Shenandoah National ParkPage County
John W. Sours farm, Tract 254, Page County
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The 1920s survey
A 5-room weatherboard house, 14 by 22 feet; a barn, 12 by 40 feet; an orchard (fruit); no merchantable timber. 49 acres, valued at $389. The state paid $1,375.
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).
- SoursJohnW._Page254.pdf (2.3 MB, PDF, 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.
- Adam Sours farm, Tract 252, Page County
- Anna Griffith Sours farm (part a), Tract 278a, Page County
- Anna Griffith Sours farm, Tract 278, Page County
- Annie L. Sours farm (part a), Tract 150a, Page County
- Annie L. Sours farm, Tract 150, Page County
- Arsula F. Sours farm, Tract 235, Page County
- Arthur C. Sours farm, Tract 149, Page County
- Bernard Sours estate farm, Tract 336, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.