Shenandoah National ParkWarren County
W.H. Compton farm, Tract 17, Warren County
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The 1920s survey
A 5-room frame house, 16 by 40 feet, with a metal and shingle roof; a barn, 16 by 18 feet; 2 acres of orchard; timber (almost all cleared). 42 acres, valued at $883.
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).
- ComptonW.H._Warren17.pdf (1.4 MB, PDF, 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.
- Erastus Compton farm, Tract 6, Warren County
- H.T. Compton farm, Tract 21, Warren County
- Thaddeus Compton farm (part a), Tract 16a, Warren County
- Thaddeus Compton farm, Tract 16, Warren County
- Z.T. Compton estate farm, Tract 18, Warren County
- Frank Compton farm (part a), Tract 112a, Rappahannock County
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 87, Rappahannock County
- Frank Compton farm, Tract 112, Rappahannock County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.