Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
Mrs. John Knighting farm, Tract 52, Rockingham County
Did you know?Land acquired from Z. J. Knighting in 1918
The 1920s survey
A 4-room log house, 16 by 21 feet, with a shingle roof; a barn, 12 by 18 feet; an orchard (65 apple trees, 65 peach trees); timber (mixed oaks, poplar, hickory). 52 acres, valued at $803. The state paid $1,053.
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.
Knighting, Mrs. John
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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
I hereby certify that the records of my office show that John E. Knighten has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tract of 51-2-29 acres of land situate in the Park Area in Stonewall District, Rockingham County.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.