Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

W.B. Dodson farm (part a), Tract 201a, Rappahannock County

Did you know?No buildings or orchards on the farm

The 1920s survey

Timber (red oak, white pine, hemlock). 12 acres, valued at $44.

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.

From the case file

As near as I can figure it out from what Mr. Roberts tells me and from the records in this office, the piece of land that he purchased was condemned under the Park Condemnation Act as tract No. 201-a, which the map shows belonging to W. B. Dodson. The award for this tract amounting to $170.50 was paid into court along with the other awards.
— J. Lassiter, Dodson, WB and Culpeper National Bank, Rappahannock County court land file, opens in a new tab, page 4. 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.

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