Shenandoah National ParkAlbemarle County
S. A. Garrison farm, Tract 47, Albemarle County
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The 1920s survey
A 4-room log and frame house, 17 by 19 feet, with a shingle and paper roof; a barn, 18 by 34 feet; an orchard (134 apple trees, 15 cherry trees, 9 peach trees, 2 quince trees); timber (some hardwoods). 119 acres, valued at $1,015.
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).
- GarrisonS.A._Albemarle47.pdf (2.3 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.
- A. L. and wife Garrison farm, Tract 113, Albemarle County
- A. L. Garrison farm, Tract 147, Albemarle County
- Jonathan Garrison farm (part a), Tract 117a, Albemarle County
- Jonathan Garrison farm, Tract 117, Albemarle County
- Lena M. Garrison farm, Tract 169, Albemarle County
- Miletus Garrison farm, Tract 118, Albemarle County
- Robert L. Garrison farm, Tract 162, Greene County
Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.