R. A. and R. S. Graves farm, Tract 146, Madison County

The 1920s survey

A 6-room log and frame house, 22 by 40 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 21 feet; timber (poplar, oak, hemlock, white pine, misc). 679 acres, valued at $3,208. The state paid $7,491.

Today

Landmarks on this map (1)

Hollows and valleys

Dark Hollow · 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: Dark Hollow · 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.

Graves, RA and RS
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, 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.

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.

The 1920s survey

Map of the tract

Hollows and valleys

Case files

County court land file

Families of the park