Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
B.P. Kite estate farm, Tract 57, Madison County
Did you know?A half interest bought for $4,125
The 1920s survey
No merchantable timber. 239 acres, valued at $764.
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.
Kite, BP estate
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.
- B.P. Kite estate farm (part a), Tract 57a, Madison County
- C.E. Kite farm, Tract 210, Madison County
- Charles P. Kite farm, Tract 238, Madison County
- James P. Kite farm, Tract 331, Madison County
- Rose B. Kite farm (part b), Tract 305b, Madison County
- Rose B. Kite farm, Tract 305, Madison County
- S and M.L. Kite farm, Tract 303, Madison County
- Charles H. Kite farm, Tract 526, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.