Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Henry T. Compton farm, Tract 10, Rappahannock County
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The 1920s survey
Timber (red oak, yellow poplar). 118 acres, valued at $260. The state paid $723.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Places
- Indian Run 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: Indian Run Overlook · USGS place names
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- ComptonHenry_Rapp10.pdf (2.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
County court land file
Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.
Compton, Henry T
The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab PDF, opens in a new tab
Courtesy of the Rappahannock 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.
- Frank Compton farm (part a), Tract 112a, Rappahannock County
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 87, Rappahannock County
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 112, Rappahannock County
- Olive Compton farm, Tract 96, Rappahannock County
- Erastus Compton farm, Tract 6, Warren County
- H.T. Compton farm, Tract 21, Warren County
- Thaddeus Compton farm (part a), Tract 16a, Warren County
- Thaddeus Compton farm, Tract 16, Warren County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.