Shenandoah National ParkMadison County
Homer Pollock & Fox farm, Tract 75, Madison County
Did you know?Land valued at $907.50
The 1920s survey
No merchantable timber. 300 acres, valued at $795. The state paid $908.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Places
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · USGS place names
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Landmarks in this tract: Thorofare Mountain Overlook · USGS place names
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.
Pollock, GF and Fox, HF
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 (page 273)
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.
- Adeline Fox farm, Tract 127, Page County
- Benton D. Fox farm, Tract 95, Page County
- Buddy Fox farm, Tract 100, Warren County
- E.B. P.G. B.C. Fox farm, Tract 122, Page County
- Elzie Fox farm, Tract 26, Warren County
- Elzy and Dan Fox farm, Tract 99, Warren County
- Emma C. Fox farm, Tract 217, Page County
- Floyd E. Fox farm (part a), Tract 215a, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.