Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
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
The tract’s boundary as the National Park Service has mapped it. No house sites or graves are marked on this site.
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)
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
Memories
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.