Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
Richard Morris farm, Tract 341, Rockingham County
Did you know?Dwelling with concrete cellar
The 1920s survey
A 6-room frame house, 14 by 22 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 20 by 25 feet; an orchard (105 apple , 9 peach, 7 damson, and 4 grape vines); timber (small hardwoods, short leaf pine). 14.5 acres, valued at $1,452.
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.
Morris, Richard
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.
- Ashby Morris farm, Tract 195, Rockingham County
- Jacob Morris farm, Tract 346, Rockingham County
- John H. Morris farm, Tract 343, Rockingham County
- Malinda A. Morris farm, Tract 350, Rockingham County
- Myrtle G. Morris farm, Tract 344, Rockingham County
- Nora Morris farm, Tract 348, Rockingham County
- Raleigh Morris farm, Tract 228, Rockingham County
- Richard C. Morris farm, Tract 154, Rockingham County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.