Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
Ambrose Corbin farm, Tract 11, Madison County
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The 1920s survey
A log house, 18 by 27 feet; a barn, 33 by 38 feet; timber (mixed hardwoods and pine). 165 acres, valued at $1,245. The state paid $3,460.
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
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.
Corbin, Ambrose. P
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, Notary, LOB9 (pages 364, 112), Tax Records, Misc.
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.
- Charles W. Corbin farm, Tract 35, Madison County
- Finnell Corbin farm, Tract 55, Madison County
- George L. Corbin farm, Tract 60, Madison County
- James E. Corbin farm, Tract 37, Madison County
- Madison Corbin farm, Tract 29, Madison County
- Samuel Corbin farm, unnumbered tract, Madison County
- Wesley Corbin farm, Tract 58, Madison County
- C. A. Corbin farm, Tract 20, Warren County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.