Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
George W. Mace farm (part a), Tract 313a, Rockingham County
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The 1920s survey
A 4-room frame house, 24 by 22 feet, with a shingle and paper roof; timber (white pine, oaks). 12.5 acres, valued at $472.
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.
Mace, George W.
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.
- George W. Mace farm, Tract 313, Rockingham County
- John H. Mace farm (part a), Tract 312a, Rockingham County
- John H. Mace farm (part b), Tract 312b, Rockingham County
- John H. Mace farm, Tract 312, Rockingham County
- John J. Mace farm, Tract 300, Rockingham County
- T. Ashby Mace farm, Tract 316, Rockingham County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.