Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Joseph A. Huffman farm, Tract 141, Rappahannock County
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The 1920s survey
A 6-room house, 14 by 32 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 10 by 12 feet; 42 acres of orchard; no merchantable timber. 244 acres, valued at $2,271. The state paid $7,000.
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).
- HuffmanJoseph_Rapp141.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.
Huffman, Jos
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.
- David Huffman estate farm, Tract 528, Page County
- George and Annie Huffman farm, Tract 239, Greene County
- J.W. and C.S. Sours Estate Huffman farm, Tract 371, Page County
- John Huffman farm, Tract 166, Greene County
- T.S. Huffman farm (part a), Tract 311a, Madison County
- T.S. Huffman farm, Tract 311, Madison County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.