VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220

Entry #1

Author: Blackford Family.
Title: Papers, 1836-1858.
Description: 4 v.
Summary: John Blackford (1771-1839) was a planter and leading citizen of Boonsboro, Washington County, Md. In addition to his plantation, he owned property in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Va. (now W. Va.), was a merchant, and ran a ferry from his Ferry Hill plantation to a site near Shepherdstown. He owned stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and the Boonsboro Turnpike Company.
Diaries, 1836-1838, of John Blackford, and 1838-1845, of Franklin Blackford, both of Ferry Hill Plantation, Washington County, Md., and account book, 1842-1858, of Franklin Blackford for ferriage and family accounts. John Blackford diaries, 1835-1839, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD. John Blackford plantation journal, 1838-1839, Historical Society of Washington County, Hagerstown, MD.
Location: Virginia Historical Society Library (Mss1/B5645/c), 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220.
Source: NUCMC/OCLC.