McLane Jenkins farm, Tract 220, Rappahannock County

The 1920s survey

A 6-room log house, 14 by 26 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 12 by 18 feet; 1 acre of orchard (apple); timber (chestnut oak, white pine, red oak). 145 acres, valued at $510. The state paid $1,055.

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).

• BrownHenryA_Rapp220.pdf (6.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• JenkinsMcLane_Rapp220.pdf (2.1 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.

• Jenkins, McLane

  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.

Families of the park

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

• A. Harrison Jenkins farm, Tract 214, Rappahannock County
• Alfred Jenkins estate farm, Tract 66, Rappahannock County
• Della B. and Charles I. Jenkins farm, Tract 80, Rappahannock County
• Della B. Jenkins farm, Tract 92, Rappahannock County
• E. Hubert Jenkins farm, Tract 174, Rappahannock County
• Fannie E. Jenkins farm, Tract 193, Rappahannock County
• Frank Jenkins farm, Tract 129, Rappahannock County
• Golden Jenkins farm, Tract 67, Rappahannock County