Joseph Wood farm, Tract 176, Rockingham County

The 1920s survey

A 5-room frame house, 17 by 33 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 32 by 34 feet; an orchard (fruit trees); timber (fuelwood). 22 acres, valued at $1,318.

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).

• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F60_04-18-1938 003 enhanced.jpg (2.7 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F60_06-30-1944 003 enhanced.jpg (7.4 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F60_xx-xx-1944a 003 enhanced.jpg (7.2 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB098-F60_xx-xx-1944b 003 enhanced.jpg (6.6 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)

County court land file

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

• Wood, Joseph Estate

  The file at JMU Libraries, opens in a new tab · PDF, opens in a new tab

  Courtesy of the Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk and JMU Libraries, Histories along the Blue Ridge. Public domain, 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.

• William V. Wood farm, Tract 97, Rockingham County
• E. Wood farm, Tract 78, Albemarle County
• Eddie Wood farm, Tract 96, Page County
• Ella J. Wood farm, Tract 108, Albemarle County
• Ephren Wood farm, Tract 22, Greene County
• F.D. Wood farm, Tract 44, Rappahannock County
• G.F. Wood farm, Tract 17, Albemarle County
• J.T. Wood farm (part a), Tract 76a, Albemarle County