Shenandoah National ParkAugusta County
William J. and Luella Brown farm, Tract 52, Augusta County
The 1920s survey
A 7-room frame house, 30 by 36 feet; a barn, 24 by 30 feet; an orchard (43 misc, 75 apple and cherry trees); no merchantable timber. 156 acres, valued at $998.
Map of the tract
The tract’s boundary as the National Park Service has mapped it. No house sites or graves are marked on this site.
Case files
Scanned deeds, surveys and claims, kept by the National Park Service (PDF).
- BrownW.J.andLuella_Augusta52.pdf (4.7 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.
- Jacob Brown estate farm, Tract 51, Augusta County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm (part a), Tract 115b, Madison County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm (part b), Tract 115a, Madison County
- A. Hamp Brown estate farm, Tract 115, Madison County
- Dewey Brown farm, Tract 51, Madison County
- E. J. Brown farm, Tract 118, Madison County
- George and Cora Brown farm, Tract 58, Page County
- Henry A. Brown farm (part a), Tract 206a, Rappahannock County
Memories
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Source: National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Historic Land Tracts.