Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
James A. Estes farm, Tract 103, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Cook shanty almost new
The 1920s survey
A 4-room frame and plank sides house, 14 by 32 feet, with a shingle roof. 178 acres, valued at $587.
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).
- EstesJames_Rapp103.pdf (2.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- EstesJames_Rapp103_I.pdf (0.6 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.
Estes, James
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
That said sum is absolutely inadequate, unfair and unjust, and is far less than the true value of said land;
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.