Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
Luther Shifflett farm, Tract 331, Rockingham County
Did you know?Frame dwelling with brick flues
The 1920s survey
A 5-room frame house, 15 by 26 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 25 by 12 feet; an orchard (110 fruit trees); timber (fuelwood). 35 acres, valued at $1,541.
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.
Shifflett, Luther
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.
- Ahaz Shifflett farm, Tract 194, Rockingham County
- Alex W. Shifflett farm, Tract 177, Rockingham County
- Ambrose Shifflett farm, Tract 178, Rockingham County
- Barbara Shifflett farm, Tract 192, Rockingham County
- Barbara Shifflett farm, Tract 192a, Rockingham County
- Bernard Shifflett farm (part a), Tract 170a, Rockingham County
- Bernard Shifflett farm, Tract 170, Rockingham County
- C.O. Shifflett farm, Tract 156, Rockingham County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.