Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

C.J. Miller farm, Tract 199, Rappahannock County

Et al.

Did you know?3,087 tracts surveyed for the park

The 1920s survey

A log house, 16 by 16 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 16 feet; timber (chestnut, locust). 905 acres, valued at $1,961. The state paid $3,094.

Map of the tract

Today
Landmarks on this map (2)

Places

  • Byrds Nest Number 3 · USGS place names
  • Pinnacle Overlook · USGS place names

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Landmarks in this tract: Byrds Nest Number 3 · USGS place names, Pinnacle Overlook · USGS place names

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.

From the case file

Smoke rises from the charred sill logs of a burned building, leaving only its tall stone chimney standing, as a person in a broad-brimmed hat looks on.
Smoke rises from the charred sill logs of a burned building, leaving only its tall stone chimney standing, as a person in a broad-brimmed hat looks on. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file Meadow Spring Shelter.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 1.

Families of the park

Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.

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