Jonathan Hager

1714 1775

Founder of Hagerstown. Co-founder of this church. Buried west of main building.

Marker is at the intersection of N. Potomac Street (Maryland Route 60) and East Avenue, on the right when traveling south on N. Potomac Street.

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Jonathan Hager House

Circa 1740

October 16, 1739, Jonathan Hager took up “Hager’s Fancy” 200 acres in the valley of Antietam Creek. A year later he married Elizabeth Kershner for whom Elizabeth-Town (Hagerstown) was named and established his home here. In 1944 it was ...