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Memorial to Displaced Rappahannock County Residents

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Rappahannock County landowners, families, and others not yet identified were displaced for the establishment of Shenandoah National Park, and those honored include the Armentrout, Atkins, Aylor, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Beaty, Bennett, Bolen, Bowen, Boyer, Brown, Broy, Brumback, Burke, Burrill, Campbell, Carter, Cheatham, Clark, Clater, Clatterbuck, Claytor, Compton, Cornell, Cornwell, Cox, Crane, Curtis, Darnell, Dodson, Dwyer, Estes, Fincham, Fletcher, Fox, Frazier, Fry, Gander, Grove, Harrell, Hawkins, Heiston, Hershberger, Hudson, Huffman, Jenkins, Johnson, Jolliffe, Jones, Judd, Kelly, Kendall, Keyser, Leach, Majors, Marlowe, Menefee, Miller, Mundy, Nethers, Nicholson, O'Bannon, Overall, Pomeroy, Priest, Pullen, Ramey, Rector, Roberts, Roy, Rutherford, Seal, Settle, Sisk, Smith, Spitler, Stuart, Swindler, Taylor, Varner, Weakley, Weaver, Wharton, Williams, Willis, Wood, Woodward, Yancey, and Yates and Young families.
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