Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County

W.W. and E.B. Sellers farm, Tract 179, Rockingham County

Did you know?A frame tenant house and barn

The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, 16 by 29 feet; a barn, 16 by 30 feet; an orchard (fruit trees); timber (chestnut, red oak, poplar, ash, chestnut oak). 188 acres, valued at $4,139. The state paid $5,573.

Map of the tract

Today
Landmarks on this map (1)

Places

  • Rocky Mount Overlook · USGS place names

House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.

Landmarks in this tract: Rocky Mount Overlook · USGS place names

Case files

The National Park Service has no case file online for this tract.

County court land file

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

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.