J.J. Miller farm, Tract 56, Rappahannock County

Heirs.

The 1920s survey

Timber (poplar, red oak, white oak, hickory, chestnut oak, white pine). 355 acres, valued at $3,101. The state paid $2,182.

Today

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).

Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

Miller Heirs
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.

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.