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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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SAPM.jpg652 viewsSarah Ann Phipps was the daughter of Elsie Jane Hash Phipps, and granddaughter of Sarah Hash and John Hash of Ashe County, NC. Courtesy of Lee Hash leehash@aol.com
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PopKilbyYoung004.jpg651 viewsCourtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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Senter, Calvin Halbert651 viewsHe served as Captain, Company I, 51st Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.
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jonesrobertjb.jpg650 viewsThis photo shows three children of Charlie and Lear Rutherford Jones, Robert Joshua Jones (B. 1888); Samuel David Jones, and Tamsey Viola Jones Dowdy (seated) B. 1902 D. 1988. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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jonesbryanr1.jpg649 viewsJack Jones is shown on the left, the person on the right is unknown. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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houk5.jpg647 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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Carl&SallyRutherford.jpg647 viewsCourtesy of Bobbi huskypup@bellsouth.net
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spencerjohnblake.jpg647 viewsJohn Blake Spencer, son of William Troy and Alice Osborne Spencer. Thanks to him I can connect names to photos.

Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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maysheldon.jpg647 viewsLived in Grayson County in the 1860s.
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jonesrobertjc.jpg647 viewsBrother and sister, children of Charlie and Lear Rutherford Jones. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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sheridan.jpg646 viewsAnn Sheridan was Clara Lou Warren, daughter of Lula Warren (born in Washington County) and George Sheridan. Lula was my grandmother's sister and daughter of Spencer and Maggie. Spencer and Maggie are the parents of my grandmother, Sarah Warren who married Adolphus Cole, s/o Milton Cole and Lucy Roberts. Maggie's family are the Wilkes County, NC Roberts. That makes her my second cousin. She was the famous "OOMPH Girl" of the movies. She starred in many movies. Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com

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Williams, Leftwich646 viewsThis is Leftwich Williams in the U.S. Army uniform for World War I (1917-1918).
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