Shenandoah National ParkRappahannock County

Frank Compton farm, Tract 87, Rappahannock County

Name uncertain in the record.

Did you know?Appraisers allowed only $183 for the land

The 1920s survey

The survey recorded only the owner's name.

Map of the tract

Today

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).

County court land file

Papers from the Rappahannock County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

From the case file

That said appraisers only allowed him the sum of $183.00 for the 51 acres of land as set forth in said report, when as a matter of fact this land contains 75 acres;
— Frank Compton, Compton, Frank, Rappahannock County court land file, opens in a new tab, page 5. 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.