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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.

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wspen2.jpg1477 viewsThis is from a pre-1880 tintype, courtesy of Bryan Spencer. The family is William Spencer and Mahala (Alia) Weaver Spencer and their children. They lived on Spencer Branch, at the Virginia/North Carolina stateline, barely on the Ashe County side. Standing - William Troy (Bud) and Melissa (Lissie)
Seated - Emory, Cicero, William holding Jason, Aley, Cosby and Lula I don't have a date but Aunt Lula looks to be less than a year old.
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Ambrose_&_Laura.jpg1477 viewsThis photo is of Ambrose Weaver Laura Jones. To the right is James Bethel . middle is William Wiley, left is Victoria Alice and the baby is Flora Jane. Courtesy of Robert Weaver leeann18@msn.com
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blevinsjc.jpg1468 viewsThis photo was cropped from a larger scene. Jeter Blevins was a Mountain Union Bapitst preacher.
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Hash, Nancy and Lillard Blevins1466 viewsNancy Hash was the daughter of Benjamin Hash, sr., and Nancy Jane Anderson. Courtesy of Kaye Bales - Email - Kaye.Bales@nc.nacdnet.net
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Saltville - Mathieson General Store1464 viewsMATHIESON GENERAL STORE / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1897. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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car1920map.jpg1460 viewsMap showing spactial relationships of communities in 1920.
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868.jpg1459 viewsDaughter of Elder Jeter Calton Blevins and Rosa Sage. Taken in 1954 in Grassy Creek.
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aweaver.jpg1456 viewsAndrew Weaver (1822-1899) (son of Isaac Weaver and Mary "Polly" Francis) and his wife and 3rd cousin Malinda Weaver (1825-1909) (daughter of Lieutenant Isaac Weaver and Jane Lewis.
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Pulaski - Maple Shade Inn1453 viewsThis is a circa 1930 real photo post card of Maple Shade Inn in Pulaski.
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Blevins, Emp1452 viewsShe was the daughter of David Blevins and Nancy Jacks.
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691.jpg1439 viewsThis is my mother (Sue Lee Phipps) and grandmother. This photo was taken in 1935. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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