Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
J. M. Beasely farm (part a), Tract 363, Rockingham County
Did you know?Award of $210 for Tract 363
The 1920s survey
A 5-room frame house, 22 by 16 feet, with a shingle and metal roof; a barn, 18 by 27 feet. 7 acres, valued at $140. The state paid $210.
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.
Beasley, J. M.
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
You will no doubt remember that the greater portion of the J.M. Beasley tract lies in Greene county, only about seven acres of it lies in Rockingham, and it is all assessed in [the] Greene county.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.