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Filename	Date	Submitter
Newspaper Articles
"MOUNT HOLLY FACTORY FOR SALE" ~ by James R. WILSON, by 30 Oct 1839 ~ textile & grist mill, water- & steam-powered ~ now Smithfield Water Works ~ "Richmond Enquirer" - article	Sep 2019	Matt Harris
"SAW- AND GRIST-MILLS AND LARGE LOT OF LUMBER DESTROYED BY FIRE" ~ R.J. & W. Neely & Co., Franklin, 17 Aug 1876 ~ watchman Henry MUNFORD, fatally burned ~ "Daily Dispatch" - article	Feb 2019	Matt Harris
Carrollton P.O. established, open 1 Oct 1878 ~ postmaster Josiah W. JORDAN ~ "Daily Dispatch" - article	Feb 2019	Matt Harris
Postal News ~ Zuni Station renamed Zuni, 5 Apr 1880 ~ Newsom's Station renamed Newsom's, 5 Apr 1880 ~ Cary's P.O. established, 1 Sep 1880, postmaster R.F. Barham ~ "Daily Dispatch" - article	Mar 2019	Matt Harris
"Big Fire - Warehouse Totally Destroyed" ~ suspected arson, Windsor, 12 Apr 1884 ~ warehouse owned by John T. RAIFORD, of Southampton Co. ~ "The Richmond Dispatch" - article	Aug 2013	Matt Harris
"The Cyclone in Nansemond," 1887 ~ Four killed at Myrtle Station ~ "Alexandria Gazette" - article	Jul 2015	Matt Harris
Confederate Veterans' Association organized, Aug 1888 ~ PICKETT's Division veterans ~ "Richmond Dispatch" - article	Mar 2019	Matt Harris
"Storm in Virginia" ~ cyclone, 10 Sep 1888 ~ E.T. CROSS, Nansemond Co. farmer killed by falling tree ~ "Alexandria Gazette" - article	Mar 2019	Matt Harris
Isle of Wight Co. News Items, 27 Feb 1891 ~ "The Peanut Market - New Railroad Proposed. The Farmers" ~ "The (Richmond) Times" - article	Aug 2013	Matt Harris
"Negro Row" ~ Disturbance at Gravel Hill Baptist Church, Rushmere, 4 Jul 1891 ~ "The (Richmond) Times" - article	Aug 2013	Matt Harris
N&W depot destroyed by fire, Zuni, 8 Aug 1893 ~ growth of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Suffolk ~ Emmanuel Episcopal church, Franklin, consecrated 26 Feb 1891 ~ "The Richmond Dispatch" - article	Aug 2013	Matt Harris
"Mr. C. Beverly Turner Murdered in Cold Blood," 27 Dec 1899, Fergusson's Wharf "Young A. C. Gilligan Charged With The Crime" ~ "The Virginian-Pilot" - article	Jun 2015	Matt Harris
Windsor's Swept by Fire, 14 Jan 1900	Mar 2009	Matt Harris
"Two Weddings" and a Funeral	Mar 2009	Matt Harris
Andrew Carter "Nick" GILLIGAN ~ trial Jun 1900, Isle of Wight Co. ~ for the murder of C. Beverly TURNER, 27 Dec 1899, Fergusson's Wharf	Jun 2015	Matt Harris
Windsor Charter, 25 Feb 1902	Mar 2009	Matt Harris
Windsor Notes, 23 May 1902	Mar 2009	Matt Harris
"STILL HOLDS ON TO POSTOFFICE" ~ Mrs. M.M. HOLLAND, Postmistress of Buckhorn ~ replacement W.T. BARRETT blocked ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 25 June 1904	Jan 2023	Matt Harris
50th-Anniversary Fox-hunt at "Four Square" ~ 71st Birthday of Master of Hounds Julius O. THOMAS, 6 Feb 1905 ~ includes history of "Four Square" & WOODLEY family ~ "Times-Dispatch" - article	Apr 2017	Matt Harris
"MACHINE DASHES THROUGH OPENING IN DRAWBRIDGE " ~ Geo. Taylor NELMS & Dorothy W. WARD drown, 3 Aug 1913, Reid's Ferry ~ "Times-Dispatch" - article, 4 Aug 1913	Feb 2017	Bruce Saunders, Carolyn A. Keen & Matt Harris
"RICHMOND BOYS IN FRANCE FACE DEATH LIKE HEROES" ~ Lt. Alonzo Walter SAUNDERS, WW-I Army physician ~ b. 3 Jun 1889, Windsor, Isle of Wight Co., KIA 8 Oct 1918, France ~ "Richmond Times-Dispatch" - article, 21 Nov 1918	Aug 2022	Matt Harris
"PEANUT INDUSTRY OF SMITHFIELD IS WIPED OUT BY FIRE" ~ "The Great Smithfield Fire", 17 Aug 1921 ~ "Richmond Times-Dispatch" - articles	Jul 2021	Matt Harris
William T. MUNFORD & estranged wife Crissie Sallie (CARR) MUNFORD ~ murder-suicide, 6 May 1928, Roanoke Rapids, NC	Mar 2011	Anne Marie Piland &	Matt Harris
History of Isle of Wight Co., 1608-1927 ~ by G.H. LAWRENCE ~ "Smithfield Times" - article, 18 Oct 1928	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Ancient History Brought To Light" ~ acts to move courthouse & clerk's office, 1800-1803 "This County One Of Eight Original Shires" ~ sketch of Isle of Wight Co. ~ "Smithfield Times" - articles, 2 May 1929	Sep 2017	Matt Harris
"Deputy Exonerated Of Slaying Charge" ~ "Jodie" NELMS shot dead 10 Sep 1929, at moonshine still, near Isle of Wight C.H. ~ see also NELMS' marriage record	Sep 2013	Matt Harris
"REV. E. B. WHITE ACCEPTS WINDSOR CALL" ~ Rev. Edgar Bache WHITE, pastor of Dendron & Damascus Christian Churches ~ selected pastor of Windsor Christian Church, Oct 1929 ~ later pastor of Isle of Wight & Antioch Christian Churches	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Elected Pastor at Antioch" ~ Rev. J.P. JONES, elected 28 Oct 1929 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 29 Oct 1929	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
History of Uzzell's Methodist Church, by Rev. Ivey T. Poole ~ read at Centennial Celebration ~ Comet news ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article, 11 Sep 1930	Dec 2016	Matt Harris
"Barns, Stable and Animals Destroyed By Fire" ~ farm of P.D. GWALTNEY, Jr. ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 18 Sep 1930	Dec 2022	Matt Harris
"A COMPREHENSIVE STORY OF SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY," by Julia Abbott Culler ~ {not fact-checked} ~ "The Highland Recorder" - article, 10 Apr 1931	Mar 2016	Matt Harris
"COLONNA ACQUITTED OF KILLING BRITT CHILD" ~ Margaret Frances BRETT, struck & killed 27 Sep 1931, Carrsville, age 6 ~ NY photographer acquitted of manslaughter, 29 Sep 1931 ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article, 1 Oct 1931	Oct 2017	Bruce Saunders
"GALE'S [GAYLE'S] MILL EXPLOSION KILLS ONE COLORED MAN" ~ Charles CHEATHAM killed, Sidney PARHAM injured ~ fatal boiler explosion, 21 Mar 1932, Sycamore Cross ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article	Aug 2017	Matt Harris
"WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE AT ZUNI" ~ Lucille (GAY; Mrs. Fred A.) PITTMAN, Fred Allen PITTMAN, Jr., & Elsie GAY ~ d. 22 Dec 1933, Zuni ~ interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, near Windsor	Sep 2017	Carolyn Keen & Bruce Saunders
"Welcome Service For Rev. C. E. Gerringer" ~ Rev. Carl Elijah GERRINGER, pastor of Wakefield Christian Church ~ selected pastor of Antioch Christian Church, Feb 1935	Oct 2022	Matt Harris
"YOUTH SUFFERS FATAL HURTS IN SUFFOLK CRASH" ~ Linwood Hamblin EDWARDS, Jr., d. 20 Oct 1935, age 20 ~ Percy S. RIFE charged with DUI & manslaughter ~ "The Smithfield Times" - articles, 24 Oct 1935	Oct 2017	Bruce Saunders, Carolyn A. Keen
"Accident Happens To Colt On Farm Here" ~ W.M. BRADSHAW's Percheron spears self on pitchfork handle ~ removed by Dr. I.P. GILBERT, after 6 weeks ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article, 13 Feb 1936	Nov 2017	Matt Harris
"TWO MEN DIE AS TRUCK COLLIDES WITH FAST TRAIN" ~ 19 Apr 1936, Carrsville; posted with obituaries of victims: ~ Thomas Garland "Tommie" "Hambone" EDWARDS & Junius "Dick" OVERBY	Feb 2014	Bruce Saunders
"2 YOUNG WOMEN AND ONE MAN DIE IN MURKY WATERS" ~ Emmett Houston & Myrtle PATTERSON & ~ Virginia Ellis (BURTON; Mrs. Edgar Herman) PATTERSON ~ drowned 2 Dec 1936, Blackwater R., opposite Franklin ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 3 Dec 1936	Jun 2023	Matt Harris
"Farm In Same Family Three Hundred Years" ~ Sheriff William Colgate WHITEHEAD's 96 acres ~ part of Arthur SMITH's 1600-acre "Grove Farm" ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 23 Sep 1937	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
"Geo. Crumpler, Jr. Injured By Explosion Xmas. Morn" ~ son of George Madison {Sr.} & Fannie (SCOTT) CRUMPLER, of Smithfield ~ gunpowder accident, 25 Dec 1939, Smithfield ~ "Smithfield Times" - article	Aug 2017	Matt Harris
"Zuni Merchant Badly Beaten By Negroes In His Store Thurs." ~ Robert Arthur HORNE ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 7 Mar 1940	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
"Land Is Taken For Airfield In Isle of Wight" ~ 118 acres condemned to expand Franklin airport ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 17 Sep 1942	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
"J.E. PURDIE KILLS WIFE WITH PISTOL; THEN KILLS SELF" ~ James E. & Doris Louise (GOODWIN) PURDIE, murder-suicide, 13 Aug 1943, Norfolk ~ "Smithfield Times" - article	Oct 2017	Carolyn Keen & Bruce Saunders
Organization of the Christian Church South ~ early ministers & missionaries ~ report by Major W.E. MacClenny ~ "Suffolk News-Herald" - article, 3 May 1944
WW-II Honor Roll Memorial Day, 1946	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"CAMP RAILROAD GETS CHARTER" ~ Franklin-Carolina R.R. chartered by ICC ~ operated by Camp Manufacturing ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 4 Feb 1946	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
"Modern Peanut Storage Plant Rising At Zuni" ~ Zuni Storage Co., burned 22 Nov 1963 ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 23 Oct 1946	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
"I-WIGHT COUNTY MAN SHOT AT TAVERN NEAR SUFFOLK; DIES QUICKLY FROM WOUNDS" ~ Clarence Hardy RHODES killed by Thomas Washington SAUNDERS ~ SAUNDERS later tried & acquitted ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 13 Nov 1946	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
""CURLY" WOLFE KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH YESTERDAY NEAR HOME AT CARRSVILLE" ~ William L. "Curly" WOLFE, Marion native, WW-II veteran, d. 2 Oct 1947, age 30 ~ "Tidewater News" - article/obit	Apr 2013	Bruce Saunders
"Rev. Morgan Takes Over New Charge" ~ Antioch, Isle of Wight, Mt. Carmel & Windsor Christian Churches ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 24 Aug 1948	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"GRADE-CROSSING ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF ONE WOMAN PUTS ANOTHER IN HOSPITAL" ~ Janie Elizabeth (BRADSHAW; Mrs. Percy A.) WHITLEY, d. 7 Jan 1949, age 56 ~ "Tidewater News" - article/obit	Jan 2018	Bruce Saunders
"Rev. Morgan Resigns Post" ~ Antioch, Isle of Wight, Mt. Carmel & Windsor Christian Churches ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 24 Mar 1949	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"New Pastor to Give First Sermon" ~ Rev. Ellis N. CLARK, first sermon at Windsor Christian Church, 12 Feb 1950 ~ also pastor of Antioch, Isle of Wight & Mt. Carmel Christian Churches ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 12 Feb 1950	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"History Of Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church" ~ "Smithfield Times" - article, 15 Nov 1950 ~ see also Beaver Dam cemetery	Dec 2020	Matt Harris
"Antioch Christian Church to Celebrate Homecoming And Memorial Day" ~ "Smithfield Times," articles, 8 May 1952	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"E.L. McGURIMAN, 16, KILLED WHEN AUTO TURNED OVER SUN." ~ d. 1 Feb 1953, near Elberon, Surry Co. ~ driver Thomas DASHIELL, III, of Smithfield, & Lorena BAKER, of Surry, injured ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article & obit	Nov 2017	Carolyn Keen & Bruce Saunders
"TV Show to Air St. Luke's Story" ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 9 Jun 1955	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Crutchfield Pastor of Antioch Church" ~ Rev. Gaither Cincinatus CRUTCHFIELD (1899 - 1959) ~ also pastor of Mt. Carmel Christian Church ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 26 Sep 1956	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Case of Shooting Of Carrsville Postmaster Closed" ~ "Jack" John Francis DUKE, Jr., shot during attempted robbery, 16 Jul 1958 ~ John Grady BOYKINS, fatally shot by State troopers, 23 Aug 1958 ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article, 2 Oct 1958	Sep 2018	Matt Harris
"Ceremony at Antioch" ~ Gray Memorial Education Plant groundbreaking planned for 1 Mar 1959 ~ Antioch Christian Church, near Windsor ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 27 Feb 1959	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Woman Charged With Murder" ~ Willie Lee TURNER, killed by wife 25 May 1961 ~ interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Franklin	Jul 2020	Bruce Saunders
"Rev. Lassiter Accepts Call to Mt. Carmel" ~ also pastor of Antioch Christian Church ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 15 Mar 1962	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"$800,000 Fire at Zuni Destroys Storage Plant" ~ Zuni Storage Co., burned 22 Nov 1963 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 25 Nov 1963	Nov 2022	Matt Harris
"Franklin's Municipal Airport Gets New Name" ~ changed to John Beverly Rose Field ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 25 Oct 1964	Apr 2023	Matt Harris
"Letter By Confederate Soldier At Zuni Found" ~ Pvt. Samuel M. HARVEY, Co. F, 53rd VA Infantry, to wife ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 30 Nov 1964	Apr 2023	Matt Harris
"Old Book Reveals Much About Early Christian Pastor" ~ Rev. William Brock WELLONS, D.D., 1821 - 1877 ~ Christian minister, educator & publisher, Confederate chaplain ~ interred in Willow Hill Cemetery, Suffolk ~ moved to Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk
"IW Man Killed In His Yard" ~ "Joe" Joseph Wesley BRASWELL, shot by ABC agents 15 Sep 1969 ~ agents charged; charges dismissed 23 Oct 1969 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," articles	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Do You Remember?" ~ Rev. R.T. SQUIRE, pastor of Antioch Christian Church, began preaching 9 Jul 1967 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," item, 1 Jul 1970	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Gunman Shot 3 Times In Holdup Attempt" ~ Ryland Wilson "Bill" ASHBY, Jr., shot 26 Jan 1972 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 26 Jan 1972	May 2023	Matt Harris
"Two Die in Crash," 9 Mar 1973, U.S. Hwy. 258 ~ Julian Russell CARR & son Floyd Michael CARR ~ interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Christus II, Plot 11/12) ~ "The Smithfield Times" - article	Mar 2017	Matt Harris
Rev. W. Riddick PEARCE, formerly of Rossville, GA ~ pastor of Antioch Christian Church, began preaching 3 Feb 1974 ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 1 Feb 1974	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
Rev. Robert Lindsay POTEAT ~ pastor of Antioch Christian Church, received 1 May 1975 ~ "Smithfield Times," article, 23 Apr 1975	Jun 2022	Matt Harris
"Guard Dies in Plant" ~ "Cyanide Death Confirmed" ~ William Jackson "Jack" UZZELL, d. 18 Aug 1978, Gwaltney smokehouse, Smithfield ~ "The Smithfield Times" - articles	Jun 2020	Matt Harris
Rev. Cooper Pitt ABRAMS, III ~ named pastor of Antioch Christian Church ~ "Suffolk News-Herald," article, 5 Mar 1982	Jun 2022	Matt Harris

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