Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
L.W. Keyser farm, Tract 65, Rappahannock County
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The 1920s survey
Timber (oak, poplar,). 124 acres, valued at $1,013.
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).
- KeyserLula_Rapp65.pdf (2.1 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.
Keyser, Lula
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.
- John A. Keyser farm (part a), Tract 53a, Rappahannock County
- John A. Keyser farm, Tract 53, Rappahannock County
- Bessie Keyser farm, Tract 25, Page County
- C.P. Keyser farm (part a), Tract 26a, Page County
- C.P. Keyser farm, Tract 26, Page County
- Grace Sours Keyser farm (part a), Tract 269a, Page County
- Grace Sours Keyser farm, Tract 269, Page County
- H.A. and S.V. Keyser farm, Tract 546, Page County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.