Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Fred W. Dodson farm, Tract 155, Rappahannock County
The 1920s survey
A 3-room log house, 15 by 20 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 22 feet; 2 acres of orchard (apple). 90 acres, valued at $495. The state paid $1,100.
Map of the tract
The tract’s boundary as the National Park Service has mapped it. No house sites or graves are marked on this site.
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- DodsonFred_Rapp155.pdf (1.4 MB, PDF, 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.
- Alice Dodson farm, Tract 163, Rappahannock County
- Booten Dodson farm (part a), Tract 203a, Rappahannock County
- Booten Dodson farm, Tract 203, Rappahannock County
- C. Brooke Dodson farm, Tract 227, Rappahannock County
- E.F. and Lilly Dodson farm, Tract 136, Rappahannock County
- Fred W. Dodson farm (part a), Tract 155a, Rappahannock County
- Jack and Hunter Dodson farm, Tract 205, Rappahannock County
- Jacob B. Dodson, Jr. farm, Tract 171, Rappahannock County
Memories
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.