Walter L. Meadows farm, Tract 171, Madison County

The 1920s survey

A 5-room log and frame house, 22 by 26 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 28 by 36 feet; 3 acres of orchard (156 apple trees); timber (chestnut oak, poplar, red oak, white pine). 41 acres, valued at $152.

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.

• Meadows, Walter L

  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, Survey

  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.F. Meadows farm, Tract 170, Madison County
• L.E. Meadows farm, Tract 169, Madison County
• W.F. Meadows farm, Tract 168, Madison County
• A.T. Meadows farm, Tract 547, Page County
• Arthur Meadows farm (part a), Tract 558a, Page County
• Arthur Meadows farm, Tract 558, Page County
• Arthur Meadows farm, Tract 558b, Page County
• Cletus A. Meadows farm, Tract 23, Rockingham County