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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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graybealandrew.jpg1429 viewsGrave marker for Andrew Graybeal (1808-1900)
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Saltville - Madam Russell Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South1429 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1920s. Note the picket fence in the foreground which no longer is there.
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131.jpg1426 viewsThis photo shows Polly Ann Busic Richardson (1860-1938) on the left and Mrs. Sullivan on the right. They both lived near Troutdale, Grayson County, VA.
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Howell, William, Jr. Family1426 viewsThis is a photo of William "Billy" and Celia Halsey Howell and family on the front porch of their home in Todd, NC. The original is a tintype and dates about 1870. Back row l to r: Felix Howell, Rhoda Howell Blackburn, Sarah Howell Adams
front row l to r: Mary Polly Howell Church, Celia Halsey Howell, William Billy Howell. Courtesy of Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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campingonWhitetop.jpg1425 viewsRelatives from Paterson, NJ, visiting Hannah Haigh Littlewood, of Helton, camped out on White Top during the 1920s. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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209.jpg1424 viewsFront, Martin Van Buren Richardson and Polly Ann Busic Richardson. Back Franklin John Richardson, Mattie Richardson Sebastian, and Lilly Richardson Sullivan. This photo was taken in 1916 at Troutdale.
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Wolf Knob - Thornton Kilby House1424 viewsThis house was the home of Thornton Kilby and Phoebe Marilda Weaver Kilby. Photo January 24, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Helton - Greenwood Methodist Church1424 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 19, 2003.
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G.C. Russell Sr. Farm 1424 viewsThis farm is in Grayson County in the Flatridge Community
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413.jpg1423 viewsLeft to right, Paul Phipps, Ola Mae Phipps Neaves, Sue Lee Phipps (front), Benjamin Franklin Phipps, and Cora Lee Richardson Phipps. Photo 1938, Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, NC.
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980a.jpg1420 viewsFront row right, William Worth Weaver, remainder, his cousins.
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460.jpg1420 viewsBorn in 1912, Son of Elder Jeter C. Blevins and Rosa Sage. Born and reared at Grassy Creek, later lived in Marion, VA and still later in St. Augustine, FL. Married to Mary Ellen Weaver, daughter of Arthur F. Weaver and Emaline Sturgill.
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