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Photograph of a page from Gabriel Sager's last will and testament where he clarifies that this 1848 "Codicil" is necessary because the terms of his original will, dated December 6th, 1827, gave his entire estate to his son, Ely, who has subsequently…

Photograph of the page from Gabriel Sager's 1848 will that directs his daughter, Ann Sager, be given 40 acres.

Further, he directs that she should have "free privilege to fetch water out of the spring" owned by his sons, John and Ely.

Photograph of a page from Gabriel Sager's 1848 will directing that his plantation (called the Lantz tract) be divided between his two daughters, Esther and Delila.

Further instructions for his executor, David Crawford, are also on this page.

Photograph of Page 1 of the 1848 last will and testament of Gabriel Sager.

On this page, he wishes his wife, Mary Sager, to have her choice of houses, cows, sheep etc. She is to have the use of the lands until her sons, John and Ely, reach…

Photograph of a handwritten page from the 1848 will of Gabriel Sager where he directs how he wishes his land to be divided.

Many of his children are mentioned: Ledya Sager Coney, Susan, Delila, Etha, Ely, and John Sager.

Photograph of the first page of the Last Will and Testament for Gabriel Sager, dated from 1848.

Photograph of a group of unidentified campers taken one summer at Camp Strawderman.

The words, "At Camp Strawderman", are printed on the image.

Unidentified girls participating in raising the flag at Camp Strawderman. The building in the back is "Columbia Furnace", one of the camp's cabins.

View of an unidentified stream with steps and piers leading down to it, a partial railing on the left is also visible.

Unidentified campers doing various activities in the shade at Camp Strawderman, a summer camp for girls near Edinburg, Virginia.

Photograph overlooking mountains and buildings belonging to Camp Strawderman near Edinburg, Virginia.

Photograph of the A & P Grocery store in Woodstock, Virginia.

Photograph of Court Street in Woodstock, looking west towards the intersection with Commerce Street. The Southern Railroad passenger depot is visible behind the box car to the right of the image.

Photograph of an early farming machine advertised to have 8 different capabilities.

Photograph of a group of unidentified workmen in downtown Woodstock, Virginia.

Behind them can be seen a trench and water pipe, indicating they were the workmen installing the town's first water system which was completed in 1901.

The…

Photograph of workers in Asa A. Sheetz' apple orchard west of Woodstock on Narrow Passage Creek.

Identified are (l to r): Edgar Kibler, Darus Kibler, Hugh Peters, ?, ?, Asa A Sheetz (behind grader), Noah Sheetz, ?, ?, ?, ?, John Swartz and Jacob…

Group of unidentified students at the Strasburg School.

Photograph of the commercial building located at the intersection of Main and Court Streets in Woodstock Virginia.

At the time of the photograph, ca. 1920, it was home to T. Glenn Locke's Store.

The building still stands as of 2025.

Photograph of several buildings in downtown Woodstock Virginia looking south on Main Street (Route 11).

The central focus of the photograph is the frame building commonly called the "Koontz Building".

At the time of this photograph, it housed…

Photograph of James Moreland of Edinburg, Virginia, holding his rifle and standing beside a his recent kill, a deer.

Mr. Moreland was born in Shenandoah County, son of the late George and Sally (Clem) Moreland. He was a member of Front Royal Moose…

Six children of Hugh and Grace (Johnson) Morrison.

Helen (Morrison) Booker is at the far right with the baby on her lap.

The other children are unidentified.

Photograph of the Strasburg High School Junior Class posed beside the school building in 1925.

The following students have been identified:
Front row (l to r) Unidentified, Clyde Chandler, ?, ?,Omar Orndorff, Eugene Bageant Borden, Marjorie…

Photograph of the J.L. Boyer & Company warehouse building built in 1911 west of the railroad on Locust Street in Woodstock.

The grocery business closed about 1950. This building was subsequently purchased by Mr. Shaffer, a local huckster, who…

Portrait photograph of Joan (Spengler) Bickle when she was young.

Joan was the daughter of Harry "Jake" and Mabel (Clark) Richard.

She was raised on Delray Farm in Strasburg but spent every summer from the time she was 14 riding horses for…

Photograph of an unidentified baby, posed naked and happy.
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