Welcome to the New River Group's historical resources page for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia. This includes Ashe, Alleghany, Watagua and Wilkes counties in Northwest North Carolina, Grayson and Carroll counties in Virginia plus adjacent counties in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Links to New River Counties and Topics
- New River Counties
Click on the County of Your Choice for Files
- Virginia Topical History
- Virginia Links by Location
- Other States
- Washington, D.C Links and Files
- Delaware Links and Files
- History of Early Maryland by Rev. Theodore C. Gambrall, A. M., D.D.
- Baptists in Maryland in 1848 by David Benedict
- Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory - Maryland - 1851
- The Maryland Directory for 1878
- Gazetteer of Maryland - 1904
- Personal Names of Indians of New Jersey
- Rhode Island Links and Files
- Sullivan County, Tennessee
- Kanawha County, West Virginia
- American History Topics
- Early Settlers 17th - 18th Century
British Government[See also The E-Books Page for lots more information]
- Map of Mid-Atlantic Indian Distribution
- The First Explorations of Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians
- The Colonial Virginia Register
- Study of the Flower Swift Militia Company in the Revolutionary War by James Quinn
- 18th Century New River Valley Settlers (NC)
- Life in Old Virginia by James J. McDonald, 1907
- Revolutionary War
- Early Federal Period
1782-1800- The 1782 Greenbrier County, VA Tax List
- The 1782 Halifax County, VA Tax List
- The 1782 Hampshire County VA Tax List (Original order) or Alphabetic Order
- The 1785 Campbell County, VA Tax List
- The 1790 Stokes County, NC Census - Link
- The 1796 Greenbrier County, VA Tax List
- The 1799 Monroe County, (West) Virginia Personal Property Tax List
- The Federal and Antebellum Periods
1800-1860- Committees of Correspondence for Virginia's Republican Party - 1800 (all extant counties)
- On The Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain October 7, 1810 by Francis Preston
- The Petersburg Volunteers 1812-1813
- Roster of the Petersburg Volunteers
- Diary of a Geological Tour by Dr. Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828 with Introduction and Notes by Dr. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D.
- The 1835 Map of the New River Valley
- The North Carolina Regiment in the Cherokee Removal of 1838 Ashe County's Company was I. Courtesy of Bill Navey.
- Virginia School Commissioners - 1846
- History of American Baptists Virginia - 1848
- History of American Baptists North Carolina 1848
- Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory 1851-1852 - Virginia
- Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory 1851-1852 - North Carolina
- Elliott & Nye's Virginia Directory and Business Register for 1852
- Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia by Richard Edwards, 1854
- The 1855 Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign in Southwest Virginia
- The Late Unpleasantness
1861-65- The New River Notes Civil War Home page is a central page for Civil War information centered on the New River area. It includes Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee as well as a link to the Kentucky Home Guard.
- Virginia's Vote (by County) on the Secession Ordinance
- Southern Claims Commission Records for the New River Valley and surrounding area
- Records of the Tennessee Claims Commission for 1868 for Johnson County, TN
- Reconstruction and the Victorian Era
1866-1900- Heroes of America
- Criminal History of Jackson and Roane County, West Virginia by Daniel W. Cunningham
- Miscellaneous Counties from Branson's 1868 North Carolina Directory
- Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (1887):
- From Tailor Shop to the White House (Brief biography of President Andrew Johnson of Greene County, Tennessee
- Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer 1888-89
- The 1890 Union Veterans Census for Southwest Virginia Counties
- Medical College of Virginia Catalogue for 1899 Session
- The 20th Century
- Virginia Constitutional Convention Directory - 1901
- United Confederate Veteran Camps in Virginia 1904-05
- World War I Information
- World War I Questionnaires from the Library of Virginia
- Personnel of Virginia Councils - 1917-1919
- Roster of the Virginia Volunteers 1917-1920
- North Carolina World War I Military Deaths
- Flags of the 48 States - 1917
- History of the American Legion: Department of Virginia 1924
- Common Forest Trees of Virginia - 1928
- Catholics in Virginia - 1929
- The 1930 Agriculture Census for Virginia
- List of Masonic Lodges in Virginia - 1933
- Roster of the Masonic Home of Virginia - 1933
- Virginia World War II Military Deaths 1941-1945
- Northwest North Carolina World War II Military Deaths 1941-1945
- Northeast Tennessee World War II Military Deaths 1941-1945
- North Carolina men killed in action or missing in action during the Korean Conflict
- Virginia men killed in action or missing in action during the Korean Conflict
- North Carolina Killed and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War
- Virginia Killed and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War
- Links to Booksellers, and full text electronic reprints of many historical texts for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States
- Jeffrey's Store on Lulu has some of the texts offered on this website, and several other historic texts, not on the website, are offered as reprints.
- Newspapers
- North Carolina
- Virginia
- The Bland County, Virginia Messenger
- The Bristol Herald Courier
- The Carroll News
- The Floyd Press
- The Galax Gazette
- New River Today Montgomery county
- The Roanoke Times
- The Lebanon News (Russell County)
- Scott County, Virginia Star
- The Smyth County News and Messenger
- Clinch Valley News Tazewell County
- The Washington County News
- Southwest Virginia Enterprise
- Pennsylvania
- Radio
- Other Topics
- Items on Secondary Pages
- 19th Century Agricultural Implements
- Appalachian Culture
- New River Valley Bible Records
- Biographical Sketches
- Obituaries
- 2001 Obituaries
- Churches and Religion
- Family Albums and Photographs
- Hundreds of Regional Images Hundreds of photos of Southwest Virginia and Northwestern North Carolina
- Photos of the Virginia/Kentucky border area
- Blue Ridge Institute
- Genealogy
- Library of Virginia-Using County and City Court Records
- Ethnic Origins of Upper New River Valley Families
- Links to Family History/Genealogy Sites of Interest to New River Valley Researchers
- General Genealogical Links
- Miscellaneous Heraldry Graphics
- Migration Information
- Migration Out of the Upper New River Valley
- Miscellaneous Southwest Virginia Land Grants Courtesy of June White
- Occupational Terms
- 19th Century Medical Terms
- Tons of History Links
- Items on Secondary Pages
- Groups and Forums
- Post your questions about genealogy, history, or other New River Topics in one of these groups! Mailing Lists of Interest to Upper New River Valley Researchers - Courtesy of Yahoo groups