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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.


Most viewed - Grayson County and City of Galax, VA People
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spencerwmchildren1940.jpg692 viewsl to r: Bud, Cicero, Emory, Jason, and Lula. These are the children of William and Alie Weaver Spencer who were alive in 1940.

Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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spencerblake3.jpg692 viewsThese are children of William Troy & Cynthia Alice Osborne Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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hicks13.jpg691 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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minnieanderson~0.jpg690 viewsMinnie Elvira Anderson with her second husband, Charlie Deathridge (sp?), and her son Gale from a prior relationship. Minnie is my great-grandmother, Papaw James Virgil Anderson's mother. Uncle Gale is 90 years old and still living in the Smyth County area. Picture from Lena Anderson Osborne.

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phippsevalee.jpg689 viewsMrs. Eva Lee Cox Phipps is shown here teaching English at Virginia Carolina in 1965. She and her husband, Joe X Phipps, lived at Mouth of Wilson.
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spencerchildren2.jpg688 viewsChildren of Wiliam Spencer and Mahala Weaver Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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spencerblakeviola.jpg688 viewsThis photo, ca late 1920's, is Lanta Viola Richardson and John Blake Spencer around the time they were married. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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weaverflorence.jpg687 viewsThese three girls are all daughters of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. This photo was taken on Wolf Knob, but all three later moved to Smyth County, Virginia.
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hicks3.jpg687 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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weavercm1.jpg687 viewsClayborn Monroe Weaver (1866-1928) was the son of Andrew Weaver and Malinda Weaver. Martha Litisha Phipps Weaver was the daughter of James Harvey Phipps and Evaline Weaver. This photograph was taken at Wolf Knob ca. 1925.
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Bolt, John Marion687 viewsJohn Marion Bolt (1865-1832) of Grayson County. Courtesy f Mary C. Blevins mcblevins@hotmail.com
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Perkins, Harry, Maud and Herbert686 viewsHere is Harry, Maud and Herbert Perkins, children of Gordon and Kate Jones Perkins. Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwesy.net
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