Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
J. Elliot Jenkins farm, Tract 59, Madison County
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The 1920s survey
A 3-room log house, 16 by 24 feet, with a shingle roof; an orchard (25 apple trees). 20 acres, valued at $132. The state paid $510.
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.
Jenkins, Elliott J
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, LOB9 (pagee 239), 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.
From the case file
It is further considered by the Court that J. Elliott Jenkins having put practically all of the improvements on these two said tracts, believing he had a title to the same, shall be allowed the value put on these improvements, after deducting the sum of $30.00 to be paid to the heirs at law of Buzz Jenkins, dec'd., for logs used in these said improvements.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Carrie Cole Jenkins farm, Tract 308, Madison County
- G.C. and D.A. Jenkins farm, Tract 267, Madison County
- G.C. Jenkins farm, Tract 199, Madison County
- J. Elliot Jenkins farm (part a), Tract 59a, Madison County
- J. Noah Jenkins farm, Tract 66, Madison County
- J.M. Jenkins farm (part a), Tract 19a, Madison County
- J.M. Jenkins farm (part b), Tract 19b, Madison County
- J.M. Jenkins farm (part c), Tract 19c, Madison County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.