John A. Alexander farm, Tract 326, Rockingham County

The 1920s survey

A log house, 17 by 50 feet, with a paper and board roof; a barn, 18 by 20 feet; an orchard (9 apple, 2 peach, 3 damson, and 3 cherry trees); timber (oaks, yellow pine). 802 acres, valued at $2,753. The state paid $3,115.

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.

Landmarks in this tract: Austin Mountain · USGS place names, Big Run Shelter · USGS place names, Blackrock · USGS place names, Brown Mountain · USGS place names, Brown Mountain Overlook · USGS place names, Browns Gap · USGS place names, Dundo Hollow · USGS place names, Eppert Hollow · USGS place names and 12 more

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.

• Alexander, John A.

  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.

• J. A. Alexander farm, Tract 326a, Rockingham County
• John A. Alexander farm, Tract 326-1, Rockingham County
• John A. Alexander farm, Tract 326-2, Rockingham County
• Charles Alexander farm, Tract 71, Albemarle County
• J. A. Alexander farm, Tract 1, Augusta County
• J. A. Alexander farm, Tract 219, Albemarle County
• John A. Alexander farm, Tract 1a, Augusta County
• John A. Alexander farm, Tract 136, Greene County