Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County
Della B. and Charles I. Jenkins farm, Tract 80, Rappahannock County
Did you know?Log houses in the park survey
The 1920s survey
A 4-room log house, 16 by 22 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 40 by 40 feet; an orchard (fruit trees). 130 acres, valued at $640. The state paid $798.
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).
- JenkinsDellaandCharles_Rapp80.pdf (2.7 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.
Jenkins, Della and Charles
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
The fields have been tended for years, are worn out, and are growing up to brush.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
- A. Harrison Jenkins farm, Tract 214, Rappahannock County
- Alfred Jenkins estate farm, Tract 66, Rappahannock County
- Della B. Jenkins farm, Tract 92, Rappahannock County
- E. Hubert Jenkins farm, Tract 174, Rappahannock County
- Fannie E. Jenkins farm, Tract 193, Rappahannock County
- Frank Jenkins farm, Tract 129, Rappahannock County
- Golden Jenkins farm, Tract 67, Rappahannock County
- Herbert C. Jenkins farm, Tract 190, Rappahannock County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.