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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.

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bookerphipps.jpg966 viewsCourtesy of Heather Sexton33333
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Jesse_Sheets.jpg1155 viewsThis is Jesse Sheets, son of Andrew and Mary Shearer Sheets, husband of Sarah Wyatt Sheets. Jesse was an elder at the Flat Rock Church of the Brethren in Clifton, Ashe Co., NC. Photo courtesy of Della Bare and Ricky Sheets rickysheets@earthlink.net33333
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Milt&Alice.jpg517 viewsMilton Crosswhite (s/o Golden Crosswhite, Davidson Battery, CSA & Elizabeth Hockett) & wife, Alice Farris. Courtesy of Jack Hockett HocketT@wyeth.com

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darnelljohnson.jpg901 viewsJohnson Avery Darnell Jan. 16, 1874-Mar.26, 1962
Eldest child of Sylvester and Martha Weaver Darnell.

Courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott. matalbott@seidata.com
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colvardrufus.jpg1171 viewsRufus Colvard served as a private in Company A, 9th North Carolina State Troops, aka, 1st North Carolina Cavalry in the Confederate States Army.33333
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weaverclauderuth.jpg654 viewsSiblings, children of Hampton Columbus Weaver and Luzilla Sturgill.33333
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pricenancy.jpg961 viewsThis photo shows in the back (left to right) Howard Price, Ed Wiles, and Blaine Weaver; in the front (left to right) Nancy Weaver Price, Martha Wiles and Luzilla Sturgill Weaver. Nancy Weaver Price was the daughter of Joshua Weaver, and Martha Lawrence. See the Ashe County, NC People albumn for some siblings. Photo courtesy of Peggy Sheets Manning, Lancaster, PA.33333
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sullivanjordan2.jpg863 viewsThis photo, ca. 1900, taken at Sturgills, Ashe County, NC.33333
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116.jpg1518 viewsJohn Glenn Phipps, son of Benjamin Franklin Phipps and Cora Lee Richardson, is shown here while he was stationed in Cuba during World War II. He was raised at Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, NC. After the war, made his home in Statesville, NC.33333
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Ambrose_&_Laura.jpg1325 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.com33333
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972.jpg1210 viewsFront row (l to r) Ed Sturgill (husband of Dora Young Sturgill), Will Young, Pop Young, Wiley Dickson (husband of Minnie Young Dickson), Irvin Young. Back row (l to r): Dora Young Sturgill, John Baker Young, Minnie Young Dickson, Alice Waddell Young. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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robertsonwyndhamjr.jpg513 viewsLived at Plasterco in Washington County, just outside Saltville.33333
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