Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
Jacob Spitler farm, Tract 137, Madison County
Did you know?Jacob Spitler's claim of $11,450
The 1920s survey
No merchantable timber. 229 acres, valued at $3,637. The state paid $5,153.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Summits
- Spitler Hill · 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: Spitler Hill · 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.
Spitler, Jacob
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 134, 135)
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.
- Carroll M. Spitler farm, Tract 133, Madison County
- S.H. and B.H. Spitler farm, Tract 134, Madison County
- B.N. Spitler farm, Tract 358, Page County
- B.N. Spitler farm, Tract 358a, Page County
- C.N. Spitler farm, Tract 284, Page County
- Carrol M. Spitler farm, Tract 702, Page County
- Flora A. Spitler farm, Tract 221, Page County
- J.G. and Spitler, B.N. Grove farm (part a), unnumbered tract, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.