Lawrence Eagle, a descendant of George Washington Eagle, wrote the following: How Upper Tract Got Its Name The South Branch of the Potomac River begins only eight miles from the south border of Pendleton County. It runs 36-1/2 miles within the County with a fall of 30 feet per mile. Just below Upper Tract it turns from its natural course down Mill Creek Valley and runs through a gorge between Cave and Little Mountain. This gorge is known as the Smoke Hole. The river bottom just above this covers about 2000 acres of land which looks a bit like prairie land of the West. The Eagle home at Upper Tract overlooks this valley. This land was part of the Green surveys, and was designated as the "upper tract" to distinguish it from a "lower tract" farther down in the Mill Creek valley. "Upper tract" is the largest single piece of bottom land in Pendleton County. Robert Green, a land speculator, acquired it in about 1850. The little village that grew on Tract Hill overlooking this pleasant valley thus gots its name, Upper Tract. (Eagles of Virginia, p. 43.) Carren Bragg Diane Zimmerman wrote: > Hello, > I'm also interested in the Upper Tract area. I was wondering if it were a > town or just a place name. I have Hill and Shreve ancestors from that area. > Diane Hill Zimmerman > > firebird wrote: > > > Hi Group, > > > > Is there any one on here that lives in Upper Tract? I need some local help. > > > > (Please bear with this jumble) > > > > I have a picture copied from a book (sorry so vague-I don't have the > > source). The picture shows four houses in the Franklin and Upper Tract, as > > described: > > > > (1) Upper Tract Parsonage > > (2) John M. Kee home in Franklin > > (3) McClung Home near Upper Tract > > (4) G.W. Eagle home north of Upper Tract. > > > > What I want to know is: Are these homes still standing? > > > > In particular the McClung Home. > > > > The picture I have is of page 124. Maybe there is a local history book you > > may be aware of that has this page # showing the houses and you can tell me > > the source. > > > > All help appreciated! > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~firebird/Coil.htm > > pamrooney@prodigy.net