Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
R.A. Jones farm, Tract 25, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Homes Dismantled or Burned
The 1920s survey
Timber (poplar). 102 acres, valued at $302. The state paid $112.
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).
- JonesR.A._Rapp25.pdf (6.8 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.
Jones, RA
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.
- J.A. and J.O. Jones farm, Tract 76, Rappahannock County
- Ambrose Jones farm, Tract 71, Page County
- B.O. Jones farm (part a), Tract 80a, Albemarle County
- B.O. Jones farm, Tract 80, Albemarle County
- Eli Jones estate farm, Tract 69, Page County
- George T. Jones farm (part a), Tract 353a, Page County
- George T. Jones farm, Tract 353, Page County
- J. H. Jones farm, Tract 67, Albemarle County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.