Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Frank Compton farm (part a), Tract 112a, Rappahannock County
Did you know?A frame house and log barn
The 1920s survey
A 5-room frame house, 14 by 22 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 32 feet; an orchard (40 apple trees). 60 acres, valued at $282. The state paid $557.
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_Rapp112A.pdf (3.0 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
the land and buildings have depreciated rather than increased in value.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 87, Rappahannock County
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 112, 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.