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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 - New River Valley People
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Kilby, Roby1147 viewsCourtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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GeorgeMandyLewis1.jpg1147 viewsGeorge and Amanda ( 1860-1935) Campbell Lewis
Amanda was the daughter of William and Martha Jane
Roten Campbell. Courtesy of Judy Lenderman rel1@bellsouth.net.
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heather1.jpg1145 viewsPhoto courtesy of Heather Sexton. She lived near Helton Creek in the Sturgill's Community of Ashe County.
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lester35.jpg1143 viewsPhoto taken in Buckeye Hollow, Smyth County, VA.
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spencerkilby.jpg1142 viewsl to r: Kilby Spencer, Victor Spencer, Pruner Weaver, Lee Kilby, and Wayne Duvall
Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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Jacks, Richard1141 viewsElder Richard Jacks was a pioneer missionary Baptist minister in Ashe County, NC.
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wrightgeorgea.jpg1141 viewsThis 1926 photo shows Chilhowie's Dr. George A. Wright (left) with an unidentified man after a bear hunt.
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Busic, John1139 viewsJohn Busic (1840-1919), son of John Busick and Susannah Barton and his second wife Lucinda Mullins. He was first married to Mary Ann Halsey who died in 1862 or so. He served with the Stuart Horse Artillery in the Confederate army and later was a deacon at Piney Creek Primitive Baptist Church.
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YoungandSturgillchildren.jpg1139 viewsback row (l to r): Charles Ray Sturgill, Connis Young, Lester Young, Denton Young, Eva Dickson, Blanche Young. front row (l to r) Walter Mack Sturgill, Edith Young, Carter and Dean Dickson, Carl Young, Ola Young. Alice Waddell Young wife of Irvin Young in doorway. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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909.jpg1138 viewsDaughter of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps.
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mcmillanflorablack.jpg1138 viewsWalton Wiley Colvard, Dora Pauline Reeves, Alma
Colvard, circa 1925, Ashe County. Courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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Neaves, Wayne1133 viewsSon of Rpscoe Neaves and Winnie Emaline Phipps.
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