Shenandoah National ParkGreene County

John A. Alexander farm, Tract 136, Greene County

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The 1920s survey

A log house, 17 by 50 feet, with a paper and board roof; a barn, 18 by 20 feet; an orchard (9 apple, 2 peach, 3 damson, and 3 cherry trees); timber (oaks, yellow pine). 802 acres, valued at $2,753. The state paid $3,115.

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

The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.

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.