Arthur Weakley farm, Tract 40, Madison County

The 1920s survey

No merchantable timber. 13 acres, valued at $99. The state paid $105.

Today

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.

Papers from the Madison County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

Weakley, Arthur
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 (page 115), Tax Record, 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.

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.