Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
F.D. Wood farm, Tract 44, Rappahannock County
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The 1920s survey
1 acre of orchard (peach); timber (yellow poplar, oak, hickory, ash). 616 acres, valued at $1,232. The state paid $2,252.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (1)
Summits
- The Peak · 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: The Peak · USGS place names
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- WoodF.D._Rapp44.pdf (1.6 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.
Wood, John Walton
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.
- T. Walton Wood farm, Tract 37, Rappahannock County
- E. Wood farm, Tract 78, Albemarle County
- Eddie Wood farm, Tract 96, Page County
- Ella J. Wood farm, Tract 108, Albemarle County
- Ephren Wood farm, Tract 22, Greene County
- G.F. Wood farm, Tract 17, Albemarle County
- J.T. Wood farm (part a), Tract 76a, Albemarle County
- J.T. Wood farm, Tract 76, Albemarle County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.