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−	*'''[Beal]''' Bounds, Eleanor Poe. ''Biehl/Beal--Kuefer Descendants.'' Effingham, Ill.: E.P. Bounds, 1997. {{FHL|664544|item|disp=FHL Collection}}.	+	*'''[Beal]''' Bounds, Eleanor Poe. ''Biehl/Beal--Kuefer Descendants.'' Effingham, Ill.: E.P. Bounds, 1997. {{FHL|664544|item|disp=FHL Collection}}.
	*'''[Fry]''' Fry, Ronald E. ''Andrew Fry (1765-1842) and Some of His Descendants: With Notes on Allied Families: Motz, Frederick, Secrist and Others'' ... Monticello, Ind.: R.E. Fry, 1989, c1982. {{FHL|151090|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 F945r}}.<br>		*'''[Fry]''' Fry, Ronald E. ''Andrew Fry (1765-1842) and Some of His Descendants: With Notes on Allied Families: Motz, Frederick, Secrist and Others'' ... Monticello, Ind.: R.E. Fry, 1989, c1982. {{FHL|151090|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 F945r}}.<br>
	*'''[Heflibauer]''' Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker. ''Hoffelbauer Genealogy, 1585-1993, The American Families Hefelbower, Heffelbower, Heflebower, Hefflebower, Heflybower, Hefflibauer, Heflibauer and Heffelbauer Together with Their German and Austrian Ancestry.'' Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1993. {{FHL|557377|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 H675rL}}.		*'''[Heflibauer]''' Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker. ''Hoffelbauer Genealogy, 1585-1993, The American Families Hefelbower, Heffelbower, Heflebower, Hefflebower, Heflybower, Hefflibauer, Heflibauer and Heffelbauer Together with Their German and Austrian Ancestry.'' Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1993. {{FHL|557377|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 H675rL}}.
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	*'''[Rule]''' Rule, William. ''The Rule Family of East Tennessee and Extended Points.'' Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Rule III, 1984. {{FHL|193670|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R861r}}.		*'''[Rule]''' Rule, William. ''The Rule Family of East Tennessee and Extended Points.'' Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Rule III, 1984. {{FHL|193670|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R861r}}.
	*'''[Rule]''' Rule, William. ''Up-date of "The Rule of East Tennessee and Extended Points."'' Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Rule, 1990s. {{FHL|495369|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R861r supp.}}.		*'''[Rule]''' Rule, William. ''Up-date of "The Rule of East Tennessee and Extended Points."'' Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Rule, 1990s. {{FHL|495369|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R861r supp.}}.
		+	*'''[Shaver]''' Shaver, Chester L. ''History of the Shaver Family in Washington County, Maryland and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.'' 2 vols. Clear Water, Md.: Jean Woods, 1980. {{FHL|321834|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Sh25sc}}.
	*'''[Shockey]''' Shockey, Donald E. and Thelma Irene Peterson Shockey. ''The Shockey Chronicles: Biographical Annals of the Shockey Family''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1986. {{FHL|382550|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Sh72sh v. 1-v. 2}}.<br>		*'''[Shockey]''' Shockey, Donald E. and Thelma Irene Peterson Shockey. ''The Shockey Chronicles: Biographical Annals of the Shockey Family''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1986. {{FHL|382550|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Sh72sh v. 1-v. 2}}.<br>
	*'''[Shryock]''' ''History of Colonel Henry Shryock: Ancestor of Miss Nettie Carbaugh, Mrs. T. S. Montgomery, Miss Sarah Sryock, Miss Lynn Carbough, Miss Elissa Montgomery, Mrs. John J. Klouss, Miss Louise Lemley, Mrs. K. P. Jones, Mrs. William Miller, Jr., Colonel William Byrd Chapter, Wichester, Virginia.'' Typescript. Microfilmed 1978: {{FHL|728697|item|disp=FHL Film 1036817 Item 11}}.		*'''[Shryock]''' ''History of Colonel Henry Shryock: Ancestor of Miss Nettie Carbaugh, Mrs. T. S. Montgomery, Miss Sarah Sryock, Miss Lynn Carbough, Miss Elissa Montgomery, Mrs. John J. Klouss, Miss Louise Lemley, Mrs. K. P. Jones, Mrs. William Miller, Jr., Colonel William Byrd Chapter, Wichester, Virginia.'' Typescript. Microfilmed 1978: {{FHL|728697|item|disp=FHL Film 1036817 Item 11}}.

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United States Maryland Washington County

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.1.1 City 3.1.2 Towns 3.1.3 Census Districts 3.1.4 Communities 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Facebook 4.6 Gazetteers 4.7 Genealogy 4.8 Immigration 4.9 Land 4.10 Local Histories 4.11 Maps 4.12 Military 4.12.1 Military Websites 4.12.2 Military Records 4.13 Newspapers 4.14 Periodicals 4.15 Probate 4.16 Taxation 4.17 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 Sources and Footnotes

County Courthouse

Beginning Dates for Washington County, Maryland Government Records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1898	1799	1898	1790	1777	1777

County Clerk 100 W. Washington St., #226 Hagerstown, MD 21740-4735 Phone: 240-313-2200

Register of Wills 95 West Washington St. Hagerstown, MD 21740

Mailing Address P.O. Box 229 Hagerstown, MD 21741 301-733-8660

History

Washington County was the first county in the United States named for General George Washington, who later became the first President of the United States. Washington County lies in the heart of the Great Valley, which extends down from Central Pennsylvania through Tennessee. The county is located in the portion of the Great Valley known as The Cumberland Valley located north of the Potomac River. The lower portion of the Cumberland Valley is drained by Antietam Creek and Conococheague Creek. ^[1]Washington County has 24 graceful stone arch bridges built between 1819 and 1863.

Parent County

Washington County was created 6 September 1776 from Frederick County and has 458 square miles which contains 3 National Parks, 7 State Parks, 14 County Parks, and numerous City and Town Parks. Hagerstown is the county seat.

Boundary Changes

Allegany County was formed from Washington County on 25 December 1789.

Record Loss

1871 ~ On December 6, 1871 the courthouse was destroyed by fire.^[2]  No records were lost in the fire, but some records are missing.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

City

• Hagerstown

Towns

Boonsboro Clear Spring

Funkstown Hancock

Keedysville Sharpsburg

Smithsburg Williamsport

Census Districts

Cavetown Chewsville Fort Ritchie Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

Halfway Highfield-Cascade Leitersburg Maugansville

Mount Aetna Mount Lena Paramount-Long Meadow Robinwood

Rohrersville Saint James San Mar Wilson-Conococheague

Communities

Beaver Creek Big Pool Cearfoss

Downsville Fairplay Huyett

Indian Springs Mercersville PenMar

Van Lear Weverton

Neighboring Counties

Allegany | Frederick | Pennsylvania counties: Adams| Franklin | Fulton | Loudoun County, Virginia | West Virginia counties: Berkeley | Jefferson | Morgan

Resources

Cemeteries

A complete list of Cemeteries in Washington County can be found on the Washington County Cemeteries page. Additonal Washington County cemeteries transcriptions can be found on Internment.net. For more information about Cemeteries in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Cemeteries page. 

Census

Federal Census reports available 1790-1930 including slave and veterans schedules. For tips on accessing Washington County, Maryland census records online, see: Maryland Census.

• 1790 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1800 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1810 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1820 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1830 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1840 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1850 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1860 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1870 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1880 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch (no images)
• 1900 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1910 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1920 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch
• 1930 Census Searchable index from FamilySearch

Church

Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Washington County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions. The following records, taken from its collection, have been digitized and made available to view for free online:

• Evangelical Lutheran, Elizabethtown Church, includes various records 1760s-1960s
• Lutheran, (German) St. John's Church, includes various records 1790s-1830s, including English translations
• Protestant Episcopal, St. John's Church, includes: Parish Registers 1816-1963 (baptisms, marriages, burials) and Vestry Minutes 1787-1873 [link broken 5/20/2010]

Additional Washington County church resources include:

• List of Churches of Washington County gives a link to individual church's locations.

For more information about Churches in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Church Records page.

Court

• Washington County Register of Wills Clerk of Orphan's Court has Probate Records from 1777.
• Washington County Circuit Court Clerk has Land Records from 1777 and Marriage Records from earliest to 1919.
• Maryland, Naturalization Indexes, 1797-1951.
• Indexed Maryland, Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1931

Facebook

• Come join our Washington County, Maryland Genealogy Group at Facebook

Gazetteers

• Profiles for 248 Populated Places in Washington County Maryland

For more information about Gazetteers in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Gazetteers page.

Genealogy

• [Beal] Bounds, Eleanor Poe. Biehl/Beal--Kuefer Descendants. Effingham, Ill.: E.P. Bounds, 1997. FHL Collection.
• [Fry] Fry, Ronald E. Andrew Fry (1765-1842) and Some of His Descendants: With Notes on Allied Families: Motz, Frederick, Secrist and Others ... Monticello, Ind.: R.E. Fry, 1989, c1982. FHL Book 929.273 F945r.
  
• [Heflibauer] Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker. Hoffelbauer Genealogy, 1585-1993, The American Families Hefelbower, Heffelbower, Heflebower, Hefflebower, Heflybower, Hefflibauer, Heflibauer and Heffelbauer Together with Their German and Austrian Ancestry. Camden, Me.: Picton Press, 1993. FHL Book 929.273 H675rL.
• [Nead] Wurstner, Betty Miller. Genealogy of the Matthias Nead Family in America, 1752-1973. Typescript, Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Copy: FHL Film 1871571 Item 21.
• [Oliver] Rossin, Richard J. "Otho Oliver of New York City and Washington County, Maryland: His Parents and Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 143, No. 1 (Jan. 2012):5-20. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 143.
• [Parrott] Parrott, Irma Holter et al. Historical and Biographical Sketch, Parrott - Parrotte Family. 1954-1955. FHL Book 929.273 P249pi.
  
• [Randolph] Randolph, Blanche Willie Grace and Deborah Ann Kraemer Small. The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia. Little Rock, Arkansas: B. Randolph, 1979. FHL Collection
• [Randolph] Small, Deborah Ann Kraemer and Blanche Willie Grace Randolph. The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia, Volume II. Winter Park, Florida: D. Small, 1989. FHL Collection
• [Randolph] Raski, Arma, James Randolph, and Glenita Guthrie. Additions & Corrections to Vol. II, the Randolphs of Prince William Co., VA by Deborah K. Small. FHL 6075877
• [Rule] Rule, William. The Rule Family of East Tennessee and Extended Points. Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Rule III, 1984. FHL Book 929.273 R861r.
• [Rule] Rule, William. Up-date of "The Rule of East Tennessee and Extended Points." Knoxville, Tenn.: W. Rule, 1990s. FHL Book 929.273 R861r supp..
• [Shaver] Shaver, Chester L. History of the Shaver Family in Washington County, Maryland and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Clear Water, Md.: Jean Woods, 1980. FHL Book 929.273 Sh25sc.
• [Shockey] Shockey, Donald E. and Thelma Irene Peterson Shockey. The Shockey Chronicles: Biographical Annals of the Shockey Family. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1986. FHL Book 929.273 Sh72sh v. 1-v. 2.
  
• [Shryock] History of Colonel Henry Shryock: Ancestor of Miss Nettie Carbaugh, Mrs. T. S. Montgomery, Miss Sarah Sryock, Miss Lynn Carbough, Miss Elissa Montgomery, Mrs. John J. Klouss, Miss Louise Lemley, Mrs. K. P. Jones, Mrs. William Miller, Jr., Colonel William Byrd Chapter, Wichester, Virginia. Typescript. Microfilmed 1978: FHL Film 1036817 Item 11.
• [Shultz] Bushman, Katherine G. Shultz of Augusta County, Virginia: Being A Supplement to the Material Recorded in The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, Edited by Samuel K. Brecht, 1923. Staunton, Va.: K.G. Bushman, 1974. FHL Book 929.273 Sh92bk.
  
• [Slusher] King, Hatcher and Alta King. Turman and Slusher Genealogy, 1757-1974: Christopher Slusher Sr., Wife, Eva, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Fredrick, Washington counties, Maryland, Montgomery, Floyd counties, Virginia. MSS. Microfilmed 1974-1975: FHL Collection.
  
• [Williams] Birch, Nicki Peak. "Tracking Basil Williams of Maryland and Pennsylvania Through Changing Residences and Multiple Marriages," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 96, No. 1 (March 2008):23-37. FHL Book 973 B2ng v. 96

Immigration

• List of imported servants and transported convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Washington County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database. [Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of Maryland Gazette runaways.]

Land

Through a Joint Government Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the complete series of Washington County Deed Books (1776-present) have been uploaded to their website: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)

• Washington County Circuit Court Clerk has Land Records from 1777.

See the Maps section of this article for information about plat and ownership maps.

For more information about Land in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Land and Property page.

Local Histories

• The Bivouacs of the Dead: The Story of those Who Died at Antietam and South Mountain ^[3][4]148 pages. Includes histories, maps and rosters of Antietam, Washington, Mt. Olivet and Elmwood Cemeteries.
• History of Leitersburg District, Washington County, Md By Herbert Charles Bell ^[5] is a history of the early settlers of the Leitersberg District near Hagerstown, Maryland. This is first rate guide to the early genealogical records of the time and place. Full text can be accessed at Google Books
• A History of Washington County, Maryland, by Thomas John Chew Williams ^[6] from the earliest settlements to the present time, including a history of Hagerstown, to this is added a biographical record of representative families prepared from data obtained from original sources of information. A snippet view can be seen at Google Books.

Maps

• Washington County USGenWeb Project This site has numerous old maps and/or links to old maps online of Washington County, including the map of the original patent holders of the county, Washington County Hundreds, 1859 William Taggert Map, 1877 Illustrated Atlas, 1879 Ilustrated Atlas, and 1895 County Atlas.
• 1877 Washington County Atlas is an Illustrated Atlas of Washington County, Maryland and was published in 1877 by Lake, Griffing & Stevenson of Philadelphia.
• 1895 Atlas of Maryland County.
• Military Maps by David Rumsey of Washington County in the 1800's.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection has State Maps, City Maps, Maps of National Parks, Monuments, and Historic Sites.

Military

In Sharpsburg, the Battle of Antietam took place on Sept 17, 1862. This tragic battle found 23,110 men that had been either killed, wounded, or listed as missing. If they didn't die in the battle, they succumbed to disease or from the wounds that they had received. The little village was turned into a burial ground with the farm of William Roulette becoming the final resting place for 700 soldiers. Other of the dead were buried in fields surrounding this once peaceful little community. Antietam is considered a turning point of the Civil War.

• Crossroads of war : Washington County, Maryland, in the Civil War by S. Roger Keller; ^[7] focuses on cross-section of the happenings of both civilians and the military with eyewitness accounts of events in Washington County history.

• Events of the Civil War in Washington County, Maryland By S. Roger Keller, Dennis E. Frye;^[8][9]Events of the Civil War shows that War through the eyes of one community drawn from letters, newspapers, regimental histories, diaries, family histories, and published and unpublished archival sources.

Military Websites

• Battle of Antietam: Two Great American Armies Engage in Combat
• Confederate Soldiers Online transcription of 1869 record of original Confederate Burials in Washington County, Maryland, including Antietam Battlefield Washington County Maryland Free Library -for reference only}
• Herald of Freedom and Torch Light newspaper articles about the Battle of Antietam.
• The American Civil War: Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg

Military Records

• Searchable index of Maryland, Civil Ward Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 (with images).
• Searchable index of Maryland, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 (with images).
• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Maryland, Washington County on page 127.]
• List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Washington County, pp. 156-159. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]

For more information about the Military in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Military Records page.

Newspapers

• Washington County newspapers are identified in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.
• The Historic Newspaper Indexing Project had it's beginnings in 1980 as an excellent resource for patrons researching Washington County history and genealogy.
• Washington County and Hagerstown, Maryland historical newspaper articles.
• For more information about Newspapers in Maryland please refer to the Maryland Newspapers page.

Periodicals

• Maryland Historical Magazine article found on Google Books: "Washington County, Maryland" by T. J. C Williams

For more information about Maryland Periodicals please refer to the Maryland Periodicals page.

Probate

• Washington County Register of Wills/ Clerk of Orphan's Court ^[10] has Probate Records from 1777.
• Wills can be found at Distribution of Estates Accounts, Washington County, Maryland, 1778-1890 ^[11]
• Images of Maryland, Register of Will Books, 1629-1983.
• Searchable index of Maryland, Probate Estate and Guardianship Files, 1796-1940 (with images).

Taxation

• [1783] Washington County Tax List of 1783: This is an alphabetical index to names to all property owners assessed. The index cards at the Maryland State Archives include county, hundred, names of tracts of land and whether individuals were paupers or single males as provided in the law.
• [1803-1804] Western Maryland's Historical LIbrary has  Washington County Taxes. 1803 - 1804

Vital Records

Birth and Christening

• Searchable index of Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995.

Marriage

• Washington County Circuit Court Clerk has Marriage Records from earliest to 1919 ^[12]
• Marriage records can be found at Distribution of Estates Accounts, Washington County, Maryland, 1778-1860 ^[13], available on microfilm through Family History Library.
• Searchable index of Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970 and Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 ($)

Death

• Maryland Death Certificate Index 1898-1944, available online, courtesy: Vital Records Indexing Project, Maryland State Archives.

Other Washington County death resources include:

• Social Security Death Index

Societies and Libraries

• Maryland Military Historical Society was formed in 1982 to preserve the history, heritage, and memory of Maryland's organized militia. In addition to their focus on the militia, the Society strives to preserve the memory of the military accomplishments of all Marylanders, regardless of branch of service. The Historical Society was the instrumental in the establishment of the Maryland Museum of Military History.
• Washington County, Maryland Historical Society

For other Societies refer to the Maryland Societies page.

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Hancock Maryland Family History Center

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog for Washington County.

• The Washington County USGenWeb Project This site has online records and links to records for historical and genealogical information pertaining to Washington County, Maryland.

• FamilyHart Online Database This online family database contains over 719,000 linked family names. It grows by 1,000 names per week, and is updated quarterly. There are many many Washington County names in this database.

• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County. (Backup site)
  

• Jew's Genealogy - This web site contains information on many families from the Washington County, Maryland area.
  

• "Washington Co.," in Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ Know Your County-Facts about Washington County and its government, League of Women Voters of Washington County, MD 2006, p. 4
2. ↑ Herbert Charles Bell, History of Leitersburg District, Washington County, Md., Leitersburg, Md., Published by The author, 1898; page 13. Google Books WorldCat 14358625
3. ↑ The Bivouacs of the Dead: The Story of those Who Died at Antietam and South Mountain; Stotelmyer, Steven R., Baltimore, MD: Toomey Press, 1992. LIB 2-4-4
4. ↑ WorldCat Reference
5. ↑ Herbert Charles Bell, History of Leitersburg District, Washington County, Md , Leitersburg, Md., Published by The author, 1898; can be found at WorldCat
6. ↑ Thomas John Chew Williams, A History of Washington County, Maryland - Washington Co., Md - 1968 - 1347 pages Reprint of the ed published in 1906 by J. M. Runk & L. R. Titsworth, Hagerstown, Md. Worldcat
7. ↑ Crossroads of war : Washington County, Maryland, in the Civil War, Edition: illustrated, Published by Burd Street Press, 1997, Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Sep 22, 2008, ISBN 1572490365, 9781572490369, 312 pages WorldCat 36726487
8. ↑ A snippet view is available at Google Books Events of the Civil War in Washington County, Maryland; Contributor Dennis E. Frye; Edition: illustrated, Published by Burd Street Press, 1995 Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Sep 22, 2008, ISBN 0942597567, 9780942597561, 412 pages
9. ↑ Worldcat
10. ↑ Washington County Court located at: 95 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD 21740, (301) 739-3612
11. ↑ Google Books
12. ↑ located at 95 W. Washington Street, Hagerstown 21740; Mailing Address: P.O. Box 229, Hagerstown, MD 21741; 301-733-8660
13. ↑ Google Books

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