N. Lester Dean farm, Tract 57, Rockingham County

The 1920s survey

A 6-room log house, 14 by 40 feet, with a shingle and paper roof; a barn, 26 by 47 feet; an orchard (20 apple trees). 91 acres, valued at $1,820. The state paid $2,580.

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

Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).

• SHEN21206-IIIB096-F53_01-09-1953 002 enhanced.jpg (3.9 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
• SHEN21206-IIIB096-F53_xx-xx-1944 003 enhanced.jpg (0.8 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)

County court land file

Papers from the Rockingham County circuit court’s proceedings to take the land for the park, scanned by JMU Libraries.

• Dean, A. E. & N. Lester

  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.

• Austin and F. Dean farm, Tract 17, Rockingham County
• Daniel T. Dean farm, Tract 34, Rockingham County
• Dorsey Z. Dean farm, Tract 54, Rockingham County
• E. Dyche Dean farm, Tract 32, Rockingham County
• Edgar Dean farm, Tract 31, Rockingham County
• Emmet A. Dean farm, Tract 13, Rockingham County
• George M. Dean farm, Tract 59, Rockingham County
• J. B. Dean farm, Tract 33, Rockingham County