Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
J.C. Smoot farm, Tract 105, Madison County
Did you know?Log and frame dwelling in fair condition
The 1920s survey
A 4-room log and frame house, 12 by 21 feet; an orchard (150 apple trees); no merchantable timber. 515 acres, valued at $1,011. The state paid $2,092.
Map of the tract
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).
- SmootJC_Mdsn105.pdf (2.2 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
County court land file
Papers from the Madison County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Smoot, JC estate
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment, LOB9 (page 164)
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.
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.