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1. Aerial of South Roanoke - Black and white aerial image of South Roanoke and Raleigh Court. Faint pink line runs across the center of the image. The Roanoke River runs from lower left of image, and then through center. Different ange of the same area in 1980.14.1. Woodrum Memorial Bridge is to the left of center. The Fishburn house is just lower left of center. Grandin Road is just above the pink line, roughly center.

   1981.14.3

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2. Aerial of South Roanoke - Black and white aerial image of Southwest Roanoke, Raleigh Court. The Woodrum Memorial Brdige runs at the center of the image, with the Roanoke River snaking from the lower right, through center, bending back up to the right of the image. A faded pink circle can barely be seen over a bare spot of land along the railroad tracks.

   1981.14.1

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3. Bernard's Landing history - n.d.

   Narrative concerning Bernard's Landing at Smith Mountain Lake.

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4. Bernard's Landing history - n.d.

   Narrative concerning Bernard's Landing at Smith Mountain Lake.

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5. Cocke-Spur view 6 from scrapbook - May 4, 1914

   Photographs of the flag draped pergola and front elevation of "Cocke-Spur", the rambling Queen Anne style Orchard Hill residence of Mr. Lucian Hayward Cocke and Sarah Johnson Hagan Cocke, his wife, just prior to the May 4, 1914 reception for Vice President, and Mrs.Thomas R. Marshall. Cocke, a widower with two sons and two daughters, met Sarah Johnson Hagan, a widow with two sons, at The Homestead in Bath County, Virginia. They were married on Oc...

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6. Cottage on Mason Creek - Snow scene on Mason Creek in the vicinity of B. J. Fishburn's cottage. Mason Creek runs from the Bradshaw area in Roanoke County, Virginia through Hanging Rock and then parallel to Kessler's Mill Road into the City of Salem where it empties into the Roanoke River. Although the exact location of this cottage is unknown, recreational cottages like the one pictured were constructed in the Bradshaw, Masons Cove, and Bennett Springs area during the early decades of the twentieth century.

   1998.24.574

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7. deed - 07/18/1787

   This a deed for 250 acres sold by the Commonwealth of Virginia (signed by the Lt. Governor Beverly Randolph) to Richard and Thomas Bandy and Christian Wynard (Vinyard) [the said Richard and Thomas Bandy were assignees of John Hawkins] for one pound five shillings sterling. This tract was located in "Botetourt County on Roanoke and Wolf Creek joining their lands and the land of John Metts, dec'd". The survey was completed on March 21, 1782 and...

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8. Deed - August 20, 1822

   This deed records the sale of 26 acres of land lying in Botetourt County, Virginia by Stanley Cisson to Jacob Brubaker for $112 and is dated August 20, 1822. The metes and bounds are described and the names of adjacent property owners are mentioned. Early settler Mark Evan signed the deed as a witness.

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9. Deed - November 11, 1867

   This deed, made November 11, 1867, conveys 86 acres from the estate of William Poage, Sr., to Elijah Poage by certain other heirs of his estate. The names of numerous children and their spouses are mentioned in this deed. Metes and bounds are written. No consideration is named for this transaction.

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10. Deed - November 22, 1875

    This deed conveys 28 1/4 acres of land in Roanoke County, Virginia from Mathias Agee and his wife, Mary J. Agee, of Bedford County, to William E. Grisso of Roanoke County for a stated consideration of $1. The land was recently surveyed by Thomas A. Jeter, surveyor of Bedford County. Metes and bounds are described.

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11. Deed - November 25, 1882

    This deed made November 25, 1882 conveys tract numbers 1, 2, and 3 containing 44, 41, and 177 3/4 acres, located in Roanoke County on the Roanoke River from Isaac T. Bandy and his wife Sallie J. Bandy to William Grisso for $3,000. The land originally belonged to Joseph Ducukwiler, deceased, and the Roanoke Circuit Court in the October term appointed a Commision to divide the land among the heirs. Metes and bounds are described.

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12. Deeds for Right Of Way - May 11 & May 17, 1892

    Deeds of Parcels #6 and #7, belonging to Peyton L. Terry, dated May 11, 1892. Revised deed for Parcel #6 is dated May 17, 1892. Deeds appear to be for the right-of-way for the Roanoke Belt Line. These are typed copies of the original deed.

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13. Deposition - June 27, 1769

    Deposition of Colonel John Buchanan, certified by and before William Preston, a Justice of Augusta County, on June 27, 1769. Establishes his 1/3 interest in money received for land called "Patton's Bottom" on the north fork of the Roanoke River, sold by executor of Patton's estate to James Bryan, millright, but owned jointly by Patton, Buchanan, and James Campbell.

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14. Description of Lots on Spruce Street - May 2, 1891

    Legal description of lots on Spruce Street sold to Peyton L. Terry, the first one dated 07/12/1890 and the second one dated 09/12/1890. These deeds are typed copies on a letterhead, "Roanoke Land & Improvement Co."

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15. Document - Will - November 27, 1800

    A carbon copy of an order, signed by James Monroe, the Governor of Virginia, granting to William Gish, a 39-acre land parcel from the last will and testament of William Fleming, executed in Botetourt County Court in Fincastle, Virginia in October 1795.

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16. Hunting and Taxidermy scrapbook - 1924

    Naturalist, hunting, and taxidermy scrapbook compiled by Michael B. Newman of Roanoke, Virginia. Contains a plethora of photos, newspaper clippings, letters from local colleges, and even a piece of tanned 'human' skin. This scrapbook is a small glimpse into Roanoke in the 1930s, especially as it related to hunting and hunt clubs.

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17. Jefferson Street Bridge - A cyanotype of the Jefferson Street Bridge spanning the Roanoke River, looking towards Roanoke, Virginia.

    1967.64.43

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18. Land Patent - copy made on 03/20/1821 of original patent issued on September 26, 1790

    This is a copy from record by Wm. G. Pendleton, Registrar, Land Office of a land patent from King George II for 253 acres of land lying on a brach of the Roanoke and in 1760 being in Augusta County, Virginia. The person receiving this land was John Mackadoo. The patent was signed by Francis Fauquier, Lt. Governor of the Colony on September 26, 1760.

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19. Letter - October 3, 1822

    Letter dated October 3, 1822 from Mat Wilson, Cumberland County, Kentucky to Peachy R. Gilmer, in Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia, about his trip from Virginia to Kentucky, mentioning the problems crossing the Roanoke River at several points, problems with his wagons, Abingdon, etc.. The envelope is marked "Burksville, Ky., Oct. 9, 1822."

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20. Mason Creek - Snow scene on Mason Creek in the vicinity of B. J. Fishburn's cottage. Mason Creek runs from the Bradshaw area in Roanoke County, Virginia through Hanging Rock and then parallel to Kessler's Mill Road into the City of Salem where it empties into the Roanoke River. Blair Joshua Fishburn, also known as B.J. Fishburn, was born on June 25,1876 and died on June 13, 1962. In 1935 this Roanoke civic and business leader donated twenty seven acres to the City of Roanoke for what is now known as Fishburn Park.

    1998.24.575

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