Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
J.G. and Spitler, B.N. Grove farm, Tract 111, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Court orders $807.50 award to Grove
The 1920s survey
A 5-room house, 14 by 20 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 38 by 46 feet; an orchard (30 apple trees). 160 acres, valued at $2,270. The state paid $5,642.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Places
- Thornton Hollow 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: Thornton Hollow Overlook · USGS place names
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- GroveandSpitler_Rapp111.pdf (1.8 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- GroveandSpitler_Rapp111_I.pdf (2.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- GroveandSpitler_Rapp111_II.pdf (1.1 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.
Grove, JB and Spitler, BN
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.
- B.N. Spitler farm, Tract 358, Page County
- B.N. Spitler farm, Tract 358a, Page County
- C.N. Spitler farm, Tract 284, Page County
- Carrol M. Spitler farm, Tract 702, Page County
- Carroll M. Spitler farm, Tract 133, Madison County
- Flora A. Spitler farm, Tract 221, Page County
- J.G. and Spitler, B.N. Grove farm (part a), unnumbered tract, Page County
- J.G. and Spitler, B.N. Grove farm (part b), unnumbered tract, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.