Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Lucy Cornwell farm, Tract 134, Rappahannock County
Did you know?A frame house and tenant house
The 1920s survey
A 5-room frame house, 14 by 20 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 16 by 20 feet; 2 acres of orchard. 140 acres, valued at $577.
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).
- CornwellLucy_Rapp134.pdf (5.1 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.
Cornwell, Lucy
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.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.