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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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COMMUNITYCHESTDRIVE1962001.jpg813 viewsTHESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING THE OLIN DEPARTMENTS THAT GAVE 100% IN THE 1962 COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE.

THEY ARE, FROM LEFT, CHUB ARNOLD, JOHN HENRY SHORTT, VIVIAN COOPER, HAZEL WADDELL, ROY PULLIG, HAZEL FRYE,
SYLVESTER CRABTREE, AND ALBERT WORLEY.

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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cooperbf.jpg813 viewsB. F. Cooper was a physician who lived near Old Town in the 19th century. He was also the Captain of the Grayson County, Virginia Confederate Home Guard during the Civil War.
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coxmelvilleb.jpg813 viewsM. B. Cox served as Captain of Company C, 45th Virginia Infantry during the civil war. He was severely wounded at Lewisburg, WV.
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Louisa(Jennings)Blevins.jpg813 viewsHere is a photo of Louisa Jennings Blevins that someone gave me. She was b. Jan 1865 and married David W. Blevins who was a son of James Melvin Blevins who was a son of Wells Blevins. I have not proved any of this info but assume that it is correct. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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Huddle - Huddle Memorial Methodist Church813 viewsHuddle Memorial Methodist Church 1905 located in Huddle Community of Wythe Co., VA. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Gincy Wheatley Anderson, JeannetteWheatley Forrester, Della Wheatley Cox Cornett813 viewsSitting on Mom's right is her next older sister, Virginia Malley Wheatley Anderson or Aunt Gincy as we always heard her referred to. She and Uncle Lee lived in Major, VA for a long time. Mom's other sister is on her left, Cynthia Della Wheatley Cox Cornett, or Aunt Dell, Mom's oldest sister. She lived in Fox, VA with her husband, Isom Cox, and their five or six children. Much later she married a Cornett. I don't know a thing about that marriage except that Aunt Dell lived in Sparta, NC then.

This photo is courtesy of Clinton Getzinger.
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darnellsylstone.jpg812 viewsSylvester Darnell died in Ky and is buried in Caldwell Springs cemetery, Adair Co. Ky.
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BankofSpeedwell5.jpg812 viewsThis is the old Quaker Church at Speedwell. Photo courtesy of David Arnold .david.arnold@adelphia.net identification courtesy of Adam Linkous adam_linkous@yahoo.com.
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Rich Valley - Clear's Store812 viewsSubject: "BIG BOY" CLEAR'S STORE / RICH VALLEY AREA OF SMYTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA / NOVEMBER 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Holdaway, Barbara, et. al.812 viewsHere is a picture from an old Polaroid. Anne Holdaway Eitel is the woman to the far right in the back row. Her daughter Barbara Eitel is the girl located in the middle front row. The others are possible Perkins relatives at Grayson county VA. The lady pictured at the front right appears in many pictures I have. I am guessing she is Winnie Perkins mother. Hoping for help in identification. Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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spencerisaacgreely.jpg811 viewsIsaac Greeley Spencer, son of William Troy and Cynthia Alice Osborne Spencer. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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100_1594.jpg811 viewsThis church occupies the same location was the Presbyterian Church which was reported here in 1773. A Primitive Baptist Church also occupied this spot from the early 1800s until about 1900, when this building was constructed. Photo April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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