Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 6, Number 2
Report of Cases of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia; Craig County Marriage Records, 1851-1865.
Virginia Appalachian Notes was published quarterly by the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society.
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 6, Number 3
Floyd County Legislative Petition, 1852; Montgomery County Death Records, 1924-1938; Craig County Death Register, 1864-1869; Campbell County Marriage Register, selected page, 1787-1849; Gautier Cemetery Survey; Eaton's Chapel Cemetery Survey; Draper Family Bible Records; Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 6, Number 4
Roanoke County, Big Lick District 1880 Census Index; Roanoke County Marriages, 1882; Roanoke County, Big Lick District Personal Property Tax List, 1882; St. John's Parish Register; Camden Family Bible Records; Edwards-Barlow Family Bible Records; Sander (farm) Cemetery Survey; John Walter Jackson (family) Cemetery Survey; Ward Cemetery Survey; Cornell Cemetery Survey; Tedder Cemetery Survey; Spencer Cemetery Survey; Primm Cemetery Survey; Black Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 7, Number 1
Pulaski County 1839 Personal Property Tax List; The Boothe Family of Floyd County; Conner Family Bible Records; 1883 Census of the Town of Roanoke (continues in next issue); Mabry-Bolt Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 7, Number 2
Bedford County Legislative Petitions, 1777-1825 (continues in next issue); Ferrell Cemetery Survey; Willis Cemetery Survey; 1883 Census of the Town of Roanoke (continues in next issue); Cox Family Bible Records;
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 7, Number 3
1777 Militia Roll of Fincastle County; Bedford County Legislative Petitions, 1825-1844; 1883 Census of the Town of Roanoke (continues in next issue).
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 7, Number 4
Augusta County, Virginia; Bedford County Legislative Petitions, 1845-1880; 1883 Census of the Town of Roanoke.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 8, Number 1
1830 Personal Property Tax List of Franklin County (continues in next issue); Cassel Bible Records; Samuel Obenshain Family Bible Records; William Nunn Family Bible Records; Enemies of the Commonwealth during the Revolutionary War from Henry County Minute Books; Tuck Cemetery Survey; Will of Martin Weddle.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 8, Number 2
Genealogy of Places and People; 1830 Personal Property Tax Lists of Franklin County; Kinzer Cemetery Survey; Robison (Robinson) Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 8, Number 3
1776 Militia Payroll of Fincastle County; MacDonald Cemetery Survey; Price Cemetery Survey; Bishop Cemetery Survey; Snowville; Marriages and Deaths from The Herald of the Valley from 8 August 1820 through 4 July 1823; Historic Fincastle; Evans Bragg Family Bible Records; Baker Family Bible Records; Notes from Henry County Minute Books, 1777-1785; Will of James Bruce; 1920-1921 Deaths in Montgomery County, Alleghany District.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 8, Number 4
1870 Rockbridge County Mortality Schedule; 1870 Pulaski County Mortality Schedule; Scott County Cemetery Inscriptions; Scott County in the Civil War: The Nickelsville Spartan Band; Stay Book Begun January 1777, Henry County; Revolutionary War Soldiers of Randolph County, (West) Virginia, Abstracts of County Court Record Book, 1811-1817; Some Revolutionary Petitions Filed in Bedford County, 1832-1834; My Recollections of Virginia: The Otey Family.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 9, Number 1
1870 Roanoke County Mortality Schedule; 1850 Bedford County Mortality Schedule; Foster Family Bible Records; Roll of Voters Registered at Stewartsville Precinct in Bedford County, 1902-1935; An Overview of Records in the Courthouse of the City of Lynchburg; Legislative Petition for the Citizens of Jacksonville in Floyd County for the Establishment of a bank at Christiansburg, 29 December 1849; Wythe County Cemetery Survey, Part VI.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 9, Number 2
1840 Personal Property Tax List for Franklin County (continues in next issue); Roll of Voters Registered at Goodview Precinct in Bedford County, 1902-1935; Lipes Family Cemetery Survey; Officers of the 48th Infantry Virginia Regiment; Parrot Obituaries.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 9, Number 3
1850 Bath County Mortality Schedule; 1840 Personal Property Tax List of Franklin County; Deed Abstracts of Adam Miller, Washington County; Will of Jeremiah Ferguson; Will of John Deaton; 1806 Personal Property Tax List for Montgomery County; Reverend Robert Rose.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 9, Number 4
1832 Personal Property Tax List of Smyth County; Abstracts from legal documents of Giles County; High Bridge Presbyterian Church Records; Pat Snider Cemetery Survey; Lafayette Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 10, Number 1
1850 Mortality Schedule of Montgomery County; Wythe County Cemetery Survey, Part VII; Waugh Cemetery Survey; 1850 Mortality Schedule of Wythe County; 1850 Mortality Schedule of Lee County.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 10, Number 2
Craig County, first 71 pages of Will Book 'A'; Free Negroes of Botetourt County; Bible of William Jewell; Bocock Pre-Civil War Letter.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 10, Number 3
Some Giles County Death Records; Insolvent Lists of Bedford County, 1797 and 1798; Kunkle Family Bible; Margaret Stigleman Harter; Harter Farm Cemetery Survey; Wolfenden Family Bible; Gilliland Family Bible; Wythe County Deed Abstracts, Creager and Allied Families.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 10, Number 4
1850 Mortality Schedule of Botetourt County; William Farley; Old Bogle Cemetery Survey; Letter from E.A. Dunbar; 1850 Abstracts of Slave Holding Families of Russell County.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 11, Number 1
Voters Registered in Craig County, 1902-1968, Surnames A-D; Dudley Cemetery Survey; Little Hope Church Cemetery Survey; Mechanicsburg Cemetery Survey; William Walker of Tennessee; Abstracts of Floyd County Marriage Bonds, 1831-1843, Part 2, pages 205-430.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 11, Number 2
Voters Registered in Craig County, 1902-1968, Surnames E-G; Marriage Records of Botetourt County, 1791-1799 (continues in next issue); David Graham Bible Records; Bourne Family Bible Records; Pate Cemetery Survey; Hartman Cemetery Survey; Clark Family of Washington County.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 11, Number 3
Marriage Records of Botetourt County, 1791-1799,(continued from Volume 11, Number 2); Some letters of Thomas Colley Johnston; Henry County Ministers' Returns found in Order Book 2, 1848-1854; St. Matthew's Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 11, Number 4
Marriage Records of Botetourt County, 1791-1799 (continued from Volume 11, Number 3); St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Survey (continues in next volume); The Borden and Beverly Patents of Orange and Augusta Counties.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 12, Number 1
Pensioners from the 1840 Census in Virginia Counties; Marriage Records of Botetourt County, 1791-1799 (continued from Volume 11, Number 4); St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Survey (continued from Volume 11, Number 4); John Peters vs. Frances Roberts in Giles County.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 12, Number 2
Marriage Records of Botetourt County, 1791-1799 (continued from Volume 12, Number 1; St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Survey (continued from Volume 12, Number 1); Hornbarger Family History.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 12, Number 3
Portion of 1902 Giles County Voter Registration Book; Bower Cemetery Survey; St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery Survey (continued from Volume 12, Number 2); Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals published in 1821; Cooper-McClure Bible Records; Some 1889 Dickenson County Marriages; Frick Family of Jackson County, Missouri.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 12, Number 4
Brown Family Bible Records; Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery Survey; Denhill Cemetery Survey; Will of John McCutchen; Luttrell-Shelton Family of Henry and Patrick Counties; 1870 Craig County Mortality Schedule; Alleghany County Legislative Petitions, 1820-1861; Reports of Cases Decided in the Virginia Court of Appeals, 1820-1821.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 13, Number 1
Montgomery County 1867 Freedmen's Bureau Census Excerpt (continues in next issue); Sebastian W. Cecil Bible Record; Lucas Cemetery Survey; Howard Cemetery Survey; Ammen Family; Kyle Cemetery Survey; Reid-Gillespie Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 13, Number 2
1821 Marriage Bonds of Botetourt County; Montgomery County 1867 Freedmen's Bureau Census Excerpts (continues in next issue); John Miller's Record Book of Marriages; Candler/Candle/Caudle Family; Old Shafer Cemetery Survey; Bedford County Insolvent Lists, 1817-1819.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 13, Number 3
Gordon Family Bible Records and Washington Gordon's Letter; Montgomery County 1867 Freedmen's Bureau Census Excerpt; James D. Vermillion; Ward Family Bible Record; James E. Robison; Caldwell Family Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 13, Number 4
1820 Botetourt County Marriage Bonds; Nancy Thomas' Pension Application; Craig County Death Records, 1915-1916; Some Dickenson County Marriages, 1908; Gardner Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 14, Number 1
Benajah Nordyke; John L. Harris Cemetery Survey; The McAlexander Family of Patrick County; Simmons Cemetery Survey; Adam Walker Family Bible Records; Walter Montgomery Walker Family Bible Records; Elmer Walter Purvine Family Bible Records; 1850 Mortality Schedule of Alleghany County; Guillaume Fouquet (Fuqua).
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 14, Number 2
Auburn Community Cemetery Survey; Harman Cemetery Survey; Galilee Cemetery Survey; Laurel Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Survey; McCutchan Bible Records; Strickler Cemetery Survey; Hall Family Bible Records;
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 14, Number 3
Pastoral Records of Rev. Andrew Jackson Bowers; John Nowlin, 1766-1855; Some Revolutionary Records Filed in Franklin County, 1831-1834; Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery Survey; William L. Compton Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 14, Number 4
Montgomery County Records of the Freedmen's Bureau, 1866 Marriage & 1867 Census; Carden Family Bible Records; Boones Mill Baptist Church Cemetery Survey; Highland County 1870 Mortality Schedule.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 15, Number 1
Johann Heinrich Gottfried Pabst; Leonard Mumma (Moomaw) Family; James Muse Richardson Family; Virginia Statutes Pertaining to Cemeteries; Midkiff Family; McKalister Cemetery Survey; Mt. Pleasant or White Church Cemetery Survey; Cecil Cemetery Survey; 1853 Botetourt County Death Register; Cunningham Family.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 15, Number 2
Confederate Pension Board of Carroll County (continues in next issue); The Selu Conservancy of Radford University; Brief Sketch of the Courts of Virginia; Childress Family Bible Record; Botetourt County Free Negroes; Deaths from the Lynchburg Press, 1814-1822; 1850 Mortality Schedule of Patrick County; 1850 Mortality Schedule of Carroll County; Walnut Grove Church Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 15, Number 3
Marriages of Pulaski County, July 1850-June 1866; The Pioneer Daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Hough; Confederate Pension Board of Carroll County (continues in next issue); Coffee Family Cemetery Survey; Nazareth Church Cemetery Survey; Watson Family Cemetery Survey; Jacob Peters of Scott County.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 15, Number 4
Confederate Pension Board of Carroll County; Pulaski County Marriages, June 1866-October 1873; Riley Cemetery Survey; Cove Alum Church Cemetery Survey; Kaylor-Hobbs Cemetery Survey; Hugh McGavock Family Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 16, Number 1
Marriages of Pulaski County, November 1873-December 1880; Sayers Family Bible Records; Jits, Jots, and Dots on the Old Family Names of Scott County; Francis Browning; Craig County Death Records, 1917; Nathan McClure Leslie; Old Berea Christian Church Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 16, Number 2
Marriages of Pulaski County, January 1881-December 1885; Hale Family Bible Records; Ramsey Family Bible Records; Indenture of Jacob Hornbarger, 1793; Wheatland Cemetery Survey; 1870 Mortality Schedule of Lee County; Will of George Wait.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 16, Number 3
Events of Our Childhood by Rosalee Pless; Michael Sword; Hawley Cemetery Survey; Dudley Family Bible Records; Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery Survey; Stephens Cemetery Survey; List of Free Negroes in Botetourt County, 1804.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 16, Number 4
Old Jacksonville Cemetery Survey; Simpkins-Turpin Cemetery Survey; White Cemetery Survey; Will of Peter Hornbarger; Robert Raper Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 17, Number 1
Galilee Christian Church Cemetery Survey (continues in next issue); Webb Cemetery Survey; Kegley-Gose Bible Records; Cannaday Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 17, Number 2
Galilee Christian Church Cemetery Survey; Meadow Creek Church Indenture; Rev. John Lawrence and Some of His Descendants; Given Names and Their Alternative Forms; Excerpts from Clinch Valley News, 1886-1890 (continues in next issue).
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 17, Number 3
Old Bogle Cemetery Survey; Kidd Cemetery Survey; Excerpts from Clinch Valley News, 1886-1890 (continues in next issue); Huffman Family Cemetery Survey; Corvin Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 17, Number 4
Excerpts from Clinch Valley News, 1886-1890; Legislative Petition to Build Hornbarger Mill; Vaden Family Bible Records; Will of William Mathews; Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery Survey; Vest Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 18, Number 1
Crowder Cemetery Survey; Amariah Phares: Revolutionary War Soldier of Franklin and Floyd Counties; The Duncan Family of Floyd County; Will of William Waldron; Brownings Mill Cemetery Survey; Lemon Cemetery Survey; Cool Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery Survey; William Hornbarger Family Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 18, Number 2
Waskey Family Bible Records; Bethany Methodist Church Cemetery Survey; Abraham and Elizabeth Naff Barnhart; Will of Joseph Haynes; Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery Survey; Forest Chapel Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 18, Number 3
Bell Cemetery Survey; Waskey's Mills Militia; Boyer Family Bible Records; Bird Lockhart Family Bible Records; Conner Family Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 18, Number 4
Will of John Henderson; Samuel Kessler; Radford Cemetery Survey; George Waskey Family Bible Record; Akers Family Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 19, Number 1
Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery Survey; Sutphin-Gary Family Bible Records; Will of Jacob Spiller.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 19, Number 2
Webb Cemetery Survey; Thrasher Cemetery Survey; Joseph Flora Land Petition.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 19, Number 3
Letter to Grandsons by Zulema Canfield Prothero; Horne-Leftwich Family Bible Records; Bronson Family Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 19, Number 4
Peaks Community Cemetery Survey; Bumgardner Family Bible Records; Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Business Directory for Lee County, 1893-1894; Some Montgomery County Deaths, Auburn District, 1937-1949.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 20, Number 1
Williams Cemetery Survey; Businesses Advertised in Herald of the Valley, 1820-1823; Altizer Cemetery Survey; Will of Richard Rankin, 1788.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 20, Number 2
Chataigne's Gazetteer Business Directory for Smyth County, 1893-1894; 1867 Poll Book of Craig County; Robinson Cemetery Survey; Marriage Notices from the Roanoke Times, 1889-1902; St. Jacobs Church Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 20, Number 3
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 20, Number 4
Stonewall Cemetery Survey; Will of Daniel Hornbarger, 1862; Virginia Business Directory for Wise County, 1897.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 21, Number 1
J.D. Hale: Cowboy, Cattleman, and Political Leader; County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Survey; Copps Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 21, Number 2
Thomas Pleasants Jordan, 1745-1809: Links to His Quaker Heritage; A Renfro/Rentfro Timeline; David Harless Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 21, Number 3
Robert and Vialetta Linus Hill: Early Franklin County Settlers; Grubb Family Bible Records; Caldwell Cemetery Survey; Huffman Cemetery Survey; Crawford Memorial Cemetery Survey; Will of Caspar Reed, 1789.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 21, Number 4
Henry Harrison Earles of Floyd County; DeMoss/Thompson/ Loy Bible Records; Index to Botetourt County Revolutionary Claims for Service and Supplies.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 22, Number 1
The Notorious History of Josiah Blankenship; James Barnett Cemetery Survey; McClanahan Cemetery: To A Dump It Shall Return, Unless; Jennelle Cemetery Survey; Roaring Run Cemetery Survey (Mt. Olivet Cemetery); Last Will and Testament of Caspar Reed, 1789.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 22, Number 2
The Story of Buzzard Rock; Guardianship Records of Botetourt County Who was the Widow of Sarah Graham?: All Cemetery Survey; Snidow Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 22, Number 4
Review of Evidence: Confirming the Validity of Previous Research; Price Cemetery Survey; Stuart Cemetery Survey; Claytor Cemetery Survey; Craig/Hines Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 23, Number 1
List of Free Negroes in Botetourt County for the Year 1802; Virginia Appalachia Postal History: Post Offices and Postmaster Appointments in the Stampless Period; Germans in the Valley: Unlocking the Secret of German Baptismal Records; Mills Cemetery Survey; Sale of Inventory of Andrew Milbourn of Lee County, 1886; Gearheart Cemetery Survey; Bigelow-Scollay-Parkman Family Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 23, Number 2
City Cemetery Survey; Old Andrews Cemetery Survey; Comparison of Two Alleghany County Business Directories: Chataigne's 1893-94 and Hill's 1917.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 23, Number 4
Earheart Cemetery Survey; Virginia Gazetteer Directory for Roanoke, 1884-1885; Sowder Cemetery Survey; Garlic Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 24, Number 1
1917 Hill's Directory for Buchanan County; Buchanan County Register of Deaths, 1886, 1891, and 1895; Preliminary Research into the Origins of the Reed Families of Floyd County; Howery-Cannaday Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 24, Number 2
Family of James and Esther Robinson of Early Montgomery County; Some Dickenson County Marriages, 1889 and 1908; Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer for Dickenson County, 1884-1885 and 1893-1894; 1917 Hill's Directory for Dickenson County; Cannaday Family Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 24, Number 4
Selected Deed Index for Lee County, 1793-1886; Writing and Publishing a Book; Link Cemetery Survey; Standards for Sound Genealogical Research; Standards for Sharing Information with Others.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 25, Number 1
Ledger of Dr. James W. Harman, 1880-1883; Bland County 1861 Register of Deaths; 1853 Russell County Register of Births; Russell County Index to Wills and Fiduciaries, 1803-1929; Russell County Land Tax Books, 1786-1818; Russell County Court Orders, 1786-1808; Journal of Gustav Adolph Strauss, 1857-1894.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 25, Number 2
1924 Hill's Directory of Covington; Grant-Bryant Funeral Home Records, 1918-1923.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 25, Number 3
Conner Cemetery Survey; Boone Cemetery Survey; 1924 Hill's Directory of Covington (continued from previous issue); Grant-Bryant Funeral Home Records, 1923-1930.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 25, Number 4
Sisson Cemetery Survey; 1924 Hill's Directory of Covington (continued from previous issue); Grant-Bryant Funeral Home Records, 1925-1935.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 26, Number 1
Monroe County Revolutionary Pensioners; 1924 Hill's Directory of Covington, entries J-R; Marriage notices printed in the Roanoke Times, 1889-1902; Grant-Bryant Funeral Home Records, 1930-1941.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 26, Number 2
Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor Service in Botetourt County; 1924 Hill's Directory of Covington, entries S-Z; Grant-Bryant Funeral Home Records, 1856-1948.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 26, Number 3
Grant-Bryant Funeral Home Records, 1949-1960; Melungeon Identity More Nurture Than Nature.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 26, Number 4
1792 Botetourt County Voters; Caldwell Cemetery Survey; Locating Ancestors in the 1930 Census.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 27, Number 1
Susan Jane Hanks; Central Cemetery Survey.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 27, Number 2
Family Bibles Rick Resource for Name Connections; 1850 Floyd County Mortality Schedule; The Care and Feeding of a Pedigree Chart; Partial Muster of Botetourt Militia on August 31, 1782; Nicknames List; Tips to Help You Get Over the Brick Wall.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 27, Number 3
On the Trail of the Dickersons of Virginia and Indiana; Black Genealogy and Black History Go Hand in Hand; 26th Commencement Program, State Teachers College in Radford, Virginia; Along Those Lines: Alternate Resources for Confederate Soldiers.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 27, Number 4
Alleghany Springs and Surroundings; Shawsville History is Traced; Filling in the Blanks with Census; From Sea to Shining Sea in 150 Years: Daniel Barnhart; Letter from Frazier M. Otey to George Waskey, 1841.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 28, Number 1
Marsteller Tombstone Records from 1957; The Case of Two Archibald Woods; Nostalgia from the N&W Magazine, December 1924; Botetourt County Deaths, Abar-Anderson.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 28, Number 2
Using Old Receipts to Turn Paper into People; Excerpts from the Diary of W.K. Coffman; Clinton County, Indiana Deaths of Virginia Born People; Botetourt County Deaths, Anderson-Bower.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 28, Number 3
Excerpts from the Diary of W.K. Coffman, continued; Botetourt County Death Records, Bower-Brugh.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 28, Number 4
Excerpts from the Diary of W.K. Coffman, continued; Hans Jacob Koger; Botetourt County Death Records, Brugh-Caldwell.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 29, Number 1
History of the Bedford Public School; Bazle Castle; Statistics from 1904; Botetourt County Death Records, Caldwell-Craft.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 29, Number 2
Bible Records of Henry Valentine Cole; History of Liberty Academy; Peyton F. St. Clair Death; Order Book A, Greenbrier County, 1782; Garland Tutwiler Bible Records; Churchwood School, 1904-1905; Botetourt County Death Records, Craft-Dill.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 29, Number 3
General Assembly Act Forming Floyd County, 1831; Poage Cemetery Survey; German Man Finds Out Genealogist is a Relative; Local Cemeteries Reveal Salem's History; Botetourt County Deaths, Dill-Evans.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 29, Number 4
Fairview Cemetery Established in 1890 and Still in Use; Botetourt County Deaths, Evans-Felty.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 30, Number 1
Tinnell Family Cemetery Survey; 1850 Census of Virginia Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia; List of Ex-Soldiers of Virginia Living in Iowa; Timeline of Quaker Settlement; Montgomery County Obituaries, 1940-1970s (Akers-Dutledge); Botetourt County Deaths, Ferguson-Gillespie.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 30, Number 2
Brief History of Early Quakers in Eastern Virginia; Stuart Cemetery Survey; Bland Readies for Its Centennial; Bland County Historical Society, Tips on Bland County Historical Research; Personal Recollections of Hazel Wells Collins; Cemetery Motifs and Their Interpretations; Montgomery County Obituaries, 1940-1970s (Elliett-Linkous); Botetourt County Deaths, Gillespie-Graybill.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 30, Number 3
Giles County, Virginia; Furrow Family Finds Links to New River Valley; Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Survey (Also called Cave Spring Cemetery); Catherine Dobyns of Carroll County, Virginia.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 30, Number 4
Jett Family Bible Records; Daniel Rufus Sink and Mary Lydia Catherine Sink; Saunders Cemetery Survey; Montgomery County Obituaries, 1940-1970s (Lucas-Price); Botetourt County Deaths, Green-Hammond.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 31, Number 1
Peter and Jacob Coger; Botetourt County Deaths, Hammond-Haymaker; Leftwich-Horne Family Bible Records; Big Oak Cemetery Survey; Montgomery County Obituaries, 1940-1970s (Price-Wyatt).
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 31, Number 2
Browning Family Bible Records; Old Book Relates How the Yankees Were Fooled in Saltville Battle; Landmark in Marion Has Been Silent Spectator to Life's Passing Parade; Young Smyth Girl Saved Records from Destruction; About Lucy Mary Stuart; History of Quakers in Southwest Virginia; Descendant of Zachariah Moorman, Quaker Leader; Botetourt County Deaths, Haymaker-Hipes.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 31, Number 3
Treasures from the Blue Ridge: Highlights of Area Repositories; Descendants of John "Jack" Brown; Allison Family Bible Records; Carter Family Bible Records; Constance Beatty Meredith Family Bible Records; Howard Family Bible Records; King Family Bible Records; Oglesby Family Bible Records; Painter Family Bible Records; Smith-Roberts Bible Records; Jacob Harris Family Bible Records; Esther Sayer Family Bible Records; Agnes Crockett Family Bible Records; Thomas Wood Family Bible Records.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 31, Number 4
Babe Fowler Recognized by Virginia Genealogical Society; George Sarver; Cephas Poindexter; 1922-1924 Poll Tax List for Grayson County; Botetourt County Deaths, Hipes-Huffman.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 32, Number 1
William Mead of Bedford County; Records of Coffin Marker Marion Thomas Hall of Floyd County; Patsey Blankenship Daughter of Hillery of Giles County; John Talbert Morgan; Botetourt County Death Records, Huffman-Kesler.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 32, Number 2
Belmont School Days; Springwood Burial Park Cemetery Survey; 1800 Tax List of Bedford County; Botetourt County Death Records, Kessler-Lankford.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 32, Number 3
Calvin Shank Blackwell; The Woolridge Family of Rockbridge County; Botetourt County Death Records, Lantern-Linkenhoker.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 32, Number 4
Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier of Company C, 2nd Virginia Cavalry (R.H. Peck) Chapters 1 & 2; Botetourt County Death Records, Linkenhoker-MCClure.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 33, Number 1
Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier of Company C, 2nd Virginia Cavalry (R.H. Peck), Chapters 3 & 4; Norfolk & Western Veterans Association, Colored Division Program 1933; Botetourt County Death Records, McClure-Malory.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 33, Number 2
Norman Eddie Marshall Family Records; Rev. Peter Vest Marriage Reocrds, Floyd County, 1881-1917; John Meador Deed Records, Franklin County; Botetourt County Death Records, Malow- Morrison.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 33, Number 3
Mysterious Death in Covington: Agnes Pharr; Company F, 2nd Regiment, Virginia Reserves; William Mowles Family Bible records; James Fletcher Board, Jr. Family Bible records; Ernest Clifton Jennings Family Bible records; Two Centuries of Bedford County School Days; Botetourt County Death Records, Moseley-Murray.
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 33, Number 4
Botetourt County Death Records, Muse-Sprinkle
Virginia Appalachian Notes, Volume 33, Number 4 Supplement
Botetourt County Death Records, Sprowl-Zollman
"Mountain Park and Casino, Roanoke, Virginia."
"Lutheran Orphan Home, Salem Virginia. J.T. Crabtree, Supt."
The Eyrie is the annual for Staunton River High School.
A newly completed Williamson Road Branch Library.
Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
GB03 Lucy Addison High School Majorettes
Lucy Addison High School Majorettes in front of the Gainsboro Library.
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
Groundbreaking for the new Burrell Memorial Hospital 2 August 1953. Photographer: Steve Brody.
GB09 Nursing staff of Burrell Memorial Hospital
The nursing staff of Burrell Memorial Hospital at an unidentified function on the hospital's grounds.
GB10 Lucy Addison High School Football Game
Lucy Addison High School football game at Victory Stadium.
Aladdin Temple #34 on parade, Patton Avenue in front of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church.. “Miss Bertha White, Ill. Commandress, Roanoke, VA.”
The Crossroads was the annual for Stewartsville High School.
Looking east on Campbell Avenue from the 1st Street intersection. S.H. Heironimus and Company visible at left. Its location was 37-39 Campbell.
The home of William K. Andrews was located in the 600 block of Campbell Avenue.
Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904.
Belmont Elementary School was located on Dale Avenue in southeast Roanoke. The school was built in 1891 and remained in operation until 1974 when Fallon Park Elementary School was completed.
Eighth annual session of Grand Council Kentucky-Virginias-Maryland, Order of United Commercial Travelers, Roanoke, Virginia, May 26-28, 1904, programme
The home of Robert A. Buckner was located at the corner of Mountain Avenue and 1st Street SW.
The old sanctuary of St. Andrews Catholic Church. Built in 1883, the congregation outgrew the small church by 1897. The current structure was dedicated in 1902.
Commerce Street School, also called First Ward School, was located at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd (Commerce) Street. Built in 1890, it was razed in 1929 to make room for the post office.
Home once located at 342 Campbell Avenue SW.
The old First Baptist Church, formerly located on opposite side of 3rd Street from the new building.
The home of Tipton T. Fishburn was located at 1001 Patterson Avenue SW.
S.H. Heironimus and Company was located at 37-39 Campbell Avenue SW.
The home of Samuel W. Jamison was located at 1016 Franklin Road SW.
Home located at 115 Mountain Avenue SW. The home was built by John H. Marsteller.
The original Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW. The elegant verandas are gone by the time this photograph was taken. In December 1930, the building was totally destroyed by fire, killing one resident and injuring others. It was replaced with the current structure, known as the Crystal Tower, shortly thereafter.
R.H. Fishburn & Co. was located at 320-322 Loudon Avenue NW.
Roanoke Hospital was built in 1893 with the aid of Norfolk & Western and the Roanoke Gas and Water Company. Carilion Roanoke Memorial now occupies the site of the old hospital.
The home of Henry S. Trout was located at 606 Campbell Avenue SW.
Crowds watch the high-wire act at the United Commercial Travelers carnival.
An interior view of the United Commercial Travelers Hall, Roanoke Council No. 174. The building was located at 320 Loudon Avenue NW.
Virginia Brewing Company was located at 1218 Wise Avenue SE.
A crowd is gathered in front of the Botetourt County Courthouse located at 1 W. Main Street in Fincastle for "Court Day".
The Crawford Hotel stood on Main Street and was erected by W.D.F. Duval in 1871. It contained 40 to 50 rooms with bath tubs and running water. For a few years, the hotel was owned by the Chapman family and renamed the Lucerne.
Cadets on the drill field in front of Barracks No. 1, now Lane Hall, on the campus of Virginia Tech.
The home of J. Allen Watts was located at 116 Mountain Avenue SE.
The old St. Mark's Lutheran Church was located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and 3rd Street SW. The building was built in 1889 by Greene Memorial Methodist Church. In 1902 St Mark's Lutheran traded their church building at the SE corner of Church Ave and 2nd Street with Greene Memorial Methodist and occupied this church building from 1902 - 1953. The building was razed in 1956.
The Shenandoah Club was established in 1893 at 24 Franklin Road SW. It was later replaced by the current building.
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Rockledge Inn opened in the Spring of 1892 as a resort hotel. It featured sweeping verandas and views of the city, tennis and croquet courts, large stone fireplaces and a private coach that ran from the depot to the inn. Rockledge Inn would permanently close in 1929. In 1964, the renovated Rockledge Inn opened at the Mill Mountain Theater. The theater would use the structure until it burned in 1976.
The Times Building (left) and J.M. Oakey Funeral Home once occupied the buildings located at 122-124 Campbell Avenue SW.
Randolph-Macon Academy (later Liberty Academy) was a Methodist preparatory school for boys. It was located in the 800 block of College Street in Bedford.
The home of John E. Penn was located at 1301 Franklin Road SW.
This view of the Peaks of Otter includes the Elks' National Home (left) and Randolph-Macon Academy.
After the first N&W office building burned in 1896, this building took its place. A "twin" building was constructed in 1907.
An artist's rendering of the casino in Mountain Park. The amusement park opened at the base of Mill Mountain around 1903 and closed in 1922.
A large group of hikers pose on McAfee Knob. The location is one of the most photographed places along the Appalachian Trail.
Since its inception in 1903, the Elks National Home has figured as one of the principal institutions of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, today the largest fraternal organization in the nation. The Home at first occupied the Hotel Bedford, an 1890 Queen Anne building located on a picturesque site in Bedford, Virginia. In 1914-16 the hotel was replaced by an impressive complex of Classical and Mediterranean Revival buildings to provide an up-to-date retirement home for elderly and indigent Elks.
The building at 17 Campbell Avenue SW once housed the Evening World offices.
First Presbyterian Church moved into its second location at the corner of 3rd Street and Church Avenue SW in 1875. This photo shows the 'new' building, constructed in 1888.
The home of Dr. Joseph A. Gale was located at 616 S. Jefferson Street.
Botetourt Hall, located on the campus of Hollins University, was built in 1890 as a dining hall.
Home located at 1405 Patterson Avenue SW.
"Red Cross Canteen Station, Roanoke, Virginia."
"Jefferson Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia."
Picturesque Roanoke is "a series of reproductions from photographic views , taken in the City of Roanoke, and the vicinity thereof, especially for this work".
Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company
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The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
The Charger was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
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The Famous Children's Zoo of Mill Mountain
Pamphlet with photos and text describing the first two years of the Mill Mountain Zoo
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A Guide to the Ladies United Aid Society Collection
This is a guide to the Ladies United Aid Society Collection. The collection contains items relating to the Ladies United Aid Society and their members, including documents and a scrapbook. In 1893, the Ladies United Aid Society was founded as a benevolent organization when hospital care was not available to Roanoke’s African American community. The organization’s primary mission was to assist each of its members during times of sickness, misfortune and death.
Appalachian Power Company Service Center, located at 803 River Avenue, SE.
Appalachian Power, located at 606 1st Street, SW.
Construction of Appalachian Power building viewed from 1st Street, SW.
Construction of Appalachian Power building from Franklin Road, located at 606 1st Street, SW.
Comfort Inn, located at 2545 Lee Highway in Troutville.
Dominion Tower construction shown from the roof of 213 S. Jefferson Street.
Grand opening of the Glidden Paint store, formerly located at 3846 Electric Road.
J.M. Vaughn Market, formerly located at 140 Railroad Avenue in Eagle Rock, Virginia
Aerial view of Richfield Living. View shows nursing care center built in 1971 located at 3615 W. Main Street in Salem.
Aerial view of Richfield Living. View shows nursing care center built in 1971 located at 3615 W Main Street in Salem.
Aerial view showing site of future Appalachian Power Service Center, located at 803 River Avenue, SE. Roanoke Industrial Center in the foreground.
Whipple Company Store, located at 7485 Okey L. Patteson Road, Scarbro, WV.
The Gables Shopping Center, located at 1322 S. Main Street in Blacksburg. Tenenants included Leggett's, Mick or Mack, Sears, A&P, Gables Pharmacy, T,G,&Y, High's Ice Cream, First Virginia Bank, Firestone, and Sherwin Williams Paints.
Corning plant, located at 3050 N. Franklin Street in Christiansburg.
Montgomery County Hospital, now LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, is located at 3700 S. Main Street, Blacksburg.
Shown under construction is the Marriott formerly located on Prices Fork Road in Blacksburg across from the Virginia Tech Golf Course.
The old Blacksburg High School, later old Blacksburg Middle School, was located in the 500 block of S. Main Street in Blacksburg. The middle school closed in 2002 after completion of the new midle school on Prices Fork Road. The building was razed in 2011.
Burruss Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech.
National Bank of Blacksburg, located at 901 N. Main Street in Blacksburg
Blacksburg Christian Church, located at 240 Watson Avenue, Blacksburg.
Montgomery County Mutual, formerly located at 104 Jackson Street, Blacksburg,
National Bank of Blacksburg, located at 100 S. Main Street, Blacksburg.
First National Exchange Bank, formerly located at 200 N. Main Street, Blacksburg.
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, located at 701 Church Street, Blacksburg.
First Federal Savings of Roanoke, formerly located at 1206 S. Main Street, Blacksburg.
First National Exchange Bank, formerly locate at 1204 S. Main Street, Blacksburg.
The former Roanoke YWCA building located at 605 1st Street, SW.
Willett, Key, and Tatel Law Office, formerly located at 109 Highland Avenue, SW.
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The Memoir was the annual for Troutville High School.
The Memoir was the Annual for Troutville High School.
Aerial view of Roanoke from Colonial Heights
Aerial view looking east down Campbell Avenue
Aerial view looking west on Campbell Avenue
Aerial view of Hotel Roanoke and Roanoke Auditorium.
Aerial view of Norfolk & Western General Offices.
Aerial view of Highland Park Elementary School, known as Park Street School at the time of this photo.
Aerial view of athletic field that would become the location of Victory Stadium and Maher Field.
Aerial view of Mill Mountain, including the Mill Mountain Incline and Roanoke Hospital.
Aerial view of the Norfolk & Western Railway yards.
Raleigh Court; aerial views; Grandin Road; Patrick Henry High School; Underwood
Aerial view of American Viscose Corporation.
Aerial view of the Norfolk & Western Railway shops
Aerial view of Virginia Bridge & Iron Company.tif
Aerial view of the Iron Furnace and Pyrites plant
Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.
Aerial view of downtown Roanoke looking southwest
Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's hydroelectric plant
Aerial view of St. Andrews Catholic Church.
Aerial view of Mountain View, the J.B. Fishburn home.
Aerial View of Hollins College, now Hollins University.
Aerial view looking north of Roanoke. Williamson Road can be seen bisecting the photo from top to bottom. At the bottom left, the first street left of Williamson is Sycamore Avenue. The street above Sycamore is Thurston Avenue. The entire block north of Thurston is occupied by Berglund Chevrolet.
Aerial view looking east on Campbell Avenue.
Aerial view of the Norwich neighborhood.
Aerial view of Roanoke from the south. The road entering the photo at bottom right is Starkey Road heading north. The Shell country store is currently located where Starkey veers right in this photo. This section of the road is now the path of Route 419/Electric Road. Tanglewood Mall is currently on the left of the road as it continues north.
Aerial view of the Andrews farm, near Roanoke.
Aerial view of mountains at the south edge of Roanoke.
Aerial view looking north on Jefferson Street.
Aerial view of Roanoke from Stone Mountain
Aerial view of downtown Roanoke looking southeast
Aerial view of New London in Campbell County, Virginia.
Cannaday House, also known as Waverly Plantation was purchased by Woodrum Airport in 1934. The house was used as a weather station and terminal for the remainder of the 1928s. It was razed in 1955 to make room for growth of the airport.
This medical complex on Henry Street at Centre Avenue NW included (top left) Community Drug Store, where Dr. Beverly Adams (bottom left) was a pharmacist. Also in the building was the dental office of Dr. H.T. Penn (on right).
Gathering for a 1942 postcard at the Lynhaven Smoke Shop, formerly located at 125 N. Henry Street are from left: Mr. Roberts, Lorenzo Redd, Hobart Eggleston, Dr. George A. Moore, owner Bill Marshall and his son, James "Anse" Marshall.
Group photo of Norfolk & Western Veterans Association Colored Division in front of the Lincoln Theatre. Originally built as the Strand Theatre (circa 1920). The Strand Theater took a new name “The Lincoln Theater”. The theater eventually became the Morocco Club and the Ebony Club, which were African American dance clubs serving the surrounding Gainsboro neighborhood.
Looking south on Jefferson Street from the Campbell Avenue intersection.
Unidentified employees of Lynchburg Traction & Light Company in front of the "streetcar barn". Lynchburg Traction & Light Company was the predescessor to the Lynchburg Division of Appalachian Power.
A bird's-eye view of Downtown Roanoke at Jefferson Street looking toward Mill Mountain. The St. James Hotel is visible in the foreground. At right can be seen the Terry Building.
Looking north on Jefferson Street at the Campbell Avenue Intersection. The Didier Grocers building at right, in earlier days, housed the street railway offices and provided a waiting room for the cars. In the middle of Jefferson Street, a horsecar can be seen heading for Norfolk Avenue.
Passengers board and disembark streetcars on 9th Street SE near American Viscose.
Line Crew of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company. From left are: Jim Payne (foreman), unidentified, Stannoke Maxey (lineman), last two unidentified.
A panoramic view showing Mill Mountain looming over the Walnut Avenue Steam Plant of the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company.
Frank Haley (left) and Al Firebaugh of the Meter Cut-In Crew.
Roanoke Railway & Electric steam dummy Number 2, Carrie, with a Roanoke and Salem coach attached is shown, reportedly on its maiden run in 1890.
Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue bridge.
Another view of Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue Bridge.
A utility wagon of the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company and its companion mule.
Looking north on Jefferson Street at the Franklin Road intersection. Visible at left is the Elks Lodge and the Elmwood Diner. Also visible is Hammond Printing and Litho Works.
Looking north on Jefferson Street at the Church Avenue intersection. Visible are The Sportsman Restaurant, Bernard's Menswear, Thomas McAn Shoes, Kann's Apparel, Hoffheimer's Shoes, Holiday's Shoe Store and the American Theatre.
Looking south on Jefferson Street. Visible are Holiday's Shoe Store, Hoffheimer's Shoes, Kann's Apparel, Thomas McAn Shoes, The Sportsman Restaurant and Heironimus.
Looking west on Church Avenue from Jefferson Street. Visible are the Sportsman Restaurant, Parker Photo Studio, Junior Achievement of the Roanoke Valley, Kaybee Store and Moskin's Store.
Looking west on Franklin Road from Jefferson Street. Visible are the Knights of Pythias building, Star Barber Shop, Roanoke Valley Heart Association, GAC Finance, Riley's Cafe, Thornton & Creasy Drugs, and Holdren's
Looking north on Jefferson Street. Visible are Heironimus, The Sportsman Restaurant, Thomas McAn Shoes, Kann's Apparel, Hoffheimer's Shoes, Holiday's Shoe Store and the American Theatre.
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, formerly located at 2301 Brambleton Avenue.
Looking south on Jefferson Street from Franklin Road. Visible are John Norman Clothing, the Park Theatre, State Office Supplies and Gifts, the Coulter Building, People's Drugstore and the Patrick Henry Hotel.
Looking west on Campbell Avenue from 1st Street. Visible are Leggett's, George T. Hitch Jewelers, Singer Sewing Machines, Beckner's and Easter's.
A view of the pond in Elmwood Park. The Terry House is visible on the hill.
The pond in Elmwood Park. The Greyhound Bus Station is visible in the background.
Looking north on Jefferson Street. Visible are State Office Supply and Gifts, Hammond's Printing & Litho Works, Johnnie's Steakhouse, Jefferson Theatre, Heironimus, Sidney's and Thornton & Creasy Drugs.
Looking north on Jefferson Street from Franklin Road. Visible are State Office Supply and Gifts, Hammond's Printing & Litho Works, Johnnie's Steakhouse, Jefferson Theatre, Heironimus, Sidney's and Thornton & Creasy Drugs.
The Norfolk & Western Pocahontas passenger train, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
Passengers aboard the Norfolk & Western Pocahontas, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
Norfolk & Western GP9 #516 locomotive pulling the Pocahontas near the N&W shops.
Overlook once on Mill Mountain in front of Rockeldge Inn seen at dusk.
A view of the Jefferson Theatre and Heironimus on Jefferson Street.
Norfolk & Western employees stand in the doorway of the Pochontas, possibly on its last excursion. The passenger train ran from November 1926 through May 1971.
"Roanoke Valley on the line of the Norfolk & Western Railway, Virginia."
"Virginia Heights Bridge and Roanoke River"
"Virginia College (Young Ladies), Roanoke, Virginia"
"Tourist Camp Fort Lewis Courts. Steam heat, tile private baths, innerspring mattresses, closed garages. One of the best in the east, 8 miles west of Roanoke, Virginia. One-half mile west of Salem, Virginia. US Route No. 11. Open all year. Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Musser."
"Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair Brown, Rev. G.L. Brown. Salem, Virginia October 20, 1908"
Looking east on Campbell Avenue from 1st Street during paving. People's Drugstore, Standard Drug, Krees & Co. and Lerner Shops were several of the businesses along this block.
Looking east on busy Campbell Avenue from 1st Street. People's Drugstore, Standard Drug, Kress & Co. and Lerner Shops were several of the businesses along this block.
Looking south on 1st Street from the 1st Street Bridge. The bridge connected Henry Street to Downtown Roanoke. The bridge was renamed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2003.
Unidentified students in front of Mt. Pleasant School in Roanoke County.
In addition to dyeing, Loebl also provided dry cleaning and alteration services. Photo is labeled with the following names, though their order as they appear is unclear: Minnie Duncan, Gertrude Gentry, Mrs. Flippen, Stella Taylor, and Miss Sandberg
Hungarian born, Josef Loebl grew up in Austia. He set up his dyeing and cleaning shop on Salem Avenue in the 1920s.
A fleet of four Loebl Dye Works dry cleaning trucks parked in front of Loebl Dye Works on Salem Avenue.
Loebl Dye Works dry cleaning trucks parked in front of Loebl Dye Works on Salem Avenue.
Robert Loebl, Hattie Mae Beck and Iva M. Spangler in the pick-up and drop-off area of Loebl Dye Works.
Josef Loebl (center) and two unidentified men in "storefront" of Loebl Dye Works
William Staples, Iva Staples and an unknown woman prepare garments for cleaning and alterations at Loebl Dye Works.
Unidentified Loebl employees in the cleaning area.
Unidentified Loebl employees in the dyeing area.
Robert Loebl (left) inspects the work of unidentified employees on the Hoffman Pressing Machine.
Robert Loebl (left) and two unidentfied men in the next to the cleaning tumblers.
As seen here, Loebl Dye Works once filled a row of buildings on Salem Avenue.
After the explosion of synthetic fabrics in the 1970s, Loebl Dye Works went out of business in 1981. The building was razed in 2001. The buildings at left in this photograph were also once used by the business and still stand today.
Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
Family of John and Sarah (Hayes) Harris. L to R: Sarah Jane, William, Lutie, Susie, Elisha, George, John, Eliza, and Benjamin. The family lived in the Back Creek section of Roanoke County.
Mountain burial in family cemetery, probably Martin-Simpson cemetery near Martins Creek Road in Southwest Roanoke County.
Louisa (Martin) and Daniel Simpson. The Simpsons lived on Martins Creek Road in Southwest Roanoke County.
Home and family of Daniel Simpson on Martins Creek in Southwest Roanoke County.
William and Mary Katherine (Poage) Grisso residents of Cave Spring section in Southwest Roanoke County.
Home of John and Susie (Harris) Grisso in Cave Spring, Roanoke County. The home burned in 1946.
R.T. Fralin, Sr., Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.
Fralin barn on Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.
Fralin home on Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.
Riley T. Fralin, Sr, and Jr. at intersection of Ran Lynn Drive and Poage Valley Road.
Aunt Nadine Henderson takes nephews and nieces for an afternoon ride in Back Creek. Standing L to R: Bobby, Nadine, David and Charles Ed Henderson; On horse L to R: Paige Riley, Ray Henderson Corky, Barbara & Kay Henderson, Brent Riley.
Youth in front of Haran Baptist Church. Front row, L to R: Gaynelle Simpson, Shirley Rierson; Second row, L to R: Preston Webster, Ruby Kirkwood, Nelson Simpson; Back row, L to R: Jimmy Kirkwood, Lorene Simpson, Polly Rierson, Norris Webster
Omer C. Simpson. Simpson lived on Martins Creek Road.
First row, L to R: Albert Turner, ? Webster; Second row, L to R: Janette Turner, Nelson Simpson, ?, O.C. Simpson, Jr., Third row, L to R: Francis Simpson, Colleen Grubb, Christine Simpson, Beatrice Peters, ?, Lorene Simpson; Back row, L to R: Vinson Simpson, Raymond Martin, Arlee Turner, Evelyn Webster, Cornelia Simpson, Ralph Martin, Lester Turner; taken on Martins Creek Road.
Hazel Tinsley and Mauvieleen S. Altis in front of Back Creek Elementary School.
W.F. Bolton's 8th grade class at Back Creek School.
L to R: Joe Beard, Effie Beard, Mauvieleen Stanley, Nannie Bracy, Edna Altis, Mary Altis, Nannie Altis, Clarence Altis, Clara Altis, Willie Bracy
L to R: Joe Beard, Mildred Beard, Charles Altis, Effie Beard, Willie Bracy, Mauvieleen Stanley, Clarence Altis
Front row, L to R: William Gilford Christley Jr., Ivy Mae Christley, Louise Christley, William Gilford Christley Sr., Grant Christley; Back row, L to R: Monroe Christley, Elsie Christley, Milan Christley, Glenna Christley, Bertha Christley, Arlen Christley
Front row, L to R: Louise Christley Williams, George Franklin Christley, Iva Mae Christley Ferguson, Elsie Christley, Bertha Christley, ?, Back row, L to R: Bill Christley, Pauline Christley, Monroe Christley, Thora Christley, Milan Christley, Margaret Christley, Arlen Christley, Glenna Christley Millward, Melvin G. Christley, Claude Christley
Former Elijah Poage store/warehouse on Old Mill Road in Poages Mill.
Photo taken in front of the Christley Homeplace on Mt. Chestnut Road in Roanoke County; Seated L to R: Margaret Powell Christley, Arlen F. “Pete” Christley; Standing, L to R: Keith B. Christley, Warren Christley, Joyce Christley Clowers, Michael Christley, Arlen G. “Jerry” Christley.
Back Creek High School. L to R: Gertie Hopper, Glenna Christley, Camile Lavender, Cleda Grisso, Elsie Christley; man at back is Shelton Gates.
Reed’s Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Marvin P. “Fats” Reed at the counter in Reed's Store at the intersection of Martins Creek Road and Route 221.
Rock store near Poage Farm on Route 221.
Back Creek Elementary School under re-construction.
L to R: Ned Martin, Omer .C. Simpson, Jr., Charles Day and Gordon Willett (background) at Haran Baptist Church.
The woman sitting in the wagon is Annie Blankenship Martin, the man at right is Olvin Martin; American Chestnut in background; photo probably taken in Martins Creek Road area of Roanoke County. All others unidentified.
Photo taken at Thelma Willett’s home. Seated front, L to R: Marilyn Givens, Norma Jean Martin; Seated middle, L to R: Mae Austin Martin, Pearl Martin Wertz; Standing, L to R: Edith Martin Filson, Dorothy Martin Bass.
Alfonso Martin, a resident of Martins Creek Road.
Tilden Hendrix Martin, a resident of Martins Creek Road.
Omer C. Simpson, Jr., Christine Simpson, Lorene Simpson, residents of Martins Creek Road.
Nelson Simpson, a resident of Martins Creek Road. Photo probably taken at home of his parents O.C. and Mary Simpson.
L to R: Tilden H. Martin, Gertrude Martin Duling, Alfonso Martin, Otey Martin.
Back row, far left Annie Blankenship Martin, Olvin Martin; far right Louisa Martin, Daniel N. Simpson. Photo taken in front of the Martin-Simpson homeplace on Martins Creek Road. All others unidentified.
Olvin Martin home, built in 1877, was located on Martins Creek Road.
Tilden Martin and Lamar Martin barn on Martins Creek Road.
Idle band saw at Lamar Martin farm on Martins Creek Road.
Raleigh “Buck” Owens' spray engine for use in orchard.
Omer Simpson barn on Martins Creek Road.
Home of Mary (Mollie) Poage across the creek from the Poage farm on Route 221.
1840 deed for 66 acres belonging to Jane Poage as part of land granted to her from her father, John Poage.
Sarah Rettinger Henry (left) and Nannie Rettinger Grisso.
James and Sarah Henry and three daughters in Poages Mill area.
Back Creek School girls basketball team. Pictured are Margaret Henry Hartman and Mildred Henry Dimond. All others unidentified.
First Mormon chapel in Southwest Roanoke County, located on Bearing Road.
W.L. and Icie Wade (seated center) Family.
Ferguson sisters (top) and Christley home on Mt. Chestnut.
L to R: Rachel Ferguson, Walter Ferguson, Ocieola Ferguson, Isadora Ferguson, Ivie Ferguson, Charles Ferguson, James Ferguson, William H. Ferguson
Top photo, pictured: Jim Ferguson, Ivie Ferguson, Herbert Henderson, Maggie Ferguson, Margaret Rachel Ferguson, William H. Ferguson, Bertha Wade, Henry Wade . Bottom photo, pictured L to R: Ivie Ferguson, Jim Ferguson, Icie Ferguson, Aunt Paulina, Margaret Rachel Ferguson, Uncle Barney, Maggie Ferguson (in chair).
Margaret Rachel Owens Ferguson and William H. Ferguson.
1. Isadora Ferguson Wade, 2. William Lee Wade, 3. Oren Wade, 4. Henry Wade, 5. Barney Owens. Photo was taken at the apple orchard at the Wade home. All others unidentified.
Portion of rock wall, built by Ralph Henry’s great grandfather, along Corntassel Lane. The wall still exists today.
Packing label for L.D. Bell and T.M. Bell at Poages Mill.
Poage Family in front of engine on farm. L to R: Harvey Poage, Bill Poage, Lee Poage, Lucy Poage
Charlie Poage, son of William Poage, with team of horses in front of Poage farmhouse on Route 221.
Unidentified children at Back Creek School.
6th graders in Back Creek School classroom.
Miss Annie Bohon sells ice cream during lunch at Back Creek Elementary School. The ice cream cooler was inside the front door of the school.
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School. Ann Hogan w/tie upper left of group (principal/teacher),
Turner home on Martins Creek Road in its final days.
Johnnie and Bertha Grubb making apple butter.
Ed Sloan, auctioneer, with Harold Ferguson in background
L to R: Henry Lee Poage (1891-1960), Arthur Seibert “Ott” Poage (1897-1971), Harvey Claytor Poage (1893-1928) in front of Poage farmhouse
L to R: Arthur “Ott” Poage, Henry Lee Poage, Charles Claytor Poage (1848-1931), Harvey Claytor Poage, David Meador
Wheeler and Bessie Beckner in front of home, presently located at 7041 Cotton Hill Road
Wheeler and Bessie Beckner and John Steele (left) at home on Cotton HIll Road. They logged timber for railroad ties.
Mildred and Roscoe Meador wedding photo; Wheeler Beckner on porch.
Grandle Meador, Tina, Alice and Buddy Welcher at Beckner home.
Aerial view of Route 419 under construction at Chaparral Drive; Penn Forest Boulevard at bottom.
Aerial view looking north at Route 419 construction. The house and barn were located at the current site of the Roanoke County Administrative Offices on Bernard Drive. The earth moving equipment is at the current intersection of Route 419 and Bernard Road.
Aerial view showing Green Valley Elementary School, upper right.
Aerial view to the northeast of current Route 419 at intersection with Ogden Road. Ogden Road is seen at the top of the photo. At top, right is Ogden Elementary School. The area to the right of the railroad tracks is Cox Communications and Old Country Plaza on Fallowater Lane and Starkey Road. The area above the railroad tracks and behind Ogden Elementary is now Honeywood Apartments. Green Valley subdivision is now located in the area in the bottom left.
House owned by Mrs. Saul, who lived at Starkey; torn down in the 1970s; across from Haran Baptist Church. Stanley family moved there in 1943. Arlene Stanley on porch.
BM 148 Clarence Altis and Robert Carroll
House owned by Mrs. Saul, who lived at Starkey; torn down in the 1970s; across from Haran Baptist Church. Stanley family moved there in 1943. Clarence Altis (left) and Robert Carroll.
House owned by Mrs. Saul, who lived at Starkey; torn down in the 1970s; across from Haran Baptist Church. Stanley family moved there in 1943. Photo taken on Easter Sunday shows Roma Stanley (left) and Clarence Altice.
Mauvieleen Altis, Robert Carroll and Arlene Stanley.
Arlene Stanley and Clara Altis at Back Creek Elementary School.
L to R: Martha Tinsley, Alrene Stanley, ?, Mauvieleen Altis, Hazel Tinsley, Ethel Stump.
Charlie and Minnie Altis home, formerly located on road leading into Old Mill Plantation subdivision from Route 221.
Charlie amd Minnie Altis with Forrest and Florence Sloan.
Charlie Altis in his apple orchard on hill behind Altice home.
Sarah and Ballard Martin in front of home. Ballard was a carpenter and farmer.
Hubert Earl Harris & Ola Agee Harris lived where Starkey ball fields are today.
James C. Fralin being baptized in Back Creek at Poages Mill in 1925 by Chris Eller, Brethren minister.
Lucy Dyer Poage, Molly Gregson, Jeff Gregson, making apple butter at home in the Poages Mill area.
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.
Kittinger Chapel was located on Landmark Circle in Roanoke County. It was razed in the early 2000s.
Ruby Holt in front of Holt’s Store on Bent Mountain.
Home of Dr. E.O. Tinsley on Bent Mountain. The home was called “Sunny Side”. Tinsley’s office was located on right, front corner of porch. The home was on Tinsley Lane. It was razed in the 2000s.
Col. Fletcher Holt with a snake around his neck. Holt was a taxidermist on Bent Mountain
Clyde Bohon, who bought Holt’s Store on Bent Mountain.
Col. Fletcher Holt in his store on Bent Mountain.
Mount Olivet Baptist Church on Route 221, Bent Mountain.
May Court at Bent Mountain High School. May Queen (far right) is Carrie Marie Bell; Maid to the Queen (second from right) is Mamie Logan; crown bearer is John Poff, flower girl is Jean Ferguson; Maids are Laura Metz, Bertha Janney, Betty Sisson, Doris Bell, Mildred Logan, Pearlie Wimmer, Doris Reed, and Ruby Holt (order is not provided on photo)
Marble players at Bent Mountain School. L to R: Hilton King, Herbert Craighead, Namon Conner, Arnold Mills, Melvin Manning (school champion), Harold Thompson, Fletcher Wimmer.
Reed’s Store after the 1948 addition of Dairy Diner, located at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Interior of Reed's Store, located at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Baptism of Mary Ann Conner, wife of G.W. Conner, by Elder Leonard Brammer of the Laurel Ridge Primitive Baptist Church, at Fralin home.
Laurel Ridge Primitive Baptist Church, located on Roselawn Road.
Bellview Primitive Baptist Church, located on Roselawn Road.
Hezekiah Lavinder (seated) and his family at their home (located at entrance to Bridlewood, home still standing) off of Route 221.
Elders of Pigg River Primitive Baptist Association at Basham Church in Stewartsville, Virginia.
Present-day residence that was the former Haran School, located at 7910 Bent Mountain Road.
Ralph Henry of the Back Creek Baseball Team. Uniform says Finnell’s, as Finnell & Sons sponsored the team.
Spectators at Back Creek Elementary School for Back Creek baseball game.
“Heading the Barrels” at Doc Ferguson’s orchard. L to R: George Yates, Ben Owens, Mr. Minnix, A. Bohon, Doc Ferguson, Will Hokles, Wiley Lavinder.
Mount Union Church of the Brethren on Bent Mountain. The original 1896 church building is seen. Rev. Oscar Fike (right) and his parents are on the front steps.
Brethren baptism in a creek in Floyd County.