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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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868.jpg1332 viewsDaughter of Elder Jeter Calton Blevins and Rosa Sage. Taken in 1954 in Grassy Creek.
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Ambrose_&_Laura.jpg1329 viewsThis photo is of Ambrose Weaver Laura Jones. To the right is James Bethel . middle is William Wiley, left is Victoria Alice and the baby is Flora Jane. Courtesy of Robert Weaver leeann18@msn.com
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120cole.jpg1329 viewsThis photo was taken about 1927 in Ashe County, NC. Fred Neaves sitting on Arthur Coleman Neaves' knee, Albert Neaves and Ola Mae Phipps Neaves.
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phippsjh.jpg1325 viewsJames Harvey Phipps (1818-1884) son of John Phipps and Ruth Worth of Bridle Creek, Grayson County, VA; Evaline Weaver Phipps (1828-1881) daughter of Joshua Weaver and Sallie Ashley of Whitetop, Grayson County, VA. Lived on Old Field Creek, Ashe County, NC.
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blevinsjc.jpg1316 viewsThis photo was cropped from a larger scene. Jeter Blevins was a Mountain Union Bapitst preacher.
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aweaver.jpg1311 viewsAndrew Weaver (1822-1899) (son of Isaac Weaver and Mary "Polly" Francis) and his wife and 3rd cousin Malinda Weaver (1825-1909) (daughter of Lieutenant Isaac Weaver and Jane Lewis.
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691.jpg1306 viewsThis is my mother (Sue Lee Phipps) and grandmother. This photo was taken in 1935. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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000_0834.jpg1300 viewsMother and son, at Jeff Weaver's home, Saltville, VA. Austin was home on leave from Kuwait and Iraq. Photo February 2006.
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sarahhash.jpg1290 viewsSarah Hash, daughter of Robert Hash and Dollie Hart, lived at Weaver's Ford, Ashe Co., NC.
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afw2.jpg1287 viewsFront row, left to right, Arthur Jackson Weaver, Hazel Weaver Poole, Fannie Blevins Weaver, Mary Weaver Blevins, Maxine Weaver Blevins; back row, left to right, Mattie Weaver Waddell, J. Clayborn Weaver, George Weaver, Dillard Weaver. Photo taken March 13, 1982 at Grassy Creek, NC by Jeff Weaver, on the occasion of the funeral of Clarence Edward Weaver.
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deadbaby1.jpg1276 viewsThis morbid photo taken in the 1890s somewhere in Smyth County shows a dead baby. It was common in the days before photography was widespread to have portraits of dead children made. This is one of these photos. Courtesy of Rick Davidson.
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ALLENH.jpg1275 viewsThis is Allen Hash, son of John Hash and Sarah Hash. They lived at Chestnut Hill in Ashe County, NC.
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