Schools
Class photos, school buildings, and pictorial histories.
- Mead Memorial School ~ Pictorial history from the first graduation class (1933) to the last (1968).
- Class of 1950 ~ Donated by Libby Preston.
- Paintsville Elementary School ~ Donated by Kym Hitchcock. Photos taken in the 1960s.
- Joe’s Creek School ~ Donated by Greg Cantrell (location not fully confirmed).
- Unknown School (1899–1901) ~ In the vicinity of Barnett’s Creek; includes a photo of Eugene VanHoose.
- County Neighbors ~ Items from just over the county line; includes a 1965 Richardson School article mentioning familiar surnames.
Sports & Teams
Team photos needing names, places, and context.
- Paintsville Ball Team ~ Donated by Delmaine Skaggs. Help identify the team and location.
- Flat Gap Ball Team (1940s) ~ Donated by Bill Crislip. One more team member needs identification.
Records, Memorials & Cemeteries
Military memorials, vital records, headstones, and similar resources.
- Johnson County War Memorials ~ Donated by Jean Peppers.
- Marriage Licenses and Bonds
- Death Certificates ~ Salyers, Blanton, McClellan, Stanley, Robbins, May, William, Ward, and more.
- Headstone Pictures
Church Minutes
Meeting minutes and obituaries from church associations.
- Big Sandy Valley Association (1929) ~ Minutes of the Regular Primitive Baptists; includes obits (Lyda Plummer, John & Martha Lewis).
- Big Sandy Valley Association (1939)
- Big Sandy Valley Association (1941)
- Big Sandy Valley Association (1947)
- Big Sandy Valley Association (1948)
- Big Sandy Valley Association (1949)
- Old Regular Baptist Minutes ~ Obituaries donated by Suzi, with a list of names mentioned.
Places, Businesses & Postcards
Town life, homes, businesses, and community snapshots.
- Up the Big Sandy ~ Early views of Johnson County along the Big Sandy.
- Johnson County Post Offices ~ Donated by Joan B. Williams and Darrell Music.
- Paintsville Homes (1927) ~ From the March 1927 edition of the Paintsville Herald.
- Paintsville Business (1927) ~ Businesses, owners, and views from the March 1927 edition of the Paintsville Herald.
- Post Card Collection ~ A growing collection; contributions welcome.
- The Trophy Room ~ Old and new pictures honoring outdoor traditions.
- Toils of the Land ~ A view of ancestors at work.
Family Albums
Surnames, family collections, and contributed albums.
- Johnson County Album ~ Contributed pictures for many families (VanHoose, Preston, Davis, Welch, Nickel, Burton, Pack, Wheeler, Chandler, Slone, Sparks, Ramey, Green, Picklesimer, Estep, Arrowood, Lemaster, and more).
- Johnson County Lost and Found ~ By Walter Preston.
- Jasper Ramey ~ By Gloria Skeens. Can you identify the others in the photo?
- Tammy Adams Album ~ Adams, Bayes, Hitchcock, Rice, Conley, and more.
- Charles Adams Family Album ~ Adams, Borders, Meek, Cantrell, Bayes, and more.
- Brooks and Branham ~ Also of interest for Castle or Hall researchers.
- Blanton, Pelphrey and Daniel Album ~ Pictures found at a 2002 Johnson County auction; help identify people.
- John L. Barber Album ~ Barber family and descendants.
- Boling Family Album ~ By Christina Hayes.
- Chuck Runyon Album ~ Collins and Runyon family.
- Cantrell Family Album ~ Cantrell, Estep, Salyer, Rowland, Holbrook, Frasier, Stapleton, and more.
- Culwell Family Album and History ~ By Kevin & Schannon McCloud.
- The Caudill Family ~ Caudill family memories.
- Crislip Corners ~ Includes Wallen, Sparks, Ross, Tackett, Davis, Smith, Jones, Daniel, Lyons, Sherman, Williams, and more.
- Connie’s Collections ~ Daniel / Sparks / Dawson connections.
- Collins / Hall Family ~ By Ron Hall.
- Chandler Family Album ~ Offsite album by Melissa Chandler Farleigh.
- Collins & Wells Unknown Photo ~ Help identify who/where.
- Damron Family Album ~ Descendants of Samuel Damron and Mary Mollett (donated by Maurene Leggett).
- The Givens Family Album ~ Givens, Click, Amburgey families.
- Kym Hitchcock Album ~ Borders, Daniels, Dixons, Hitchcock, Fitch, Welch, Wallen, Whittaker, Brown, Meeks, Burgess, and more.
- Hitchcock Memories ~ Photos from the estate of Cecil Hitchcock; help identify people.
- Fitch Family ~ Also includes Castle, Cooper, Davis surnames.
- Kay’s Kin ~ A Family Album ~ Penix, Stapleton, Ward, Welch, Arrowood, Travis, Johnson, Sammon, Boyd, Mollett, Music, Brown, and more.
- Kay’s Kin II Family Album ~ Continues where Kay’s Kin leaves off.
- Sammons, Gould George, & Grosnickle Family Album
- Gearhard Headstones ~ From the family cemetery.
- Hawk Clark and Drake Family ~ More from Kay’s collection.
- George Family Album
- George Family Album II
- Burga Family Album ~ Burga, Collins, and more.
- Ward II Family Album ~ Ward / Penix and more.
- Litteral Family Album ~ By Sharon Barker McClone.
- Lemaster Dedication ~ Dedication of the Lemaster Memorial Stone (donated by John Lemaster).
- Lemaster Album ~ Donated by Roseann Anderson.
- Lisa’s Unknown ~ Known names include Webb, Burke, Plummer; one photo taken at the Black Cat Drive-In.
- Mary’s Memories ~ In memory of Mary Louise Welch Hajduk (daughter of James and Ethel Litton Welch).
- Alma Wells Mollette ~ Only known picture (with unknown friend). Help identify.
- Robbins Family ~ By Shirley Dunn.
- Ernest “Neville” Preston ~ USMC photos (Walter Preston).
- Leon Hoadley Preston ~ U.S. Army album (Walter Preston).
- Preston Memories ~ William R. Preston precious memories.
- Donna Sisco Album ~ Boyd, Walker, and unknown photos.
- Salyer Family Album ~ By Kris Clow.
- Sammon and Fairchild Album ~ By Kay George.
- Stricklin Family Album ~ Stricklin, Wilcox, Stanley, Wheeler, Ramey, Bevil, and more.
- Vore Family Album ~ Includes Baker, Blankenship, Powers.
- Williams Family Album ~ Donated by Sherrie Williams.
- Wheeler Album ~ By Bryon D. Lyons.
- Ward Family Album ~ By Anna Lyons Bower (James “Bigfoot” Ward and many others).
- Ward Family Album ~ By Christine Stanley Hayes (Elzie & Mary Jane Mullins Castle Ward line).
- Vivian’s Family ~ Includes Ward, Pack, Welch, Compton.
- Roberts Family Album ~ WWII photos plus family history (presented by John Barber).
Unknown & Unidentified Photos
Albums where names, dates, places, or people are missing (and help is needed).
- Seeking Our Home ~ Shoebox photos trying to find their way home; names include Pelphrey, Boyd, Smith, Dunlap, Keister, Price, Rayl, Kelly, Williams, and more.
- Johnson County Unknowns ~ More pictures from the past without a home.
- Unknown Faces of Cantrells & Patterson Creek Album ~ Donated by Greg Cantrell; unknown faces from Johnson County.
Faded Memories (poem)
Faded Memories
Pictures in a shoebox… to whom do they belong?
No names or dates or places — only faded memories.
Could this be great Aunt Sally, and this our Uncle Gene?
These pictures taken long ago… wonder now, who can they be?
Just pictures in a shoebox — I hope I’ll never be.
— M. Merritt
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