Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
Elijah Catterton farm (part a), Tract 357, Rockingham County
Did you know?Elijah's original claim of $12,000
The 1920s survey
50 acres, valued at $1,956. The state paid $2,700.
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.
Catterton, Elijah
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.
From the case file
This grazing farm is generally recognized as the best grazing farm for its size in that section of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I am certain that said grazing farm will graze at least 60 head of cattle each and every year, and that these cattle will each take on an average of 250 pounds, or more, per year.
Families of the park
Other tracts whose owners shared the name. A shared name doesn’t always mean a shared family.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.