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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.


Last additions - New River Valley People
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bfnuck.jpg882 viewsAuthor of Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County.Jan 29, 2006
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McKnight, Andrew1005 viewsHe was a veteran of Company C, 63rd Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army. Postwar, he was a Mountain Union Baptist Minister.Jan 29, 2006
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PapaSturgill.JPG1015 viewsJohn A. Sturgill was the son of Joshua Sturgill and Phoebe Marilda Weaver. Photo courtesy of Michelle Sullivan Decker.Jan 29, 2006
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padgett.jpg589 viewsFrom the 1933 Masonic Yearbook of Virginia. He was grand master of the Virginia lodge that year. Jan 28, 2006
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Jacks, Richard975 viewsElder Richard Jacks was a pioneer missionary Baptist minister in Ashe County, NC.Jan 28, 2006
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jeter.jpg858 viewsHe was the son of Dr. David Blevins and Nancy Jacks. He was a minister in the Mountain Union Baptist Association.Jan 28, 2006
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aweaver.jpg1246 viewsAndrew Weaver (1822-1899) (son of Isaac Weaver and Mary "Polly" Francis) and his wife and 3rd cousin Malinda Weaver (1825-1909) (daughter of Lieutenant Isaac Weaver and Jane Lewis.Jan 28, 2006
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119coleneaves.jpg1477 viewsJan 28, 2006
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148lantaersadell.jpg1077 viewsThey were daughters of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram. Lanta lived on Helton Creek, Ersa Dell Gamble lived in Chester County, PA. This photo was taken at their father's home on Wolf Knob, Grayson County, Virginia on July 4, 1952.Jan 28, 2006
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121sarahhash.jpg1796 viewsSarah Hash (left) 1817-1915, was the daughter of Robert Hash; she was married to John Hash, son of William "Wilson Bill" Hash and Hannah Bonham. Margery (1844-1925) was their daughter. She was married first to Peter Kelly, who died in 1865 or so, and later married to Nathaniel Phipps. They lived at Weavers Ford/Chestnut Hill, in Ashe County, NC.Jan 28, 2006
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868.jpg1264 viewsDaughter of Elder Jeter Calton Blevins and Rosa Sage. Taken in 1954 in Grassy Creek.Jan 28, 2006
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882.jpg1362 viewsArthur F. Blevins (1895-1975) was the son of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. Fannie Q. Blevins (1903-1985) was the daughter of Elder Jeter C. Blevins and Rosa Sage. This was taken at their home at Grassy Creek in 1954.Jan 28, 2006
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