Margaret Lynn Wheat farm, Tract 271, Rockingham County

The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, 16 by 30 feet, with a metal roof; timber (white oak, chestnut oak, yellow pine). 223 acres, valued at $1,687.

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

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.

• Wheat, Margaret Lynn

  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.

Nearby markers

• Battle of Port Republic, JD-10