Shenandoah National ParkAlbemarle County
Dr. W.R. Richards farm, Tract 139, Albemarle County
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The 1920s survey
An 8-room log house, 18 by 27 feet, with a shingle and metal roof; no merchantable timber. 85 acres, valued at $396.
Map of the tract
Today
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- RichardsDr.W.R._Albemarle139.pdf (0.8 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- A. Cameron Richards farm (part a), Tract 155a, Madison County
- A. Cameron Richards farm, Tract 155, Madison County
- B.P. and Henry Richards farm, Tract 156, Madison County
- Benton P. Richards farm (part a), Tract 152a, Madison County
- Benton P. Richards farm, Tract 152, Madison County
- Henry F. Richards farm, Tract 157, Madison County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.