May

  • H. M. Sibbett won the post of Chief Burgess in the Waynesboro election.

    Franklin County

10 May

  • 2nd Annual Floral Tribute to the memory of the soldiers buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery. 4th anniversary of Stonewall Jackson's death celebrated

    Augusta County

11 May

  • Jefferson Davis visited Richmond.

    Virginia

13 May

  • Jefferson Davis taken to Richmond on habeas corpus and admitted to bail.

    Virginia

14 May

  • Gen. Lee visited Staunton for the week to attend the Episcopal Convention.

    Augusta County

15 May

  • Valley Spirit reported the town council appointed John Forbes street commissioner.

    Franklin County

22 May

  • Valley Spirit advised a group of gypsies encamped in the woods near Chambersburg be immediately driven out.

    Franklin County

27 May

  • Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Valley Railroad held at the courthouse.

    Augusta County

28 May

  • Registering officers appointed.

    Augusta County

29 May

  • Valley Spirit reported counterfeit bills surfaced.

    Franklin County

31 May

  • The youngest class of the Augusta Female Seminary held a May party.

    Augusta County

01 Jun

  • William Stoner, an African-American, shot David Montgomery, also an African-American, in Wolffstown after a confrontation earlier that day.

    Franklin County

04 Jun

  • Hope Fire Co. held elections

    Franklin County

05 Jun

  • Valley Spirit reported the town council approved a plan to number dwellings and businesses in Chambersburg.

    Franklin County

07 Jun

  • Peter McGaffigan drowned in Falling Spring.

    Franklin County

10 Jun

  • A party of men left Chambersburg for a tour of the Shenandoah, including a stop in Staunton.

    Franklin County

11 Jun

  • A mutual protection society to respond to the frequency of horse theft formed.

    Augusta County

  • State Democratic Convention held in Harrisburg nominated George Sharswood for the PA Supreme Court.

    Pennsylvania

12 Jun

  • Public exercises of the closing session of the Augusta Female Seminary began.

    Augusta County

  • Reverend H. Y. Hummelbaugh baptized 5 people in Falling Spring.

    Franklin County

15 Jun

  • Appeals to the Assessor of Internal Revenue Taxes held at the office of J. L. P. Deltrich.

    Franklin County

16 Jun

  • Churches of Chambersburg collected donations for the relief of the destitute people of the South.

    Franklin County

17 Jun

  • Charlie Evans, an African-American, arrested for attempting to hug a white woman.

    Augusta County

18 Jun

  • Committee appointed to enable the VA Railroad Co. to complete the Covington and Ohio Railroad. Court case over whether African-Americans or whites of a church have claim to the land began.

    Augusta County

19 Jun

  • Valley Spirit reported counterfeit $10 notes in circulation.

    Franklin County

  • National

    1st Annual Belmont Stakes won by Ruthless.

22 Jun

  • Voter registration began.

    Augusta County

24 Jun

  • Committee to complete the Covington and OH Railroad met at the courthouse to consider the proposed extension of the Southern railway. Commencement exercises at the Wesleyan Female Institute began.

    Augusta County

25 Jun

  • Jackson Sunday School opened. The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institution gave a concert.

    Augusta County

26 Jun

  • Valley Spirit reported a monument erected in Church Hill in memory of Capt. James P. McCullough by the members of Co. C., 19th Regiment, P. V.

    Franklin County

29 Jun

  • Voter registration ended in 2 districts in Augusta with District 1, Staunton, having 380 whites & 184 blacks registered & District 2, Staunton, having 366 whites & 258 blacks registered. Directors of the Augusta County Fair met.

    Augusta County

30 Jun

  • Union prayer meeting of all Christian denominations held at the Presbyterian Church.

    Augusta County

01 Jul

  • New officers of the Friends of Temperance installed.

    Augusta County

03 Jul

  • Valley Spirit reported F. C. Waldlich of Mercersburg awarded the contract to build the new Presbyterian Church in McConnellsburg.

    Franklin County

04 Jul

  • Local Independence Day festivities.

    Augusta County

  • A fight broke out between blacks & whites in front of Repository Hall.

    Franklin County

06 Jul

  • Tom Harris, an African-American, imprisoned for raping 2 African-American girls. A. H. H. Stuart, Jr., aged 21, died of typhoid fever.

    Augusta County

07 Jul

  • Funeral held at the Episcopal Church for A. H. H. Stuart, Jr.

    Augusta County

09 Jul

  • Spectator reported A. McR. Blain secured a patent for an improved apple paring, boring, and slicing machine.

    Augusta County

10 Jul

  • Valley Spirit reported the Republican Convention nominated Henry W. Williams for the PA Supreme Court.

    Pennsylvania

15 Jul

  • The County Board of Registration met & announced the registration totals with District 3, Middlebrook, having 407 whites & 124 blacks; District 4, Greenville, having 428 whites & 123 blacks; District 5, Waynesboro, having 470 whites & 224 blacks; District 6, New Hope, having 376 whites & 102 blacks.

    Augusta County

16 Jul

  • Spectator reported Dr. R. L. Madison will leave Staunton to resume his chair at Virginia Military Institute.

    Augusta County

17 Jul

  • Valley Spirit alerted readers counterfeit $100 bills surfaced. It was also reported that J. Newton Shellito appointed General Whiskey Inspector for the district including Chambersburg and a baby boy abandoned in the privy attached to the ladies' room at the railroad depot.

    Augusta County

18 Jul

  • The Printers defeated the Picked 37 to 20 in a baseball game in Chambersburg.

    Franklin County

19 Jul
  • National

    3rd Reconstruction Act, which said the 15th Amendment must be ratified before Southern States could be readmitted, reported, vetoed, and passed over Johnson's veto.

20 Jul

  • Capt. F. S. Turkey, former local Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau, lectured in front of the Courthouse.

    Augusta County

24 Jul

  • Commencement exercises of Franklin & Marshall College began.

    Franklin County

25 Jul

  • Lightning struck Jacob Whitmore's house, injuring an African-American boy & killing a dog.

    Augusta County

26 Jul

  • John Price's farmhouse, occupied by Jacob Shank, burned down.

    Franklin County

29 Jul

  • Radical meeting at the Staunton courthouse adopted resolutions & selected delegates to attend the Radical Convention in Richmond.

    Augusta County

  • Martha Baker violently attacked & robbed on her way home from Shippensburg.

    Franklin County

01 Aug

  • Radical Convention began in Richmond.

    Virginia

02 Aug

  • Attempted robbery at John B. Evans' store. Episcopal Methodist Church-South Sunday School held a picnic in Taylor's Grove.

    Augusta County

03 Aug

  • John Engleman's store robbed.

    Augusta County

07 Aug

  • William A. Wallace addressed the Democratic State Committee.

    Pennsylvania

12 Aug
  • National

    Secretary of War Stanton, refusing to resign, suspended by Johnson. Grant appointed Secretary of War pro tem.

13 Aug

  • Spectator reported a Council of the Friends of Temperance organized at Middisbrook.

    Augusta County

14 Aug

  • Valley Spirit reported a new counterfeit $5 bill circulating. Cumberland Valley Good Templars Convention met in Mercersburg.

    Franklin County

16 Aug

  • An arsonist set fire to Abraham Carbaugh's barn near Brown's Mill.

    Augusta County

17 Aug

  • John Robinson's Combination Circus & Menagerie performed in Staunton. Gen. D. B. White addressed Staunton's African-American's in from of the courthouse.

    Augusta County

  • The new cornerstone for the new Lutheran Church in Orrstown laid.

    Franklin County

20 Aug

  • The "Radical" County Convention held at the Chambersburg courthouse.

    Franklin County

21 Aug

  • Dan Castello's Circus & Menagerie performed in Staunton.

    Augusta County

  • Republican County Convention held. Valley Spirit reported Chambersburg nominated James B. Orr of Orrstown as a candidate for the Assembly.

    Franklin County

23 Aug

  • A camp meeting commenced under the supervision of the United Brethren in Christ with preachers from PA, MD, & VA.

    Augusta County

24 Aug

  • Blacks in and around Greencastle held a benefit to raise money for local Radical politicians.

    Franklin County

25 Aug

  • G. W. Peaco stopped a horse thief near the South River.

    Augusta County

  • Maimonides College, the 1st rabbinical college in the U.S. opened in Philadelphia, PA.

    Pennsylvania

26 Aug

  • Governor Francis Pierpont spoke at the Staunton courthouse.

    Augusta County

28 Aug

  • A torrential thunderstorm swept through Chambersburg.

    Franklin County

31 Aug

  • North Ward Democrats met to select delegates to the County Convention. South Ward Democrats met to select delegates to the County Convention.

    Franklin County

Sep

  • Richmond Dispatch praised Staunton

    Augusta County

  • National

    Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and George Francis Train began a women's suffrage campaign in KS.

03 Sep

  • Meeting at the courthouse of Democratic Convention of Franklin County who selected candidates for the various county offices up for election in the fall.

    Franklin County

06 Sep

  • Heavy rains caused flooding in Chambersburg.

    Franklin County

07 Sep

  • The Printers of Chambersburg defeated the Snowballs of Shippensburg 21 to 16 in a baseball game.

    Franklin County

  • National

    Johnson issued Proclamation of General Amnesty.

09 Sep

  • Democratic State Committee meeting.

    Franklin County

10 Sep

  • Spectator reported a new counterfeit $5 bill appeared.

    Augusta County

  • Franklin Female Seminary opened.

    Franklin County

11 Sep

  • Hope Fire Co. hosted a picnic at Brown's Mill.

    Franklin County

12 Sep

  • West PA Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church met in Chambersburg.

    Franklin County

13 Sep

  • Ann Laura Lilly, 21 months, drowned near Churchville

    Augusta County

13 Sep

  • Stuart McGuffin was accidentally shot and killed when he and James apple were playing with an old musket.

    Augusta County

16 Sep

  • Thieves stole 2 barrels of whiskey from Mr. Hollingshead's premises.

    Franklin County

17 Sep

  • Chambersburg Silver Cornet Band participated in the dedicatory ceremonies at Antietam.

    Franklin County

  • National

    National Cemetery at Antietam dedicated.

19 Sep

  • John Light traveled over 9 miles during his balloon flight.

    Franklin County

21 Sep

  • Black and white Republicans held an emancipation jubilee at Scarlett's Woods.

    Franklin County

25 Sep

  • Valley Spirit reported street signs posted throughout the town, some of which changed street names.

    Franklin County

25 Sep

  • A group of citizens living near Churchville registered a complaint about mail coming to Churchville from or through the Staunton Post Office.

    Augusta County

26 Sep

  • Augusta Fire Co. paraded the streets.

    Augusta County

27 Sep

  • A Republican meeting held on the steps of the courthouse.

    Franklin County

01 Oct

  • Spectator reported that "another colored man" sued the Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad for non-admittance to a 1st-class car, upon a 1st-class ticket purchased in NY.

    Virginia

02 Oct

  • Valley Spirit reported Professor E. G. Halton delivered a lecture on Oxygenized Air Treatment at Repository Hall. It was also reported that the new college in Mercersburg opened. One of Col. McClure's barns burned.

    Franklin County

04 Oct

  • Fire destroyed the Molding shop of the Agricultural Implement Manufactory in Waynesboro.

    Franklin County

05 Oct

  • The society against horse thieves of Mt. Meridian & surrounding areas met.

    Augusta County

08 Oct

  • The Washington Society at the University of Virginia released a resolution in commemoration of A. H. H. Stuart, Jr.

    Augusta County

09 Oct

  • Valley Spirit reported a fire consumed the stable on A. L. Coyle's property. Also reported: parties canvassed Chambersburg to gain support for a proposed Atlas of Franklin County.

    Franklin County

11 Oct

  • A co. of black troops celebrated in the streets of Chambersburg after attending a celebration in Harrisburg.

    Franklin County

12 Oct

  • A public meeting at the courthouse nominated delegates to the constitutional convention.

    Augusta County

18 Oct

  • William F. Gordon, Jr., the Radical convention candidate of Augusta, spoke at the courthouse.

    Augusta County

  • National

    Ownership of Alaska transferred from Russia to America.

21 Oct

  • A free school for poor white women & children opened in Jennie McKeehan's school room.

    Franklin County

22 Oct

  • Spectator reported that an unnamed African-American man was arrested for assaulting J. Wayne Spitler, a white man. Also reported: an African-American stole some goblets from A. H. H. Stuart and an overcoat stolen from J. A. Waddell's house.

    Augusta County

25 Oct

  • Fire destroyed Samuel Zook's Sorghum Mill.

    Franklin County

29 Oct

  • Fire destroyed the Broom Factory & the adjoining house of Mr. Eyler.

    Franklin County

31 Oct

  • Joseph McClure of Franklin admitted to the Bar.

    Franklin County

05 Nov

  • W. A. Burke awarded 5 premiums at the Lexington Fair for the best plows & for his hay fork.

    Augusta County

08 Nov

  • Jacob Snyder's tailor shop burglarized.

    Franklin County

11 Nov

  • Franklin County Teachers' Institute met in Chambersburg. Town Council meeting passed a resolution mandating the purchase of a steam fire engine for the community.

    Franklin County

13 Nov

  • A burglar broke into Peter Brough's mansion & stole a wardrobe.

    Franklin County

16 Nov

  • Dr. Charles J. Jewett of the lecture circuit, promoted the temperance cause at the courthouse.

    Franklin County

19 Nov

  • Centenary celebration of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Path Valley held.

    Franklin County

20 Nov

  • Valley Spirit reported the Cumberland Valley Railroad Co. was considering constructing a branch from Hagerstown to Williamsport. Chambersburg Building Association organized.

    Franklin County

25 Nov

  • Meeting held at the courthouse to appoint delegates to the Conservative Convention.

    Augusta County

26 Nov

  • Spectator reported $238 & a pair of pantaloons stolen from Franklin Koiner's home.

    Augusta County

27 Nov

  • Valley Spirit reported Loudenachlager knocked down & robbed by 2 blacks men.

    Franklin County

28 Nov

  • A meeting of Augusta citizens held in Richmond organized sub-committees to canvass the county to secure the subscription of $300,000 for the Chesapeake & OH Railroad.

    Augusta County

30 Nov

  • Several black residents of Chambersburg stoned Michael Miller's house.

    Franklin County

Dec

  • Editorial Convention held in Richmond, at the advice of the Staunton newspapers.

    Augusta County

01 Dec

  • Chambersburg Building Association met.

    Franklin County

02 Dec

  • Spectator suggested that the Staunton Lyceum begin charging a fee to attend the meetings & give the proceeds to the poor.

    Augusta County

  • New constitutional convention opened in Richmond, under Judge John Underwood. Denial of electoral rights to former Confederates & provision of a test oath made part of a draft constitution.

    Virginia

  • National

    Johnson's message received by Congress.

04 Dec

  • Valley Spirit reported a swindler was preying upon local farmers.

    Franklin County

05 Dec

  • 7-10 inches of snow fell.

    Augusta County

06 Dec

  • Waynesboro Magisterial district appointed to superintend the organization.

    Augusta County

  • Racial strife broke out in Mercersburg. The Peak family, a co. of Swiss bell ringers, performed in Repository Hall.

    Franklin County

07 Dec

  • The Peak family held an encore performance.

    Franklin County

  • National

    Resolution of impeachment of Johnson introduced into the House of Representatives.

09 Dec

  • County Commissioner elected officers.

    Franklin County

10 Dec

  • Augusta County challenged Rockingham County to fulfill her duty to VA more zealously and efficiently. Spectator reported a large deposit of iron ore found near Waynesboro.

    Augusta County

11 Dec

  • Conservative Convention held in Richmond.

    Virginia

14 Dec

  • Meeting held to organize an association for the arrest of horse thieves.

    Augusta County

17 Dec

  • Meeting held to form an association for protecting Churchville area citizens against horse thieves.

    Augusta County

18 Dec

  • Meeting held at the courthouse in support of the movement to amend the Constitution to recognize God and Jesus Christ.

    Franklin County

23 Dec

  • President of the VA Central Railroad, John D. Imboden, addressed Staunton on the subject of a subscription to the Chesapeake & OH Railroad.

    Augusta County

25 Dec

  • The association for protecting the citizens against horse thieves in the Churchville area met. Gen. Kenton Harper, founder of the Spectator, died.

    Augusta County

28 Dec

  • A group of men met at Hall's Schoolhouse & stated their opposition to "a Constitution which will bring the State under the control of the negro race."

    Augusta County

29 Dec

  • The United Brethren in Christ's new church in Mowersville dedicated.

    Franklin County