Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
R.B. McDaniel farm, Tract 298, Madison County
Did you know?The dwelling was a two-story frame house
The 1920s survey
A 6-room frame house, 18 by 24 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 28 by 33 feet; 2 acres of orchard (apple, peach, pear); timber (chestnut oak, poplar,). 116 acres, valued at $900.
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.
McDaniel, RB
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.
- J.A. McDaniel estate farm (part a), Tract 354a, Madison County
- J.A. McDaniel estate farm, Tract 354, Madison County
- W.A. McDaniel farm (part a), Tract 205a, Madison County
- W.A. McDaniel farm, Tract 205, Madison County
- W.E. McDaniel farm (part a), Tract 200a, Madison County
- W.E. McDaniel farm, Tract 200, Madison County
- Charles S. McDaniel farm (part a), Tract 66a, Rockingham County
- Charles S. McDaniel farm, Tract 66, Rockingham County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.