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- 1 2 3 4 Lynchburg: 1757-2007 By Dorothy Potter, Clifton W. Potter, Page 38
- ↑ Lynchburg and Its People William Asbury Christian Page 123
- 1 2 3 USGenWeb Archives LYNCHBURG COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES � Bransford Vawter Grave
- ↑ Vawter Family Newsletter March 2009 Volume 33 No. 1 Page 33 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
- ↑ Behind the Old Brick Wall: A Cemetery Story - Evelyn Lee Moore, Lucy Harrison Miller Baber Page 72
- ↑ The Prism Across Time Selected Writings from the Lynchburg College Literary Magazine, 1907-2007 - Edited by Casey Clabough and Jennifer La Plante Page 48
- 1 2 The Prism Across Time Selected Writings from the Lynchburg College Literary Magazine, 1907-2007 - Edited by Casey Clabough and Jennifer La Plante Page 49
- 1 2 News Advance April 9, 2014 Focus On: Lynchburg resident Dawn Fields Wise a finalist in screenwriting contest
- ↑ VawterFamily.org Page 8
- ↑ High-school Journalism by Harold Spears, Charles Hubert Lawshe Page 38
- ↑ First Baptist Church, Lynchburg First Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Page 31
- ↑ Forgotten Books p. 156 (157) SKETCHES AND RECOLLECTIONS [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ The Bee October 14, 1936 Page 5 Celebration at Lynchburg Enters Its Fourth Day
- ↑ HubPages - The OLD CITY CEMETERY in Lynchburg VA - a beautiful piece of Virginia history for everyone, Grave Markers in the Old City Cemetery]
- ↑ Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia - By Ruth Hairston Early Page 205
- ↑ Lynchburg Living July/August 2015 July/August 2015 Artist Profile: Dawn Fields Wise Archived 2016-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ University Of Virginia Focus On: Lynchburg resident Dawn Fields Wise a finalist in screenwriting contest [ permanent dead link ]