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Mary Polly Anna Sluss Delias

January 11, 2014 by Patty 7 Comments

Submitted by Dustin Heath ~  This photo is of Mary Polly Anna Sluss Delias. She lived most of her life in Scott county. She is my great, great grandmother. This photo was taken in 1948 a year before her death. She was 81 in this photo. She was born to Rufus Morgan Sluss of the infamous… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Brickley, Sluss

Worley Herschel Carter, Sarah Elizabeth (Pannell) Carter and Family

January 11, 2014 by Patty 27 Comments

Nila (Dulaney) Moore writes: The first photo is of my grandparents Worley Herschel and Sarah Elizabeth (Pannell) Carter. The photo was taken around 1907. Worley was the son of William Herschel and Pheobe Cocke Carter. He was born Nov. 9th 1874, in Scott County and died in Big Stone Gap in 1950. In the second photo… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Barnett, Carter, Cocke, Dulaney, Pannell

James Monroe Head and family of Scott County Virginia

January 11, 2014 by Patty 2 Comments

Left to right Cornelia Bradley Head/w Ally Head Frazer James Monroe (Sonny) Head Lizzie Head (Louise Johnson) Lucy Head  (Louise Johnson) Elizabeth Head Williams daughter of Louise Johnson and Sonny Head. Can anyone tell me for sure who James parents were?   I believe that he is the son of James and Anna Elizabeth Lewis… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Frazer, Head, Johnson, Lewis

William “Billy” BISHOP and Jane BAKER BISHOP

January 27, 2013 by Patty 10 Comments

William Billy Bishop and Jane Baker Bishop lived and built a home in Duffield. The home William built during the Civil War was later home to their daughter Amanda who married Samuel Pendleton TAYLOR. You can see photos of the home HERE and HERE. Submitted by Gary Hilton William and Jane are listed on page 443b… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Baker, Bishop

Ella TAYLOR and the Home Where She Lived

January 27, 2013 by Patty 14 Comments

Gary Hilton writes, Here you go Patty – The first picture is Ella Taylor, who was my grandmother’s sister. My grandmother was Ida Taylor, who married Fitzugh Lee Neely, and their second child was my mother, Oma, who is in the next picture with Ella.   This is the house in Duffield where Ella lived until… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces, Places Tagged With: Bishop, Neely, Taylor

Robert E. Maddox / Maddux / Matticks

October 22, 2011 by Patty Leave a Comment

Submitted by Marshall Maddox Looking For Info On My Great Grandfather Surname: Maddox Name: Robert E. Born: Dec.1869 Place: Scott County, Virginia Died: Sept 5, 1912 Place:Exeter, Wise County, Virginia Buried: Sept 07, 1912 Place: Cadet Cemetery, Big Stone Gap, Virginia Occupation: Farmer, Tannery Worker, coal miner. Oral history of Robert E. Maddox from age… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Maddox, Maddux, Matticks

Abidja “Bige” Clinton Hammonds

June 15, 2010 by Patty 5 Comments

Sue writes; Patty, I hope someone in Scott County recognizes this family.  I don’t seem to be able to connect with anyone who might have information. This is a picture of Abidja “Bige” Clinton Hammonds.  I was told the large gentleman with him is his uncle Harvey Gilliam.  Would like to know if this is… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Carter, Gilliam, Hammonds, Osborn, Williams

Herbert L., Dr. John (Logan?) Johnson and Samantha Hale

May 21, 2010 by Patty 7 Comments

The following was sent to me by Anita Johnson, she is looking for information on her Johnson and Hale ancestors.   My Father’s Father’s name was Herbert L. Johnson born in Duffield, VA in 1900. His Father’s name was Dr. John (Logan??) Johnson and his wife’s name Samantha Hale. They had two other sons, Kelly… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces, Obits Tagged With: Hale, Johnson

John Brotherton, USS West Virginia

December 1, 2009 by Patty 4 Comments

This picture was in my great-grandmother, Margaret Eliza Lawson Hopkins, trunk when she died. On the back is written Jno Brotherton, USS West Virginia. He is wearing a naval uniform that appears to be World War I. My great-grandfather, Robert Lee Hopkins, had a sister who married a Brotherton in Scott County and they moved… [Read More]

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Brotherton, Hopkins

Susan Green White Mason

September 27, 2009 by Patty 11 Comments

Susan Green White Mason Daughter of James Green Jr. and Delcina Stallard Green Born August 26, 1808, Scott County, Virginia Died in Kentucky Married Twice: 1. James Claiborne White 2. Thomas Jefferson Mason – Born July 28, 1808, Scott County, Virginia Submitted by Chris Gray

Filed Under: Faces Tagged With: Green, Mason, Stallard, White

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