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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 - Tennessee Counties & People
Minnie,Ossie,Wade,Ad,IdaBraySmith0001.jpg
Minnie,Ossie,Wade,Ad,IdaBraySmith0001.jpg428 viewsThis is a photo of descendants of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith. I will give you their names, left to right, and their relationship to Mary and James.

Minnie Catherine Smith Peaks, b.9-29-1880, d.2-9-1953, daughter, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
Ossie Belle Smith Thacker, b.8-1-1896, d.6-21-2004, granddaughter, buried at Otes Church Cemetery, Bulls Gap, Hawkins County, TN
Wade Palhoun Smith, b.2-6-1875, d.2-23-1944, son, buried in Bluff City, Sullivan County, TN
Darcus Adalaide Smith Cole, b.12-21-1871, d.2-14-1963, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
Ida Bray Smith, wife of Wade Palhoun Smith (I don't have her birth/death dates at this time)

Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith lived in the area known as Vance's Tank (Bristol area), Sullivan County, TN. Mary Elizabeth was born in Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. This is where their children were born.

I would guesstimate the photo is in the late 1930s or early 1940s, because Wade died in 1944.

Courtesy of Debi Coe
backbonerock1940.jpg
backbonerock1940.jpg418 viewsThis photo is circa 1940.
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Bristol, Tennessee - South Holston Lake416 viewsSouth Holston Lake taken by Don Smith on October 17, 2010.
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Elizabethton - Doe River Bridge415 viewsThis 1940s postcard shows the Doe River Bridge in Elizabethton at night.
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wilburdam.jpg414 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the Wilbur Dam under construction.
hardinhall.jpg
hardinhall.jpg412 viewsFrom a circa 1940 linen postcard.
bluffcityrrbridge.jpg
bluffcityrrbridge.jpg401 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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Bristol - Mayor Preston's Conference Room at Bristol Caverns382 viewsThis image is from a 1960s era postcard. Click here for their website.
bristolaerial.jpg
bristolaerial.jpg380 viewsThis is from a circa 1940 postcard.
butlerbridge.jpg
butlerbridge.jpg377 viewsThis is from a linen era (1930-45) postcard.
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Blountville - Methodist Church376 viewsThis 1916 postcard shows the Blountville Methodist Episcopal Church South and parsonage.
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Kingsport - Rotherwood Farm373 viewsThis 1940s postcard shows the "Old Elm" and the Silk Mill on the banks of the North Fork of the Holston River.
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