Shenandoah National ParkAlbemarle County
Robert H. Via farm (part a), Tract 41, Albemarle County
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The 1920s survey
A 6-room frame house, 14 by 25 feet; a barn, 14 by 14 feet; 44 acres of orchard (983 apple, 6 cherry, 1 quince, and 3 pear trees); no merchantable timber. 152 acres, valued at $1,383. The state paid $3,230.
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).
- ViaRobertH._Albemarle41.pdf (5.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
From the case file
I was employed as a guide for the Board of Appraisal Commissioners appointed in the Park condemnation proceedings in Albemarle County
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- A. Rice Via farm, Tract 193, Albemarle County
- D.C. Via farm, Tract 42, Albemarle County
- J.H. Via farm, Tract 52, Albemarle County
- J.R. Via farm, Tract 95, Albemarle County
- J.W. Via estate farm, Tract 160, Albemarle County
- M.T. Via farm, Tract 5, Albemarle County
- Moses Via farm (part a), Tract 109a, Albemarle County
- Moses Via farm, Tract 109, Albemarle County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.