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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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roberts4.jpg678 viewsCourtesy of Thom. Houk.
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Holdaway, Roscoe, et.al.678 viewsHere is Roscoe Holdaway and his wife Lizzie Perkins Holdaway with a lady named Minnie and possibly her daughter Yvonne. All are from Grayson county VA.
Roscoe is the son of John Dodson Holdaway and Elvira Perkins. Lizzie may be a daughter of Gordon Perkins and Kate Jones-not sure. She has a brother named Clarence. Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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sarahfam.jpg677 viewsSarah Warren Cole and her children. Top Row: Bea Cole Muth, Sarah and Margaret Cole Wirth Prentice (my mother) Seated: Mack, Irby and Milton Cole.
Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com
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hicks9.jpg677 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk
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spencerisaac.jpg677 viewsHigher resolution image of this couple.
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Weaver, Elihu Family676 viewsLeft to right: Wilburn, Curtis, Elihu, Sophronia, and Vilenia. Elihu Weaver was the son of Clayborn Monroe and Martha Litisha Phipps Weaver. Sophronia was the daughter of Wilburn Kilby. This photo dates to about 1932 and was taken at thier home at Wolf Knob in western Grayson County. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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hicks12.jpg675 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk
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parsonsjw.jpg675 viewsJohn Welborn Parsons was son of Robert and Anna Welborn Parsons. Born 6/9/1818 Died on 7/31/1900 in Grayson County, VA. Courtesy of Bette Nelson bette_nelson@comcast.net
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scan0005.jpg674 viewsThese two children are Clarence & Elbert Pool who sent their photograph to their teacher Mae Thomas in 1913 at Carsinsville, VA.. Mae married John William Baldwin in 1915. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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Senter, Rosamond Pugh674 viewsWife of Calvin Halbert Senter. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.
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phippsjohnc.jpg673 viewsBorn at Bridle Creek, Grayson County, VA on February 28, 1888, son of John M. Phipps. Practiced medicine at Galax.
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ingramrobert.jpg673 viewsThey lived in Harford County, MD when this image was made, but had previously lived on Haw Orchard, Grayson County, VA.
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