Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Dr. J.T. Kelly farm, Tract 59, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Poor quality remaining timber
The 1920s survey
A frame house; a frame barn; timber (locust). 798 acres, valued at $3,668. The state paid $5,689.
Map of the tract
Landmarks on this map (2)
Places
- Range View Cabin · USGS place names
Summits
- Sugarloaf · 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: Range View Cabin · USGS place names, Sugarloaf · USGS place names
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59.pdf (3.9 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59_I.pdf (1.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59_II.pdf (1.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59_III.pdf (1.2 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59_IV.pdf (1.2 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59_V.pdf (1.2 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.
Kelly, Dr. JT
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.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.