Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

Bank of Warren tract, Tract 120, Rappahannock County

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The 1920s survey

A 5-room weatherboard over log house, 16 by 18 feet, with a shingle roof; no merchantable timber. 72 acres, valued at $274. The state paid $532.

Map of the tract

Today

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).

County court land file

Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

From the case file

Note: Bank of Warren came into possession of this under a deed of trust.
— Bank of Warren_Rapp120.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 15
The property was abandoned about four years ago. The buildings are in a fair state of preservation.
— Bank of Warren_Rapp120.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 2

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.