Shenandoah National ParkWarren County
William Pomeroy estate farm, Tract 113, Warren County
Did you know?Poor condition log house
The 1920s survey
A 3-room log house, 16 by 18 feet, with a shingle roof; an orchard (25 apple trees); timber (chestnut). 31 acres, valued at $357.
Map of the tract
Today
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).
- PomeroyWilliamEstate_Warren113.pdf (1.1 MB, PDF, opens in a new tab)
From the case file
Whereas William Pomeroy is indebted to me in the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars with interest from 1890 for my upper place, I direct that this amount be taken from his wifes share of my estate,
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.