Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Judith M. Carter farm, Tract 127, Rappahannock County
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The 1920s survey
Timber (white oak, red oak, yellow poplar, white pine). 32 acres, valued at $80. The state paid $219.
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).
- CarterJohn_Rapp127.pdf (3.0 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- CarterJohn_Rapp127_I.pdf (2.2 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.
Carter, Judith
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
That said Commissioners failed to allow any sum for the buildings and improvements on said land, but only allowed said above mentioned sum for the land proposed to be taken
it is a well known fact that the lands in the County of Rappahannock are assessed at about one third of their actual value
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.