Shenandoah National ParkWarren County

Jacob & Henry Mills farm, Tract 44, Warren County

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The 1920s survey

A 4-room frame house, with a shingle roof; timber (cut over or heavily culled). 122.4 acres, valued at $456.

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).

From the case file

The land included in the right of way is rough mountain land, and the construction of a road at this part of the tract will do no damage whatsoever.
— S. H. Marsh, MillsJacobandHenry_Warren44.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 3

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.