Benton P. Richards farm (part a), Tract 152a, Madison County

The 1920s survey

61.5 acres, valued at $151. The state paid $557.

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.

• Richards, Benton 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

  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.

• A. Cameron Richards farm (part a), Tract 155a, Madison County
• A. Cameron Richards farm, Tract 155, Madison County
• B.P. and Henry Richards farm, Tract 156, Madison County
• Benton P. Richards farm, Tract 152, Madison County
• Henry F. Richards farm, Tract 157, Madison County
• Dr. W.R. Richards farm, Tract 139, Albemarle County