Flora Sisk farm, Tract 159, Madison County

The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, 15 by 29 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 10 by 12 feet; an orchard (5 apple trees). 8 acres, valued at $59.

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).

• SiskFlora_Mdsn159.pdf (3.8 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.

• Sisk, Flora

  The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab · PDF, opens in a new tab

  In the file: Claimant Worksheet, Tract Assessment

  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.

• Fenton Sisk farm, Tract 23, Madison County
• J.O. Sisk estate farm, Tract 39, Madison County
• Kemper Sisk farm, Tract 149, Madison County
• Newman Sisk farm, Tract 156, Madison County
• Wade Sisk farm, Tract 151, Madison County
• Wesley C. Sisk farm (part a), Tract 153a, Madison County
• Wesley C. Sisk farm, Tract 153, Madison County
• Newton Sisk farm, Tract 117, Rappahannock County