Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Thomas B. Dwyer farm, Tract 73, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Claimed value of $2,550
The 1920s survey
A 5-room house, 35 by 25 feet, with a galvanized roof; a barn, 22 by 45 feet; 1 acre of orchard (50 apple trees); timber (locust,chestnut). 114 acres, valued at $1,946.
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).
- DwyerThomas_Rapp73.pdf (3.9 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.
Dwyer, Thomas B.
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.
- Alfred Dwyer estate farm, Tract 115, Rappahannock County
- David Dwyer farm, Tract 131, Rappahannock County
- J. T. Dwyer farm, Tract 118, Rappahannock County
- J. T. Dwyer farm, Tract 118a, Rappahannock County
- Jacob Dwyer farm, Tract 118b, Rappahannock County
- M.J. Dwyer farm, Tract 68, Rappahannock County
- Nina B. Dwyer farm (part a), Tract 114a, Rappahannock County
- Nina B. Dwyer farm (part b), Tract 114b, Rappahannock County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.