Shenandoah National ParkWarren County

Pomeroy & Wines tract, Tract 83, Warren County

Did you know?Frame house with metal roof

The 1920s survey

A 5-room frame house, with a metal roof; a barn, 30 by 60 feet; 40 acres of orchard (commercial); no merchantable timber. 144 acres, valued at $5,085. The state paid $6,344.

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

A person stands at the edge of a newly plowed hillside field with curving furrows, looking across a valley to wooded mountains.
A person stands at the edge of a newly plowed hillside field with curving furrows, looking across a valley to wooded mountains. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file PomeroyandWines_Warren83.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 6.
Fallen leaves, saplings and mossy rocks on a wooded slope; two of the rocks carry white painted marks.
Fallen leaves, saplings and mossy rocks on a wooded slope; two of the rocks carry white painted marks. Photo: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, case file PomeroyandWines_Warren83.pdf, opens in a new tab, page 8.

Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.