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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.

Category Albums Files
Family AlbumsThis category contains collections of photos from families of the upper New River Valley area.
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Anderson


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5 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 927 times

Cantor - Whittaker Families


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21 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 4130 times

Cornett


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2 files, last one added on Mar 14, 2022
Album viewed 109 times

Matney


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Miscellaneous Matney Family Photographs

The following photographs are courtesy of Victoria Stewart, and are of unknown individuals believed to be members of the Matney Family of Watauga County, North Carolina. If you are able to identify any of these individuals, please contact Victoria Stewart. Many thanks.

6 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 482 times

Sexton


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5 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 750 times

Smitteel


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The following photographs were provided by the Bookhouse, 805 N. Emerson St., Arlington, Virginia 22205. Phone 703-527-7797 Natalie Hughes, Proprietor. - Many thanks

Only four of these photos are identified. Most are 1/9th plate tin types, although a few are cart-de- visitie type (paper) photographs. One of the unidentified photos has a backmark stating that it was made by "Wilson & Welsh, Photographers, Summerfield, Grayson Co., Va."

21 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 396 times

Warren


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4 files, last one added on Sep 11, 2013
Album viewed 605 times

Andrew Weaver Family Photo Album



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Welsh


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Courtesy of Roderick Coats

2 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 708 times

Young



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10 albums on 1 page(s)


Alleghany County, NC People


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29 files, last one added on Oct 20, 2007
Album viewed 8927 times

Ashe County, NC People


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268 files, last one added on Apr 15, 2008
Album viewed 12781 times

Carroll County, VA People


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16 files, last one added on Oct 08, 2007
Album viewed 3701 times

Grayson County, Flatridge Area


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2 files, last one added on Jul 22, 2020
Album viewed 3164 times

Giles County, VA People


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4 files, last one added on Feb 14, 2007
Album viewed 1613 times

Grayson County and City of Galax, VA People


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Photos of people who live or lived in Grayson County, VA or the City of Galax, Virginia.

339 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2013
Album viewed 27311 times

Montgomery County, VA People


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2 files, last one added on Jul 23, 2007
Album viewed 2015 times

Pulaski County, VA People


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35 files, last one added on Feb 18, 2013
Album viewed 2316 times

Smyth County, VA People


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102 files, last one added on Nov 10, 2010
Album viewed 10157 times

Surry County, NC People


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5 files, last one added on Apr 01, 2006
Album viewed 2776 times

Tazewell County, VA People


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8 files, last one added on Sep 26, 2006
Album viewed 2708 times

Washington County, VA People


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64 files, last one added on Mar 24, 2008
Album viewed 3119 times

15 albums on 2 page(s) 1

Random files - New River Valley People
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Unidentified210 views
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jonescharlie1.jpg629 viewsCharlie Alexander Jones (B. 1867, Floyd Co., VA? D. 1953 Grayson County, VA) and wife Lear Jestin Rutherford (B 1858 D. 1953) who are buried in the McKenzie Cemetery. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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Littlewoodcarsocks.jpg977 viewsThe Littlewood's first car, which would take them as far north as Providence, RI, visiting their East Coast relatives during the 1920s, was purchased with profits from their government contract for making woolen socks for the army during WW I. Jack Littlewood, the only son of Herbert and Hannah Haigh Littlewood, apparently festooned the new machine with socks as a tribute. How DID they drive on those roads!?!?
Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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quesenberrynorman.jpg743 viewsBorn October 27, 1871, lived in the Snake Creek community. Served as treasurer of Carroll County, in 1924.
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Franklin Blevins.jpg1220 viewsThis is Franklin Blevins, son of Alfred and Margery Sheets Blevins.He is with his second wife, Dora Lee Hurley and their children. He married Dora 1896 and thier last child was born in 1905. He had eight children all together. Photo is circa 1904. Ashe County, NC

Courtesy of pamiam12@aol.com
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phippsmltroy.jpg795 viewsTroy Phipps (1867-1879) and Martha Litisha Phipps (1865-1935) were the two youngest children of James Harvey Phipps and Eveline Weaver Phipps. They were raised on Silas Creek in Ashe County, NC.
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A. A.V. K. Fisher189 views
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Paisley, John and Winnie Weaver749 viewsJohn Paisley, Dawn, Robert, and Winnie Weaver Paisley. They lived at Sugar Grove, Smyth County, VA.

Last additions - New River Valley People
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Emily Frances (Scott) Cornett visiting Galveston, TX - 192167 viewsEmily (William Washington Cornett's 2nd wife) came from Alton, KS a few years after William's death to stay the winter with her Son, John Winton Cornett and his sons in El Campo, TX. Here she is seen with William Delany Cornett and his girlfriend in front of the Galveston seawall, built after the 1900 storm that ravaged the town.Mar 14, 2022
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William WashingtonCornett visiting Grayson in 191267 viewsWilliam Washington Cornett, along with his daughter from his first marriage, Leona Mitchell Cornett (left), her daughter Bertha Nuckolls (right), and Bertha’s nephew (William’s great grandson) Glen Pless, taken in Grayson County 1912. William was living in Fairport, Kansas at the time. William had enlisted with the Confederate army and fought at the first battle of the war, at Manassas, aka Bull Run.Mar 14, 2022
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191 viewsJul 22, 2020
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Unknown young Matney woman, ca. 1930s443 viewsSep 18, 2013
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Unknown members of the Matney Family425 viewsSep 18, 2013
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Unknown older Matney Couple.437 viewsSep 18, 2013
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Unknown members of the Donnelly and/or the Matney Family of Watauga County378 viewsSep 18, 2013
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Miscellaneous Matney Photos. One is labeled Tom Matney, Carter's Boy. Can anyone help?383 viewsSep 18, 2013