Fray and Green tract, Tract 100, Madison County

The 1920s survey

A 3-room log house, 17 by 24 feet, with a shingle and paper roof; a barn, 8 by 14 feet; an orchard (20 apple trees); timber (poplar, oaks). 464 acres, valued at $1,064. The state paid $3,155.

Today

Landmarks on this map (1)

Schools

Thorofare Mountain School (historical) · USGS place names

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Landmarks in this tract: Thorofare Mountain School (historical) · USGS place names

Case files

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

County court land file

Papers from the Madison County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

Fray and Green
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment, Owner Claim, LOB9 (pages 91, 200, 201, 201, 202)
Courtesy of the Madison County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, opens in a new tab.

From the case file

ODY DODSON claims a fee simple interest to the entire fund arising from the condemnation of TRACT No. 100-3

— Ody Dodson, Fray and Green, Madison County court land file, page 32. Courtesy of the Madison County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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Fruit tree valuation
The total value of fruit trees on the tract was assessed at $50.00.
From the records How we know
Executorship of W. H. Fray
C. M. Waite and Louise Bickers qualified as executors of W. H. Fray on January 29, 1927. His will gave them the right to sell and dispose of his real estate.
Sources differ: the park land records at JMU gives “C. M. Waite and Louise Bickers qualified as executors of W. H. Fray on January 29, 1927”; the county court land file says “Virginia, as executor of Cora A. Green, deceased. Her will authorized and directed her said executor to sell and dispose of her real estate; And on the 29th of January, 1927, C. M. Waite and Louise Bickers qualified before the clerk of the circuit court of Culpep- er County, Virginia, as executor of”.
From the records How we know
Award for Tract 100-3
The court judgment set the award for Tract No. 100-3 at $300.00.
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Dodson's claim to the entire fund
Ody Dodson claimed a fee simple interest to the entire fund arising from the condemnation of Tract No. 100-3.
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Award for Tract 100-2
The court record lists an award of $235.00 for Tract No. 100-2.
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.

The 1920s survey

Map of the tract

Schools

Case files

County court land file

From the case file