Carroll M. Spitler farm, Tract 133, Madison County

The 1920s survey

Timber (red oak, chestnut oak, white oak, basswood, hemlock, hickory, maple, ash, poplar). 1,245 acres, valued at $3,746. The state paid $7,963.

Today

Landmarks on this map (3)

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: Byrds Nest Number 2 Shelter · USGS place names, Hawksbill Mountain · Wikidata, Old Rag View Overlook · USGS place names

Hawksbill Mountain: mountain in United States of America
The summit of Hawksbill Mountain is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park and in both Madison and Page Counties. The National Park Service built a stone observation platform at the top, and Byrd's Nest No. 2, one of a series of shelters Senator Harry Byrd built in the park, stands nearby. The summit is also the site of a peregrine falcon restoration project and one of the few places in the park where balsam fir grows.
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The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.

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

Spitler, Carroll. M
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 (page 332)
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.

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.