David Dwyer farm, Tract 131, Rappahannock County

The 1920s survey

A 4-room log house, 14 by 18 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 10 by 10 feet; an orchard (apple); timber (poplar, yellow pine, white pine, red oak). 41 acres, valued at $166. The state paid $497.

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).

• DwyerDavid_Rapp131.pdf (2.6 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, David

  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.

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
• J. T. Dwyer farm, Tract 118, 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