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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 - Ashe County, NC People
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gwest.jpg967 viewsSon of Rush Floyd West and Theodocia Blevins. School teacher, prominent Baptist layman. Lived at Grassy Creek. Married to Hazel Dolinger.
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taylorcarlm.jpg961 viewsCourtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
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weaverguida.jpg960 viewsGuida Rose Weaver is shown here on Helton Creek with her daughter Glenna Fay in 1931, before moving to Pennsylvania. She was married to Worth Weaver, and was the daughter of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram.
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Young, Frances958 viewsThis photo graph was taken at Virginia-Carolina Hugh School at Grassy Creek.
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WadeJonesSr.andDentonYoung001.jpg956 viewsStanding Denton Young Jones and unknown man. seated Wade Jones Jr. holding Gilmer and in front of him Wade Jones Jr. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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weaverworth.jpg954 viewsWorth Weaver was the son of Martin Luther Weaver and Ollie Kilby. He was raised on Helton Creek, Ashe County, NC but moved to Lancaster Co., PA in the 1930s, and later to Oxford, Chester Co., PA and still later to Dover, Delaware. He is buried in the Little Brittian Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Davis, Elisha Carl954 viewsThis 1907 photo shows Elisha Carl Davis, at age 6. He was the son of John Franklin Davis and Cora Ann Seagraves, shortly before he moved to Walla Walla, WA. Courtesy of Vale Duane Davis vdavis@ix.netcom.com
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Thompson, Lester, Clyde (Hudler) and Blair954 viewsThis photograph was taken in downtown Sussexin the 1940s.
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taylorclaudedelila.jpg952 viewsCourtesy of Gabriella Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
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Weaver Family949 viewsFront row, Patti Osborne Weaver, Kylie Decker, Lora Jane Church Weaver; Back row, Jeff Weaver, Austin Weaver, and Eric Weaver. Photo taken March 1, 2008 on the occasion of the funeral of Sue Phipps Weaver at Pleasant Home Baptist Church, Grassy Creek, Ashe County, NC.
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Townsand Worth Reeves.jpg944 viewsTownsand Worth Reeves, 1907-1909 infant son of Marshall William and Etta Louetta McMillan Reeves Nathans Creek. Courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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WadeandDentonJonesfamily001.jpg942 viewsDenton Young Jones holding grandson Bobby Jones, Wade Jones Sr. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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