Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

Ambrose Bailey farm (part b), Tract 101, Rappahannock County

Did you know?Orchard of young apple trees

The 1920s survey

A 3-room frame house, 20 by 24 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 12 by 12 feet; an orchard (25 apple trees). 48 acres, valued at $207. The state paid $324.

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).

County court land file

Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

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.