Ambrose Bailey farm (part c), Tract 101a, Rappahannock County

The 1920s survey

A log house, 16 by 20 feet, with a shingle roof; 2 acres of orchard (apple); timber (sawtimber). 140 acres, valued at $639. The state paid $1,297.

Map of the tract

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).

• BaileyAmbrose_Rapp101A.pdf (3.1 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.

• Bailey, Ambrose

  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.

• A.G. Bailey farm (part c), Tract 55, Rappahannock County
• Ambrose Bailey farm (part b), Tract 101, Rappahannock County
• Ambrose Bailey farm, Tract 64, Rappahannock County
• J.O. Bailey farm (part c), Tract 157, Rappahannock County
• James Bailey farm (part a), Tract 58a, Rappahannock County
• James Bailey farm (part b), Tract 58, Rappahannock County
• A.G. Bailey farm (part a), Tract 68a, Page County
• A.G. Bailey farm (part b), Tract 68b, Page County