Shenandoah National ParkAlbemarle County

R.L. Moore farm, Tract 98, Albemarle County

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The 1920s survey

A 3-room log and frame house, 13 by 20 feet, with a shingle and metal roof; an orchard (3 apple trees, 4 cherry trees); timber (second growth poplar and oaks). 112 acres, valued at $636.

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).

Families of the park

Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.