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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.

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carterwiley.jpg1438 viewsWiley Carter and his family. They lived on Helton Creek, and he was a Primitive Baptist minister.
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NHammandchildren1934.jpg1438 viewsleft to right: Nettie Hamm Tedder, Canzada Ham Miller, Nelson Hamm, Cordelia "Deel" Ham Farmer Clark, Minnie Ham Carpenter, Harrison B."Hack" Hamm. Courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott matalbott@seidata.com
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Saltville - Madam Russell Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South1436 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1920s. Note the picket fence in the foreground which no longer is there.
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G.C. Russell Sr. Farm 1435 viewsThis farm is in Grayson County in the Flatridge Community
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413.jpg1433 viewsLeft to right, Paul Phipps, Ola Mae Phipps Neaves, Sue Lee Phipps (front), Benjamin Franklin Phipps, and Cora Lee Richardson Phipps. Photo 1938, Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, NC.
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graybealandrew.jpg1433 viewsGrave marker for Andrew Graybeal (1808-1900)
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209.jpg1432 viewsFront, Martin Van Buren Richardson and Polly Ann Busic Richardson. Back Franklin John Richardson, Mattie Richardson Sebastian, and Lilly Richardson Sullivan. This photo was taken in 1916 at Troutdale.
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campingonWhitetop.jpg1432 viewsRelatives from Paterson, NJ, visiting Hannah Haigh Littlewood, of Helton, camped out on White Top during the 1920s. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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Wolf Knob - Thornton Kilby House1431 viewsThis house was the home of Thornton Kilby and Phoebe Marilda Weaver Kilby. Photo January 24, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Howell, William, Jr. Family1431 viewsThis is a photo of William "Billy" and Celia Halsey Howell and family on the front porch of their home in Todd, NC. The original is a tintype and dates about 1870. Back row l to r: Felix Howell, Rhoda Howell Blackburn, Sarah Howell Adams
front row l to r: Mary Polly Howell Church, Celia Halsey Howell, William Billy Howell. Courtesy of Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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Helton - Greenwood Methodist Church1431 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 19, 2003.
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399.jpg1430 viewsThis picture was taken on Middle Fork of Helton Creek, near Whitetop in the late summer of 1924.
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