Skip to content

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.


Top rated - New River Valley People
darnellsyl.jpg
darnellsyl.jpg899 viewsLived in Wilkes, Ashe, & Ky. Sylvester Darnell : merchant and farmer. Photo courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott.

22222
(4 votes)
phippseveline.jpg
phippseveline.jpg1088 viewsEvaline Weaver Phipps (1828-1881) was the daughter of Joshua Weaver and Sallie Ashley. She lived on Silas Creek, Ashe County, NC and is buried in the Phipps Cemetery above their homeplace.22222
(4 votes)
232.jpg
232.jpg1218 viewsMary P. Pugh is shown here about 1928 at her home at Weaver's Ford in Ashe County knitting. She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Phipps and Cora Lee Richardson.22222
(4 votes)
bryantaj.jpg
bryantaj.jpg714 viewsJ. D. BRYANT AND HIS DOG / EAST MAIN STREET / SALTVILLE, VA. / AUGUST 19, 1939. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

22222
(2 votes)
HopkinsSiblings.jpg
HopkinsSiblings.jpg725 viewsCourtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net22222
(2 votes)
lester17.jpg
lester17.jpg597 viewsThis photo is from Glade Spring ca. 1945.22222
(2 votes)
taylordelmaremma.jpg
taylordelmaremma.jpg709 viewsDelmar Taylor & Emma R. Dalton
Courtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor.
22222
(2 votes)
EmmanualHuffmanPerry.jpg
EmmanualHuffmanPerry.jpg898 viewsEmanual Huffman Perry ( Dec 26,1866-Dec.9,1903)
son of Solomon and Tobitha Ham Perry. Courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott matalbott@seidata.com
22222
(2 votes)
carterwiley.jpg
carterwiley.jpg1193 viewsWiley Carter and his family. They lived on Helton Creek, and he was a Primitive Baptist minister.22222
(2 votes)
darnellsylfamily.jpg
darnellsylfamily.jpg953 viewsSylvester Darnell and third wife Millie Brooks.
Children left to right: Cecil, Ancil and Click Darnell
Photo courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott.

22222
(2 votes)
115fredalbertneaves.jpg
115fredalbertneaves.jpg1592 viewsSons of Arthur Coleman Neaves and Ola Mae Phipps. This photo was taken at their farm in the Silas Creek Section of Ashe County, NC about 1946.11111
(5 votes)
wilkinsonrg.jpg
wilkinsonrg.jpg879 viewsBanker at Hillsville, VA in 1924. Born in Hillsville June 20, 1860, son of John Wilkinson.11111
(8 votes)
612 files on 51 page(s) 34