Shenandoah National ParkPage County

John A. Sours farm, Tract 253, Page County

Did you know?The cabin had two stone chimneys

The 1920s survey

A 6-room frame house, 14 by 26 feet, with a paper roof; a barn, 14 by 26 feet; timber (fuelwood). 27.5 acres, valued at $198.

Map of the tract

Today

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

Case files

Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).

From the case file

A log and frame house with wood-shingle roofs and a tall stone chimney; two people stand in the shade of the porch and laundry hangs on a line.
A log and frame house with wood-shingle roofs and a tall stone chimney; two people stand in the shade of the porch and laundry hangs on a line. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file SoursJohnA._Page253.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 4.
A weatherboarded house with a wood-shingled roof and a tall stone chimney, with a sagging shed-roofed addition and a stone wall at the right; the image survives as a faded photocopy.
A weatherboarded house with a wood-shingled roof and a tall stone chimney, with a sagging shed-roofed addition and a stone wall at the right; the image survives as a faded photocopy. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file SoursJohnA._Page253.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 5.

Families of the park

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.