Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
J. T. Dwyer farm, Tract 118, Rappahannock County
Did you know?An orchard of 250 apple trees
The 1920s survey
A 4-room frame house, 16 by 30 feet, with a metal roof; 5 acres of orchard (apple); timber (red oak, white oak, white pine, poplar). 125 acres, valued at $529. The state paid $1,500.
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).
- DwyerJ.T._Rapp118.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.
Dwyer, JT
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
I have Mr. Rhodes' letters of March 22 recommending condemnation on the above acquisitions, and wish to inform you that these cases are being referred to our condemnation division today.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- Alfred Dwyer estate farm, Tract 115, Rappahannock County
- David Dwyer farm, Tract 131, Rappahannock County
- J. T. Dwyer farm, Tract 118a, Rappahannock County
- Jacob Dwyer farm, Tract 118b, Rappahannock County
- M.J. Dwyer farm, Tract 68, Rappahannock County
- Nina B. Dwyer farm (part a), Tract 114a, Rappahannock County
- Nina B. Dwyer farm (part b), Tract 114b, Rappahannock County
- Nina B. Dwyer farm, Tract 114, Rappahannock County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.