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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.


Last additions - New River Valley People
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taylorbenlee.jpg873 viewsBenjamin Taylor & Lee Taylor. Courtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
Feb 19, 2006
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taylorcarlcarrie.jpg748 viewsCarl Taylor & Carrie Taylor. Courtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
Feb 19, 2006
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farmerwilburnsusan.jpg1068 viewsCourtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence TaylorFeb 19, 2006
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sextongwyn.jpg799 viewsGwyn Sexton holding Vaughn, Ethel Taylor
Courtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
Feb 19, 2006
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okparsons.jpg747 viewsOsborn Kesterson (O K) Parsons; son of Edmund Parsons and Charlotte Reeves
b 11 October 1844, Grayson County, VA
d 10 October 1918, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
m 1) Dicie Lavera Lewis; 2) Addie Iseliah Wiggins
Photo was taken in Louisiana
Courtesy of Jacque Lopez jacquel@prodigy.net
Feb 19, 2006
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492.jpg1088 viewsPhoto shows Cora Lee Richardson Phipps holding grandson Jeffrey Weaver.Feb 18, 2006
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961.jpg881 viewsFlorence Weaver, daughter of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. Born in Grayson County but moved to Smyth as an adult, and worked at the Southwest Virginia State Hospital.Feb 18, 2006
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966.jpg844 viewsGarfield Blevins, son of Jeter Calton Blevins and Rosa Sage with Mattie Weaver, daughter of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. Lived in Smyth County, Virginia.Feb 18, 2006
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boone.jpg478 viewsFamous explorer and frontiersman of Kentucky made his home for several years in Wilkes County. You might be interested in one of the better old biographies of Boone by Cecil B. Hartley or a very rare biography by John P. Hale Daniel Boone: Facts and Incidents Not Hitherto Published Feb 18, 2006
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alf_bett.jpg986 viewsAlfred Sheffy Mallory and his wife Bettie Hale, these are Etta Mallory's parents. Alf b 12 Nov 1842 d 27 Jan 1903, War Between States Veteran, Bettie b 11 Mar 1846 d 06 Aug 1921. Photo courtesy of Terry Porter.

Feb 17, 2006
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hicks13.jpg657 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.Feb 17, 2006
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hicks14.jpg661 viewscourtesy of Thom Houk.Feb 17, 2006
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