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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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cphjipps.jpg1108 viewsColumbus Phipps, on the right, is shown in this ca. 1918 photograph. He wrote his Reminiscences in 1922.
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DolphandBaneyKilbySpencer.jpg1108 viewsIdentification of the Baney and Dolph Spencer phot. Back row (l to r): Glen Spencer holding Clara, Wave Spencer Spencer, Wave's husband Ora Spencer, Lonnie Spencer, Vennie Rash Spencer holding Von, Brack Osborne (husband of Belzona Spencer), Belzona Spencer Osborne holding Helen. Front row (l to r): Hester Spencer Spencer holding Ola, Urbana "Bany" Kilby Spencer, Adolphus "Dolph" Spencer, Ralph Spencer, Claude Spencer. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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jeromedavis.jpg1107 viewsb 27 Oct 1875, Ashe Co., NC died 15 Mar 1952 Richland, WA

Courtesy of Bette Nelson bette_nelson@comcast.net
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Group at Baptist Chapel Church Cemetery1107 viewsThis picture showsl people at Baptist Chapel Cemetery
left to right Juanita Gilbert (child), Mary Brooks (child), Grace Blevins, Alma Blevins Debord, Edith Brooks (child), Irene Deboard Brooks, Earl Debord, in back row Boss Blevins, and Bob Debord. Courtesy of Mary Testerman marytest@comcast.net
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jeter.jpg1106 viewsHe was the son of Dr. David Blevins and Nancy Jacks. He was a minister in the Mountain Union Baptist Association.
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eastridgegrace.jpg1103 viewsThis is my great aunt, Grace Eastridge Knight who was born in North Fork, Ashe County, NC, 23 Jan 1906. She is one of 4 living children of the 11 born in the same house to Marvin and Ida Mae Osborne Eastridge. Grace was baptized in 1911 at Mountain View Independent Methodist Church, Brushy Fork, Ashe County, NC. She was married to Walter Knight for 61 years until his death in 1992. Grace bore three sons in Creston, Ashe County, NC, two of which have passed on after marrying and establishing families.
Photo courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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pennington car1103 viewsTaken in the 1920s in the Helton area of Ashe County: Second cousins Bryan Pennington, son of Stephen E. Pennington, and Dent Pennington, youngest son of Cicero and Almeda Grubb Pennington. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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phippsolaetc~0.jpg1102 viewsThis 1918 photo shows the survivng chiildren of Benjamin Franklin Phipps and Cora Lee Richardson, standing front, Paul Jones Phipps (1917-1982), back Mary Annie Lou Phipps (1910-2002), Ola Mae Phipps (sitting) (1906-1997) and Winnie Emaline Phipps (1913-1987).
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strugillje.jpg1101 viewsThis photo was taken in 1914 at Wolf Knob, Grayson county, virginia. Back row, William Sturgill, Lanta Sturgill, Emaline Sturgill; Front row Ersa Dell Sturgill, James Estil Sturgill, holding Guida, Ella Ingram Sturgill, and Cora Sturgill.
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taylorjacobnancy.jpg1100 viewsCourtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
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sullivanjordan2.jpg1099 viewsThis photo, ca. 1900, taken at Sturgills, Ashe County, NC.
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Sturgill, John William1098 viewsBill Sturgill, son of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram, holding grandnephew Jeffrey Weaver.
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