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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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hicks9.jpg919 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk
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waltonjames2.jpg919 viewsThis photo shows James Walton, Breece Walton and Almeda Kilby Walton. Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.
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houk8.jpg917 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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spencerblakeviola2.jpg916 viewsThis photo was taken in the early 1930s. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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scan0010.jpg916 viewsFrona Roten Weaver wife of Marion F. Weaver. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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spencercynthia1909.jpg915 viewsl to r: Blannie Emaline, Cynthia Alice Osborne Spencer, Ollie Imogene, Audrey Wave, and John Blake. The photo was made in 1909. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com

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dunford.jpg915 viewsThis 1937 photo was taken in Galax by John Lomax.
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Weaver, Elihu Family915 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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spencerwmchildren1940.jpg914 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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Weaver, Ruth, Raynell, and Jack914 viewsChildren of Rat Weaver and Lockie Fox.
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Eastridge - Andrew and Martisha Eastridge914 viewsHe was the son of Pleasant Eastridge(born ~1808) and Phoebe Graybeal Eastridge (born 1810) - married in 1830.

Andrew had several brothers and sisters:

William b.1831, d.1888
John b. 1833, d. ?
Henry b. 1835 d.
David b. 1836,d. ?
Joel b. 1838, d. ?
Eli b. 1840, d.?
Lucy b. 1841 d.?
Mary b. 1843, d. ?
Martha b. 1846, d. ?
Sarah b. 1849, d. ?

This is the way the story goes as told by my grandfather Roby Eastridge: During the Civil War the Rebels got Andrew and were going to make him fight for them. His moth
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parsonsjw.jpg913 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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