Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
William W. Brown farm, Tract 226, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Diverse Denominations
The 1920s survey
A barn, 16 by 40 feet; timber (chestnut oak). 372 acres, valued at $1,330. The state paid $1,876.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Streams
- Sams Run · 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: Sams Run · USGS place names
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- BrownWilliamW_Rapp226.pdf (3.9 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.
Brown, WW estate
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.
- Henry A. Brown farm (part a), Tract 206a, Rappahannock County
- Henry A. Brown farm, Tract 206, Rappahannock County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm (part a), Tract 115b, Madison County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm (part b), Tract 115a, Madison County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm, Tract 115, Madison County
- Dewey Brown farm, Tract 51, Madison County
- E. J. Brown farm, Tract 118, Madison County
- George and Cora Brown farm, Tract 58, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.