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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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brownmartin.jpg860 viewsCourtesy of Irene Baldwin.
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halseynancy.jpg856 viewsNancy Busic, daughter of John Busick, Sr. and Susannah Barton, married to Henry Drury Halsey. Moved to Wyoming County, West Virginia in 1868.
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Hash, Edgar Jackson and Family856 viewsThis photo is of Edgar Jackson Hash b. 11-8-1889 d. 6-21-1934 & Lydia Virginia Hash b. 10-8-1892 d. 4-17-1963. They were both Hash's, but 3rd cousins. The oldest son in the photo is Lowell, b. 7-12-1912; Ruby b. 3-1-1914; Rosco Ray b. 10-26-1915; and Denzil J. b. 6-10-1917 the baby in Lydia's lap. This is only four of the 16 children they had. The four children shown here have all since passed away. There are only three remaining alive; Virginia, Bill, and Boyden. From the Howard Hash Collection, courtesy of Brenda Hash Eugenio cherokee9550@verizon.net
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ThorntonKilbyandPhoebeMarildaWeaver.jpg855 viewsCourtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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ednadavi.jpg853 viewsEdna Coomes Davis (d/o James T. Coomes) b. 1856 and Isom Commodore Rector, b. 1854. Courtesy of Patience Northern
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scan0002.jpg853 viewsBack: Cicero Enoch Osborne, Darthula Susan Ingram (dau of John Calvin & Charity Ann Farmer Ingram), Baby girl, Cornelia "Nelia", Cordelia, Lania, Ella Mae; Front: John Lee, Herbert, Clara, Miles, Suphronia "Fronie", Lawton, Daisy, & Courtney. (photo from John Spencer of Chatham, PA given to Irene Baldwin) Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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mlpweaver.jpg850 viewsThis is Martha Litisha Phipps, daughter of James Harvey Phipps and Evaline Weaver, and wife of Clayborn Monroe Weaver. They lived at Wolf Knob, Grayson County, Virginia.
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Perkins Relatives842 viewsThese may be Perkins relatives, I had a friend try and restore this as it was very damaged. Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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woodmw.jpg841 viewsMartha Davis Wood, wife of floyd Wood, and daughter of John Davis and Martha Weiss, born 4/20/1871 in Grayson County, VA; Died 10/19/1937. She was deaf. Courtesy of Bette Nelson bette_nelson@comcast.net
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jeffbaldwinfam.jpg840 viewsHere is another old photo. Jefferson Franklin Baldwin (1862-1926) (son of Hiram & Julia Ann Osborne Baldwin), Mary Elizabeth Denny Baldwin (1861-1935), children L-R: Lockie Louvenia, William Madison, Hiram Curtis "Curt", Rosie, & John H. Baldwin. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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Peacock, John Henry Family839 viewsJohn Henry Peacock, born 12 Aug 1857, Ashe County, NC, and died 5 Jul 1948 in Grayson Cty. He was the son of Silas H and Imogene Peacock. He married Catherine Kilby Peacock 10 Apr 1884. Photo courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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troykilby.jpg834 viewsTroy Kilby, son of Elder Reuben Kilby, was a Primitive Baptist minister, highly influential in the Senter Association at one time. Courtesy of Mary Campbell Worley bobworley@skybest.com.
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