James W. Ramey farm, Tract 153, Rappahannock County

The 1920s survey

A 7-room frame house, 16 by 24 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 36 by 48 feet; 14 acres of orchard (peach, apple); no merchantable timber. 189 acres, valued at $8,785. The state paid $10,489.

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).

• RameyJames_Rapp153.pdf (5.2 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F13-05-xx-1936 003 enhanced.jpg (2.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F13-05-xx-1936_2 003 enhanced.jpg (2.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F13_10-22-1934 003 enhanced.jpg (4.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F13_11-30-1935 003 enhanced.jpg (6.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F13_12-02-1935 003 enhanced.jpg (3.8 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F13_12-03-1935 003 enhanced.jpg (3.4 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.

• Ramey, JW

  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.