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Official Web Site =This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county.
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles for anyone who was born, lived or died in Frederick County, Maryland. Official Website Historic Timeline 1748 Frederick County was created. 1755 British Gen. Edward Braddock, Col. George Washington, and Ben Franklin met at Frederick to plan British assault on Fort Duquesne. 1756 First Courthouse erecte...
Catoctin Furnace was constructed in 1774 by four brothers Thomas, Baker, Roger and James Johnson to produce pig iron from locally mined hematite.[2][3] In blast by 1776, the furnace provided ammunition (cannonballs) for the American Revolutionary War. Some sources state that it also provided cannon.[4][5][6] They also state that iron from this furnace was (much later of course) used to make p...
Wikipedia =The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, across Cedar Creek, northeast of Strasburg, Virginia. During the morning fighting, seven Union i...
The Battle of South Mountain—known in several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap—was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, needed to ...
The Battle of Crampton's Gap, or Battle of Burkittsville, was a battle fought between forces under Confederate Brig. Gen. Howell Cobb and Union Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin as part of the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, at Crampton's Gap in Western Maryland, during the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. Franklin's VI Corps attacked a small, hastily assembled Confeder...
This project is for those buried in the Old Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Maryland. The cemetery was also known as Saint Joseph's Cemetery before the "new" one was built 3/4 miles away. Notable Interments Jim Phelan (1929-2021) - Hall of Fame College Basketball Coach & NBA Player Links Find a Grave
Established in 1831 and located in the quaint historic town of Burkittsville, the Burkittsville Union Cemetery is the resting place of several important Frederick County citizens, including Manassas J. Grove, who played an important role in rebuilding the area economy following the devastation of the Civil War. The Battle of Crampton's Gap occurred in Burkittsville and the town provided several...
First Battle of Winchester== Wikipedia =The First Battle of Winchester, fought on May 25, 1862, in and around Frederick County, Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia, was a major victory in Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Jackson enveloped the right flank of the Union Army under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. ...
The cemetery is located on 121 North Altamont Avenue, Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Beaver Dam Cemetery, also known as Beaver Dam Church of the Brethren Cemetery , located in Johnsville, Frederick County, Maryland. Find a Grave
The Battle of Rutherford's Farm, also known as Battle of Carter's Farm and Battle of Stephenson's Depot , was a small engagement between Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur and Union forces under Brig. Gen. William W. Averell on July 20, 1864, in Frederick County, Virginia, during the American Civil War, as part of Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early's Valley Campaign, resulting ...
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. The cemetery is located at 515 South Market Street and is operated by the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company, Inc. Find a Grave Official Website
This project is for those buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. Find a Grave German Marylanders
This project is for those buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ellerton, Frederick County, Maryland. Find a Grave German Marylanders
The Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery for black folks, established in 1923 in Frederick County, Maryland, now located within the corporate limits of the City of Frederick on Gas House Pike (E. Church St. extended) east of Frederick City, a quiet rural location along Carroll Creek near its drain into the Monocacy River. A large number of re-interments nearly filled the east end of the lot, at lea...
This project is for those buried in New Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland. This is the new cemetery, located about 3/4 mile from the old cemetery, and is separate and distinct from the Old Saint Joseph's Cemetery . Find a Grave
