Shenandoah National ParkRockingham County
Thomas L. Dean farm, Tract 69, Rockingham County
Did you know?Receipt for $30 settlement of Tract 69
The 1920s survey
A 5-room log and frame house, 22 by 26 feet, with a metal roof; a barn, 25 by 55 feet; 2.5 acres of orchard; timber (mixed oaks, hickory, poplar). 214 acres, valued at $5,145. The state paid $7,870.
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.
Dean, Thomas. L.
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
I hereby certify that the records of my office show that Thos. L. Dean has paid the taxes for the years 1932 and 1933 on his tracts of 110-1-22 and 126-2-29 acres situate in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stonewall District, Rockingham County.
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
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.