Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Frank Compton farm, Tract 112, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Birthplace of William R. Barbee
The 1920s survey
Timber (very little merchantable timber). 70 acres, valued at $518. The state paid $363.
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).
- ComptonFrank_Rapp112.pdf (4.5 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- ComptonFrank_Rapp112_I.pdf (2.4 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.
Compton, Frank
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
Before it will be possible to continue with this purchase, it will be necessary to have Form RA-LU-1a setting forth therein the facts justifying the acquisition of this tract of land subject to the above mentioned right of way.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Frank Compton farm (part a), Tract 112a, Rappahannock County
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 87, Rappahannock County
- Henry T. Compton farm, Tract 10, Rappahannock County
- Olive Compton farm, Tract 96, Rappahannock County
- Erastus Compton farm, Tract 6, Warren County
- H.T. Compton farm, Tract 21, Warren County
- Thaddeus Compton farm (part a), Tract 16a, Warren County
- Thaddeus Compton farm, Tract 16, Warren County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.