Shenandoah National ParkPage County

R.M.M. Gray farm, Tract 414, Page County

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The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, 15 by 26 feet; a log barn; timber (red, black, chestnut, and white oak, hickory, white pine). 87 acres, valued at $439.

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

I am sorry to inform you that your land lies outside of the revised boundary of the Park area. It became necessary to cut the original area down because funds were not sufficient to acquire all lands within the original line.
— S. H. Marsh, GrayR.M.M._Page414.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 7

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.