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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
wilburdam.jpg
wilburdam.jpg638 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the Wilbur Dam under construction.
elizcoveredbridge.jpg
elizcoveredbridge.jpg636 viewsThis 1965 photo is from the files of the Library of Congress.
donnellyhouse.JPG
donnellyhouse.JPG629 viewsPhoto April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Minnie,Ossie,Wade,Ad,IdaBraySmith0001.jpg626 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
elizabethtonsnow.jpg
elizabethtonsnow.jpg621 viewsThis 1944 photo shows Jim Fletcher cleaning his windshield in a snowstorm in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
sholstonlake.jpg
Bristol, Tennessee - South Holston Lake620 viewsSouth Holston Lake taken by Don Smith on October 17, 2010.
backbonerock1940.jpg
backbonerock1940.jpg618 viewsThis photo is circa 1940.
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Elizabethton - Main Street612 viewsThis is from an early 1960s postcard.
DarcusAdaladeandEstherMagdalineSmith0002.jpg
DarcusAdaladeandEstherMagdalineSmith0002.jpg611 viewsThis is a photo of two daughters of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith (both born at Vance's Tank [Bristol], 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
("Addie" on photo - she was known as "Aunt Ad")

and

Esther Magdaline Smith, b.1-6-1878, d.3-9-1935, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
("Mag" on photo - she was known as "Aunt Mag") - she never married

I would guesstimate the photo was taken between 1900-1915.

Debi Coe
bluffcityrrbridge.jpg
bluffcityrrbridge.jpg608 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
silkmill.jpg
Kingsport - Rotherwood Farm594 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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Johnson City - Devil's Looking Glass590 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows a rock formation known as the Devil's Looking Glass with the CC&O Railroad in the foreground.
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