Fannie Lamb farm, Tract 143, Madison County

The 1920s survey

A 6-room log and weatherboard house, 24 by 50 feet, with a shingle and paper roof. 163 acres, valued at $4,348. The state paid $6,980.

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).

• 1002-001-00-01233-Doc_merge_lres.pdf (3.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• 4001-009-05-10949-Print 003 enhanced.jpg (3.4 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.

• Lamb, Fannie

  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

  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

Families of the park

Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.

• Matthew Lamb farm (part a), Tract 325, Madison County
• Nicey Lamb farm, Tract 339, Madison County
• C.H. Lamb farm, Tract 8, Greene County
• Charles Lamb farm, Tract 123, Greene County
• George Lamb farm, Tract 44, Greene County
• Gracie Lamb farm, Tract 251, Greene County
• J. Willie Lamb farm, Tract 210, Greene County
• J.W. Lamb farm, Tract 88, Greene County