Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Charles H Bowen farm, Tract 102, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Orchard valued at $8,933
The 1920s survey
A 9-room frame house, 30 by 36 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 46 feet; 85 acres of orchard; timber (chestnut oak). 408 acres, valued at $10,741. The state paid $10,000.
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).
- BowenCharlesH_Rapp102.pdf (4.5 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.
Bowen, Charles
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.
From the case file
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.