Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Dr. J.T. Kelly farm (part a), Tract 59a, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Land described as rocky and steep
The 1920s survey
A 6-room house, 14 by 26 feet, with a paper roof; a barn, 16 by 20 feet; timber (red oak, poplar, white pine, chestnut oak, hickory). 89 acres, valued at $339.
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).
- KellyJ.T.Dr._Rapp59A.pdf (3.1 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.
From the case file
Owner refused to option for less as property has been improved since Appraisal by a new metal roof and house has been papered throughout. Also some of the land has been cleaned up.
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.