Eastern Wilkes County, North Carolina

The History of Eastern Wilkes

General Note:
Title from DVD label.
Formatted Contents Note: Shoaly Branch/Benham -- Cool Springs Baptist Church -- Pleasant Ridge School -- Pleasant Hill School -- Ronda -- Roundabout -- Green Hill -- Claymont Hill - ronda businesses -- Schools of Ronda -- Churches of Ronda -- Clingman -- Ingle Hollow -- Lomax -- Buggaboo -- Newcastle Post Office -- Cycle -- Spencer Martin -- Somers -- Dennyville/Temple Hill School -- Shady Grove School -- Roaring River -- Richard Allen -- Tilley House -- River View -- Churches of Roaring River -- Roaring River Academy -- White Plains School -- Barker School -- Oak Grove -- Poplar Spring -- Antioch -- Roaring River Volunteer Fire Department -- Dellaplane -- Oak Forest Academy -- Otto Wood -- Cranberry Baptist Church -- Brier Creek Baptist Church -- Highway 268 -- Archaeological dig -- Jarvis Mill Road and Post Office -- More churches of eastern Wilkes.

Publisher: [N.C.] : J. Martin Productions, Inc., [2007].

Creation/Production Credits Note: Music provided by R.G. Absher ; producer, Teresa Litschke.

Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Teresa Litschke ; participants: Doug Miller, Dr. Bill Davis, Edwin McGee, Lewis Petree, Rebecca Triplett Johnson, Tracy Caudle, Ruth Sale Walls, Nina Tharpe, Lucille Green Lowe, R.G. Absher, Nola Howard, Pearl Byrd, Walt Bryant, John Blackburn, and Weaver Vernon Hunt.

Funding Information Note:
Financed by Ginn Resorts Laurelmor, Lowe's Home

Narrator, Teresa Litschke ; participants: Doug Miller, Dr. Bill Davis, Edwin McGee, Lewis Petree, Rebecca Triplett Johnson, Tracy Caudle, Ruth Sale Walls, Nina Tharpe, Lucille Green Lowe, R.G. Absher, Nola Howard, Pearl Byrd, Walt Bryant, John Blackburn, and Weaver Vernon Hunt. (Cast).

2024: In an effort to save these DVDs from digital rot, the Wilkes Genealogical Society is attempting to extract these videos from the originals DVDs and remastering them. This includes deinterlacing techniques, removing video artifacts, using various filters to enhance the video, and using AI algorithms to convert to High-Definition Video.

The Original video is a 4:3 aspect ratio with a pixel resolution of 720 × 480. The audio bitrate was 128 .
The updated video maintains the 4:3 aspect ratio transcoded to a high-definition resolution of 2048 x 1152. The new format is MP4 for the video and 192 bitrate AAC for the audio.


This was a governmental work for hire. The Save Our Wilkes County History Committee was appointed by the Wilkes County commissioners in 2006. The goal of the committee was "to preserve, protect and present the rich history of Wilkes County."


Credits: Ginn Corp., Wilkes County Commissioners,
Wilkes Public School System, Lowe's Home Improvement, Kulynych Foundation, Blue Ridge Natural Heritage Area, Cultural Arts Council of Wilkes, Wilkes Community College, Save Our Wilkes County History, Dr. Fay Byrd, Director, R. G. Absher and Dennis Huggins, Co-Chairman, Christy Earp, Misty Bass, Rebecca Triplett-Johnson, Vickie Cothren, Dr. Steve Laws, Dr. Wanda Hutchinson, Cathy McKenzie, Linda Cheek, Jordan Welborn, Teresa Ford, and Marlyn Payne. DVD format is located at Wilkes Community College (Wilkesboro, NC), Wilkes Heritage Museum (Wilkesboro, NC), and in each library within Wilkes County, NC. Video Production by J. Martin Productions.