Shenandoah National ParkAlbemarle County
Edgar J. Ballard farm, Tract 27, Albemarle County
Did you know?Over 3,000 Residents Displaced
The 1920s survey
A 3-room frame house, 14 by 16 feet, with a paper roof; timber (red oak, chestnut oak, white pine, poplar, basswood, hickory, hemlock). 260 acres, valued at $874.
Map of the tract
Today
Landmarks on this map (1)
Hollows and valleys
- Goat Hollow · USGS place names
House sites and family graves are never marked. Pins show only public places, from USGS place names and other public sources.
Landmarks in this tract: Goat Hollow · USGS place names
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- BallardEdgarJ._Albemarle27.pdf (1.7 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.
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.