YADKIN VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

NORTH CAROLINA

MISSION: The Yadkin Valley Historical Association is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and interpreting the history of the Yadkin River valley through cooperation among the region's history-related entities and individuals.

MEMBERSHIP: Click here for membership form. Fiscal year begins September 1.

HISTORY FAIRS AND CONFERENCES
#	date	place	theme
1	Aug. 12, 2006	Yadkin Center, Surry Community College, Yadkinville NC	"Organization of the YVHA"; presentation about Daniel Boone by Randell Jones
2	Aug. 11, 2007	Wilkes Heritage Center, Wilkesboro NC	"Finding and Keeping the Resources to Preserve Local History" Click here for flyer.
3	Aug. 9, 2008	Iredell County Agricultural Resources Center, Statesville NC	"Genealogy in the Yadkin Valley" Click here for photos.
4	Aug. 8, 2009	Lewisville United Methodist Church, Lewisville NC	"History of Early Transportation in Yadkin Valley" Click here for flyer.
5	Aug. 14, 2010	First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, Mocksville NC	"Daniel and Rebecca Bryan Boone, Their Lives and Times" Click here for flyer. Click here for photos. List of Contemporaries
6	Aug. 13, 2011	Surry County Community College, Viticulture and Enology Bldg., Dobson NC	"Saving Church and Family Cemeteries" Click here for flyer. Click here for agenda. Click here for photographs.
7	Aug. 4, 2012	Iredell County Agricultural Resources Center, Statesville NC	"The Civil War in the Yadkin Valley" Click here for flyer and registration form. Click here for photographs.
8	Aug. 3, 2013	Broad Street United Methodist Church, 315 West Broad Street, Statesville NC	“Emancipation Proclamation: History and Genealogy of the People of Color of the Yadkin Valley” Click here for flyer. Click here for registration form. Click here to read Emancipation Proclamation. Click here to read newspaper article about key note address by Mo Cowan.
9	Aug. 9, 2014	Advent Moravian Church, 1514 Clemmonsville Rd., Winston-Salem NC; 8:00 – 5:00	“Genealogy in the 21^st Century: New Electronic and Digital Tools that help us do Research and Publish Family History” Speakers are Billy King of the Forsyth Library NC Room; Cindy Green of the (Mormon) Family History Center; Nelson Weller on publishing with Family Tree Maker; Cindy Green on Genograms; Bob Lockett on DNA; John Reynolds on Problems from DNA reports. Description; Registration Form
10	Aug. 15, 2015	Yadkinville United Methodist Church, 204 West Main Street, Yadkinville, NC; 8:00 – 5:00	“Stoneman’s Raid in the Yadkin Valley, March-April 1865” Chris Hartley, author, Stoneman’s Raid 1865, will discuss the purpose of Stoneman’s Raid and how well it succeeded Ed and Sue Curtis, organizers, Salisbury Prison Symposium, will review the Salisbury Prison and its importance to the Raiders. Description and Registration Form Click here for photos of the speakers.
	2016	No conference
11	Aug. 12, 2017	Yadkin County Senior Center 207 East Hemlock Street, Yadkinville	“Native Americans in the Yadkin Valley. Speaker: Bob Lockett, two talks on DNA. Emphasis on settlement, mound builders, and artifact identification. Cost is $15 which includes lunch, expenses, and a one-year membership in the YVHA. Send to PO Box 1250, Yadkinville NC 27055. Description and Registration Form.
	2018	No conference

BOARD MEMBERS were elected 12 September 2009. Click here for list of all officers. Click here for a photo of board members who met January 9, 2010.

BYLAWS: Click here to read.

COUNTIES INCLUDED: Fifteen North Carolina counties near the Yadkin River are inside the boundaries of our association. Click here to see a map of the counties and the two branches of the Yadkin River.

PHOTOS OF THE YADKIN RIVER: Shallowford Crossing

HISTORY OF THE RIVER AREA:

Click here for an 1887 map of the Upper Yadkin.

Click here for an article written for YVHA, "Following Daniel Boone out of the Yadkin Valley" by Randell Jones, author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone.

NC Daniel Boone Heritage Trail is being planned. Click here for Web site. Click here for application blank for being a charter member.

OBITUARIES OF HISTORIANS IN OUR AREA.

Mary Frances 'Pan' Atkinson Beck obituary

Robert Gentry Carroll obituary

Frances Harding Casstevens obituary

Mrs. Sanna Ross Gaffney obituary

Edward Rogers Gunter obituary

Thelma Lucille Dinkins Hutchens obituary

Jane Smith Hill obituary

Paul Monroe Johnson obituary

Carlos Paul Surratt obituary; pedigree chart

Teresa Gail Bailey Turner obituary