Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

H. and M. Sothoron farm, Tract 15, Rappahannock County

Did you know?Log cabin with paper roof

The 1920s survey

A log house, 16 by 18 feet, with a paper roof; timber (poplar, locust, white oak). 30 acres, valued at $244.

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.

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